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Trumpet Masque
Louis MARCHAND (1669-1732)
Grand Dialogue du 5e ton (1696) [5:59]

François COUPERIN (1668-1733)
Chromhorne sur la Taille (Piece d’orgue, 1690) [
2:26]
Giovanni GABRIELI (c.1554-1612)
Canzon seconda
(Canzoni per sonare,1608) [
2:00]
Joan CABANILLES (1644-1712)
Tiento XVII de ‘Pange Lingua’ punt alt [
3:49]
Francisco CORREA DE ARAUXO (1584-1654)
Tiento de medio registro
, no.36 (Facultad organico, 1626) [
4:20]
Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)
Der Herr ist gross, swv 286 (Kleine geistliche Concerte, 1636) [
1:55]
Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)
Laudate Dominum (Selve Morale, 1641) [
3:32]
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (c.1637-1707)
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (BuxWV184) [3:05]
Georg BÖHM (1661-1733)
Vater unser in Himmelreich [3:30]

John DOWlAND (1563-1626)
When the poore Criple
(A Pilgrimes Solace, 1612) [
3:05]
Anthony HOLBORNE (c1545-1602)
Dovehouse Pavan and Galliard [1:27]
Henry PURCElL (1659-1695)
Fantasia 4 (‘June 10. 1680’), Z735 [
4:05]
Jan Pieterzoon SWEEllNCK (1591-1652)
Variations on Onder een Linde groen [3:47]
Jean-Baptiste LUllY (1632-1687), arr. Purcell?
Scocca pur (The 2nd Part of Musick’s Handmaid, 1689) [
4:20]
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von BIBER (1644-1704)
Sonata VIII (Fidicinium sacro-profonum, 1683) Allegro/Presto/Adagio [2:38]
Georg MUFFAT (1653-1704)
Sonata no.5 in G major (Armonico Tributo, 1682) Allemanda/Adagio/Fuga/Adagio/Passacaglia [18:12]

Arrangements by Daniel-Ben Pienaar
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet); Daniel Ben-Pienaar (piano)
rec. St George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, England, 16-18 July 2007. DDD. DSD.
LINN RECORDS CKD310
[72:57]
 

 

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This is the third of what Linn describe as a “series of works ‘re-imagined’ for solo trumpet – an imaginative and thrilling interpretation of Baroque works.”
   As SFV says, in his review of the second of them, La Trompette Retrouvée (CKD294), “Your feelings about the program may well depend simply on how you like this sort of transcription.”  I must admit that I approached the idea of trumpet and piano in seventeenth-century music – the antithesis of modern period performance – with some trepidation.  The cover shot features a pixellated photo of a trumpet – would the performances be similarly distorted by the use of the piano?  In the event most of my fears were allayed by the sheer exuberance and quality of the playing. 

The music on the second volume ranged over the centuries from Rameau (b.1683) to Reynaldo Hahn (d.1947). The works on this third disc are much less diverse, being confined to the seventeenth century. 

Some may prefer the diversity of the earlier recording but I welcome the narrower confines here – though, as JF-A points out in the very detailed notes, there is much diversity within this period: Catholic and Protestant voices, regional dialects, etc.  To this I add that there is a wide variety of moods here – it’s not all jolly japes.  The final piece, Muffat’s Sonata no.5, by far the longest piece, encompasses almost the full gamut of those moods within the movements of the one piece.  There is also a great deal of ‘borrowing’ of styles, too, between the Catholic Gabrielli and Monteverdi and the Protestant Schütz and Buxtehude. 

The six different trumpets employed for this recording add to that variety, ensuring that each piece is played in an appropriate timbre. 

Most of the music is transcribed from organ pieces and these, as expected, sound well in their new dress.  Louis Marchand and François Couperin get the programme off to an excellent start, in breath-taking performances that typify the whole recording.  The Iberian organs of the period were renowned for their cornetto stops, so the Cabanilles and Arauxo pieces work especially well.  The Gabriellis were, of course, renowned for their wind canzone, which means that the canzon by Giovanni also works very well. 

Surprisingly, the arrangement of vocal music also works well – I particularly enjoyed the realization of Monteverdi’s Laudate Dominum.  I almost called this a transcription, but it is much more, hence my choice of the word ‘realisation’.  Like everything here it’s played with a consummate skill that few vocal interpreters could match. 

Sweelinck’s well-known variations on Onder een linde groen are themselves an arrangement of a folk song, so there can be no possible objection to the foot-tapping  realisation of that piece here.  On the other hand, you might be hard put to recognise Luther’s Ein feste Burg as underlying the Buxtehude piece. 

I’ve already described the notes as very detailed – no need for me to chase up dates of the pieces included here, they’re all included.  Those notes are very generously reproduced on Linn’s website, so you can check them out before buying. 

The recording sounds excellent as a CD, but audiophiles will welcome the SACD layer.  Real connoisseurs may even prefer the Studio Master versions (FLAC and WMA formats) available as downloads from Linn for £18.  Otherwise, the price of the SACD comes midway between that top quality version and mp3 at £8.00, with CD quality downloads at £10.00.  The Linn web page is very user-friendly – very similar to Gimell, who also offer a range from mp3 to Studio Quality.  I can’t speak for the quality of any of these options, but I see no reason to look beyond the physical SACD. 

As usual, a short review betokens high praise.  I’ve already put aside my objections to the piano in seventeenth-century music in recommending Stephen Gutman’s Toccata CD of Rameau (TOCC0050 – see review); now I happily do so again.  This recording, like Gutman’s, captures the spirit if not the letter of the period.  I’ll get my licence as a member of the society of opponents of non-period performances revoked at this rate. 

I cannot imagine any but the most die-hard members of that society objecting to this new recording.  In fact I had to take a deep breath: I nearly went for broke and nominated it Recording of the Month – it’s the most cheerful sound I’ve heard for a long time.

Brian Wilson




 


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