Alison Balsom – Sound the Trumpet (2012) FLAC

Tracklist

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Amidigi di Gaula, HWV 11
01. Act 3: Sento la goia (4:44)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
King Arthur Suite, Z. 628
02. Act 1: Overture (3:37)
03. Act 1: Come if you dare (3:02)
04. Act 5: Symphony (1:55)
05. Act 2: Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying" (1:48)
06. Act 5: Round thy shores (1:11)
07. Act 5: Trumpet Tune (0:47)
08. Act 5: Fairest isle (2:03)
George Frideric Handel
Atalanta, HWV 35
09. Overture (4:02)
Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, HWV 74
10. "Eternal Source of Light Divine" (countertenor) (3:34)
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances
11. Act 4: Symphony (6:28)
12. Rondo (Second Musick) (1:41)
13. Act 1: Jig (1:06)
14. Act 5: Prelude (1:03)
15. Act 5: Chaconne and Chorus (3:58)
Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323
16. Sound the trumpet (countertenor) (2:36)
George Frideric Handel, arr. Trevor Pinnock
Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349
17. I. Overture (1:44)
18. II. Gigue (Allegro) (1:47)
19. III. Minuet (Aria) (1:50)
20. IV. Bourrée (1:00)
21. V. March No. 2 (Partenope, HWV 27) (1:07)
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
22. Act 5: "The plaint" (7:45)
George Frideric Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major
23. I. Adagio (1:59)
24. II. Allegro (1:41)
25. III. Siciliana (Largo) (2:13)
26. IV. Vivace (1:38)

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Alison Balsom (natural trumpets)
Iestyn Davies (countertenor in 10, 16)
Lucy Crowe (soprano in 22)

The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord, organ & dir.)

Recorded: 17–22.IV.2012, St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb and Henry Wood Hall, London; 25.IV.2012, Henry Wood Hall, London (22)