The Neoclassical Trumpet

What if the modern trumpet and Steinway Grand had developed from their more primitive precursors a good century or so earlier? What would the composers of the day have made of them? Well, now we have an answer: in The Neoclassical Trumpet trumpeter Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and pianist/arranger Daniel-Ben Pienaar spiritedly re-imagine works by Stravinsky, Leigh, Fauré and Respighi …

A 24-bit 192 kHz studio master for this album is available from the Linn Records website.

CKD448  66 minutes 11 seconds
'Freeman-Attwood's clean, well-behaved trumpet sound embraces a dizzying palette of colours' (Gramophone)
'Freeman-Attwood has a warm timbre and he phrases the often simple melodic lines appealingly, catching their stylistic differences admirably' (Gramophone)
'This is yet another in the duo’s long series of hit trumpet albums. It may yet become my favorite, in fact. The repertoire, arrangements and playing are all so winning that the CD practically needs n ...