Alison Balsom - Quiet City

 
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AARON COPLAND / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / GEORGE GERSHWIN / CHARLES IVES / etc
Alison Balsom - Quiet City
Alison Balsom (trumpet) / Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman

[ Warner Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 26 August 2022

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"This album has been an utter joy to make […] The concept of this project began decades ago, when I decided that Copland's Quiet City was a work that everyone needed to hear - especially so as Copland reveals the scene so brilliantly via the solo trumpet and cor. There is a true melancholy in this work that only a certain type of trumpet playing can achieve, and across the collection on the album I've tried to show that through the unique lens of the trumpet, the wonderful bridge and mutual respect between the classical composers and arrangers, and the jazz greats can be seen. For many of us, the sentiment behind Quiet City is pertinent at the moment, as we emerge from the loneliness of the pandemic and into another chapter of darkness in today's turbulent world […]."

"As an entity it creates a varied album in every kind of mood. It will delight anyone, not only the trumpet expert, who admires Balsom's eclecticism and musical brilliance...Balsom's virtuosity is spellbinding throughout." Guardian

Tracks:

Copland: Quiet City
Bernstein: On the Town, Act 1: Lonely Town. Pas de deux
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Ives, C: The Unanswered Question
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Weill, K: My ship

Alison Balsom records Ives: The Unanswered Question