Caprice Alison Balsom

Album info

Album-Release:
2007

HRA-Release:
08.09.2014

Label: Warner Classics

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

Artist: Alison Balsom, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra & Edward Gardner

Composer: Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban (1825-1889), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Oskar Fredrik Lindberg (1887-1955), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), Astor Piazolla

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  • 1 Sonata in A Major, K. 331: III. Rondo alla turca 03:07
  • 2 Libertango 04:34
  • 3 Gammel fäbodpsalm från Dalarna: Andante 04:10
  • 4 Arban / Milone: Variations on Bellini's Norma 06:26
  • 5 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 24 in A Minor 04:20
  • 6 El paño moruno 01:16
  • 7 Seguidilla murciana 01:14
  • 8 Asturiana 02:09
  • 9 Jota 03:06
  • 10 Nana 01:28
  • 11 Canción 01:04
  • 12 Polo 01:20
  • 13 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14 Vocalise 05:03
  • 14 Die Zauberflöte K. 620 'The Magic Flute': Der Hölle Rache 02:58
  • 15 Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante 06:13
  • 16 Syrinx 02:43
  • 17 Trumpet Concerto: II. Nocturne 04:35
  • 18 Esqualo 04:00
  • Total Runtime 59:46

Info for Caprice

Festlich barock oder funkelnd virtuos: Die Trompete hat viele Gesichter, und es ist immer noch eine absolute Ausnahme, wenn man unter den großen Virtuosen dieses Instruments eine Frau findet. Die junge britische Trompeterin Alison Balsom ist eine dieser Ausnahmeerscheinungen. Die Qualitätswächter der klassischen Musik haben Alison Balsom im Jahre 2006 zum »Young British Classical Performer of the Year« gekrönt; das britische Gramophone-Magazin hat sie außerdem mit einem Gramophone Award 2006 ausgezeichnet. Ihr aktuelles Album »Caprice« vereint Exotisches und Hochvirtuoses, Lyrisches und Romantisches.

Dass die Arie der Königin der Nacht aus Mozarts 'Zauberflöte' ein Angststück für Sopranistinnen darstellt, ist bekannt. Als einst Maurice André eine Trompetenversion dieses mit Koloraturen gespickten Werkes vorstellte, war man überrascht. Alison Balsom folgt nun den Spuren des großen Franzosen - mit einer eigenen Transkription. Und sie geht noch viele Schritte weiter: Mozarts 'Rondo alla Turca', Piazzollas 'Libertango', Rachmaninoffs 'Vocalis', eine Paganini-Caprice oder Debussys 'Syrinx': Die junge Künstlerin zieht einen weiten Bogen durch die Literatur, um zusammen mit dem Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ihrer Trompete alle Farben vom bunten Gefunkel bis zu weichen Goldtönen zu entlocken. In der Mitte des Programms: Sieben spanische Lieder von De Falla: Feurige spanische Exotik in effektvollen, hochvirtuosen Bearbeitungen aus der Feder des großen italienischen Zeitgenossen Luciano Berio.

'Das Aha-Erlebnis folgt bei Piazzollas 'Libertango': Diese junge Dame vermag ihrer Trompete raffinierteste tonliche Schattierungen zu entlocken. In Arbans (originalen) 'Casta Diva'-Variationen und Paganinis Caprice Nr. 24 beweist sie fabelhafte Geläufigkeit und bewältigt, dank perfekter lockerer Ansatztechnik, extremste Intervalle.' (FonoForum)

Alison Balsom, Trompete
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Edward Gardner, Dirigent


Alison Balsom
has cemented an international reputation as one of classical music’s great ambassadors. She has been honoured with numerous awards by Classic FM, Gramophone and Echo Klassik and in 2009 she became the first ever Briton to be crowned “Female Artist of the Year” at the Classical BRITs. In September 2009 Alison headlined classical music’s most celebrated concert – The Last Night of the BBC Proms – which reached its biggest ever global audience of an estimated 150 million.

Recent and upcoming highlights include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Alison also looks forward to embarking on major international tours with I Musici di Roma, the Scottish Ensemble and Alison’s own Balsom Ensemble in 10/11 and beyond.

While represented by the Young Concert Artists Trust, Alison caught the ear of EMI Classics with whom she records exclusively. Her internationally celebrated Bach Trumpet and Organ disc of 2005 was quickly followed by the Caprice album which won her further critical acclaim. Her third album, featuring the great pillars of the trumpet repertoire, the concertos of Haydn and Hummel, firmly established her as the world's leading trumpeter. Her eagerly awaited follow up album which was released in autumn 2010 to great critical acclaim includes a selection of Italian Baroque Concertos

Under the auspices of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, Alison performed at the Wigmore Hall and with all of the BBC orchestras.

Alison studied trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music, the Paris Conservatoire, and with Håkan Hardenberger. She was previously a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Alison was a concerto finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition in 1998 and received the Feeling Musique Prize for quality of sound in the 4th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition. She is Visiting Professor of Trumpet to the Guildhall School of Music. Alison performs a wide range of recital and concerto repertoire, from Albinoni to Zimmermann and performs on both modern and baroque trumpets.

Booklet for Caprice

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