The Art of The Baroque Trumpet with Edward Tarr – Classic LP reissued on Klassic Haus Restorations label CD

I have been a bit remiss recently with posting; I have been doing some transcription “catch-up” after all the travelling I did in March. I have 5 new releases, though, to show for my lack of communication. This disc is a reissue of the classic Edward Tarr LP, recorded by EMI in 1968, and released in the US on Nonesuch in 1969. It was a “must have ” disc for trumpet player for years; it featured some of the first recordings of actual original Baroque trumpets. Following are the comments I posted on Klassic Haus Restorations:

KHCD-2011-034 (STEREO) – The Art of The Baroque TrumpetWorks by Torelli, Franceschini, Charpentier, Altenburg, Fasch, Handel and anon. – Edward Tarr/Consortium Musicum/Fritz Lehann – No musical instrument has undergone more radical changes since the Baroque era than the trumpet. The valved instrument with which we are familiar has a total length somewhat over three feet. The Baroque instruments featured on this disc are valveless and have a total length of about seven feet. On a valveless brass instrument it is possible by lip tension alone to produce a series of tones in a fixed relationship to one another. Only in the fourth octave of this harmonic series do they lie in intervals of a second; and only in this highest register can diatonic melodies be produced on the Baroque trumpet. This transcription, from a Nonesuch LP released in 1969,  was one of the first to feature reconstructions of Baroque trumpets. The works of Franceschini, Charpentier, the anonymous German fanfares and the Altenburg chorale setting were recorded using long Baroque trumpets. The Italian sonatinas and the Altenburg concerto were recorded on “Jägertrompeten” (hunter’s trumpets in coiled form). The Torelli, Fasch, and Handel works were played on modern high valved trumpets. A listing of personnel in the recording is included on the back cover of the CD. An exhilarating collection, worthy of reissue.

More posts coming; some exciting reissues that I have much joy working on. Stay connected! – Cheers – Curt Timmons

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