Jubilo - Fasch, Corelli, Torelli & Bach Alison Balsom

• 1 I. Allegro 02:03
• 2 II. Largo 01:02
• 3 III. Allegro 02:53
• 4 In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 02:59
• 5 IV. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren ('My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord'), BWV 648 01:58
• 6 I. Andante 02:17
• 7 II. Allegro 02:59
• 8 Torelli / Arr. Tarr: Sonata in D Major, G. 1: III. Grave 02:00
• 9 IV. Allegro 01:36
• 10 III. Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten ('Who Allows God Alone to Rule him'), BWV 647 03:37
• 11 Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 05:43
• 12 Wo soll ich fliehen hin ('Whither Shall I Flee?'), BWV 646 01:54
• 13 I. Vivace - Grave 01:23
• 14 II. Allegro 02:23
• 15 III. Adagio - Allegro 02:59
• 16 IV. Vivace 00:59
• 17 V. Allegro 02:09
• 18 VI. Largo. Pastorale ad libitum 03:30
• 19 V. Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ ('Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide'), BWV 649 02:47
• 20 I. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ('Wake, Awake for Night is Passing'), BWV 645 04:27
• 21 VI. Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter auf Erden ('Come Thou, Jesu, from Heaven to Earth'), BWV 650 03:58
• Total Runtime 55:36

Info for Jubilo - Fasch, Corelli, Torelli & Bach

2013 Gramophone Artist of the Year, three time winner at the Classic BRITs and also three time winner at the Echo Klassik Awards, Alison Balsom OBE has cemented an international reputation as one of classical music’s great ambassadors and is ranked amongst the most distinctive and ground-breaking musicians on the international circuit today.

With this release Alison records on the natural trumpet for the first time since the hugely successful album Sound the Trumpet. Inspired by seasonal Baroque repertoire, the recording includes Bach’s concertos by Corelli, Torelli, and Fasch performed with the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk. The Schübler Chorales and In dulce jubilo by Bach, performed in arrangements for trumpet and organ played here by Stephen Cleobury, act as a beautiful foil to the full orchestral sound of the concertos. Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring featuring Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge tops off this Christmas cracker of an album. This classy winter-themed album is a perfect core classical seasonal offering. The release coincides with a major tour of Germany.

Alison Balsom, trumpet
Tom Etheridge, organ
Stephen Cleobury, direction
Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music
The Choir of King’s College Cambridge

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.

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