Seraph Alison Balsom
Album info
Album-Release:
2012
HRA-Release:
08.09.2014
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Artist: Alison Balsom
Composer: Alexander Grigori Arutiunian (1920-2012), James MacMillan (1959-), Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 1 I. 04:41
- 2 II. Adagio 05:11
- 3 III. Marcato e ritmico 05:30
- 4 'Paths' 06:25
- 5 I. Andante - Allegro Energico 08:16
- 6 II. Meno Mosso 03:24
- 7 III. Tempo 1 03:35
- 8 Trad. / Arr Poster & Balsom: Nobody Knows 04:28
- 9 Trumpet Concerto in C Major 14:35
Info for Seraph
Wenn die Trompetenvirtuosin Alison Balsom ihr Instrument an die Lippen setzt, kann man ein Musikerlebnis von Weltklasse erwarten. Die »Paganina der Trompete«, wie sie längst genannt wird, spielt nicht nur bekanntes Repertoire wie Haydns Trompetenkonzert auf frische, unverbrauchte Weise, sie zieht auch alle Register der poetischen Töne der Trompete. Immer wieder konstatiert ihr die Kritik eine elegante, lyrische und geschmeidige Note, die man bei dem Blechblasinstrument kaum erwarten würde. Jetzt stößt Alison Balsom nach klassisch-barockem Repertoire in die Moderne vor – unter anderem mit der Ersteinspielung des Konzerts Seraph von James MacMillan.
'Selten hat man den zweiten Satz von Alexander Arutjunians Trompetenkonzert so zart und angenehm warm intonieret gehört, wie Balsom ihn interpretiert. Das liegt einmal am verwendeten Dämpfer, aber auch an ihrer Fähigkeit, noch im feinsten Pianissimo auf ihrem Instrument zu singen.' hr2 01 / 12: 'Spielerisch meistert die Britin jede Figuration, ihre Technik ist makellos, ihr Ton rund und schön. Um die Energie, die Vielfalt, die Wirkungsmacht, und, ja auch die Schönheit moderner Musik zu vermitteln, braucht man Künstler mit den Fähigkeiten und der Überzeugungskraft einer Alison Balsom.' FonoForum 04 / 12: 'Alison Balsom und ihren Begleitern gelingt das Spagat zwischen 'U'- und 'E'-Musik mühelos. Mit swingender Leichtigkeit meistert sie das auf dem Spiritual 'Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen' basierende Stück mit seinen teilweise enormen technischen Anforderungen. Das gilt auch für die vorher beschriebenen Stücke, in denen die Ausnahmesolistin die gesamte Ausdrucksskala ihres Instruments mit Bravour zelebriert.' (NDR.de)
Alison Balsom, Trompete
Scottish Ensemble
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Laurence Renes, 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 Seraph