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The London Trumpet Sound - Volume 2 SANDOVAL arr. Tony RICKARD Mambo Caliente CARILLO arr. Richard PAYNE Dos Gardenias WHITFIELD/STRONG arr. Roger HARVEY I Heard It Through The Grapevine John WILLIAMS arr. Paul SARCICH Superman CARRELL/CLAYTON arr. Daryl RUNSWICK Amazing Grace Leoš JANÁČEK Fanfare from Sinfonietta ARBAN arr. Paul SARCICH The Carnival of Venice G F HANDEL arr. Simon WRIGHT Music for the Royal Fireworks (Ouverture, La Réjouissance, Menuet) Aaron COPLAND arr. Tony RICKARD Hoedown from Rodeo The London Trumpet Sound/Geoffrey Simon Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, 22nd-23rd August 2001 and at St. Jude- on-the Hill, London, 24th-25th August 2001 CALA CACD 0114 [44:38]

In their London Sound Series, Cala Records (www.calarecords.com) say that they seek "to bring together numbers of virtuoso performers on a given instrument, aligning them with talented and sympathetic arrangers." They have certainly achieved that here. The list of performers reads like a roll of honour of the top, in many cases, legendary, names of the British brass scene. Maurice Murphy, for years principal trumpet of the LSO, now in semi-retirement (accent on semi-); Rod Franks, Murphy’s successor in that hot seat; William Houghton, principal trumpet of the BBC Symphony Orchestra; there are top session musicians such as Tony Fisher and Paul Newton, and players who stretch with ease across all musical genres such as Henry Lowther. The distinguished list continues, and it goes without saying that connoisseurs of brass playing will be queuing up for this superbly produced disc. But, with no disrespect meant to these wonderful performers, the real stars of the collection are the arrangers. Paul Sarcich’s version of the Superman music is a riot – see how many of his sly references you can spot; there are allusions to Also Sprach Zarathustra, Fanfare for the Common Man, Beethoven 9, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, just for starters! The same arranger’s glorious take on The Carnival of Venice plays the same game. You might naturally expect, when pressing the start button for a disc like this, to be immediately blown out of your seat by the sound of massed trumpets. Which is why the very quiet percussion that begins Tony Rickard’s impressionistic arrangement of Mambo Caliente is so effective. This and the succeeding Dos Gardenias acquire a delightfully slinky Latin feel, while the jazz-rock number Heard it through the grapevine contains some stunning solo work from Patrick White. Indeed the only arrangement I wasn’t quite sure about was Daryl Runswick’s rather over-elaborate version of Amazing Grace (a pity, because I’m a great admirer of Runswick’s work). If you are trumpeter, this CD is downright compulsory – beg, borrow or buy it, and that’s an order! For all other music-lovers, you really should do so too, because it’s simply a huge treat. Gwyn Parry-Jones see also review by Jonathan Woolf Advertising Rates Visitor stats MusicWeb International has over 40,000 Classical CD reviews on offer Discs received Having a problem Donating? Gerard Hoffnung Concerts & The Bricklayer Story   New Releases New Releases   MusicWeb sells the Polish catalogue CDAccord £10.50 post free W-W MusicWeb sells the Arcodiva catalogue £12.00 post free W-W £11.75 post-free world- wide MusicWeb can now offer you discs from the following catalogues: Prices include postage [Acte Préalable £13.50] [Arcodiva £12.00] [Avie from £6.25] [British Music Society £12.00] [CDACCORD from £13.50 ] [ClassicO £12.50] [Hallé from £11] [Heritage £10] [Hortus £14.99 ] [Lyrita ONLY £11.75 ] [Nimbus Special prices] [Northern Flowers £13.50] [REDCLIFFE £11 ] [Sheva £11] [Tactus £11.50 ] [Talent from £12.00 ] [Toccata Classics £10.50 ] Musicweb Special Offers Monthly Best Buys     Google Ads - for information about privacy matters, click here.  Amazon Musicweb International is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

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