Dearbhla Nolan & Luisa Sereina Splett - Cornerstones: Chamber Music Masterpieces (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Recording ‘Cornerstones – Chamber Music Masterpieces’ has been a labour of love, allowing me to revisit music I first encountered in my student days. Written between 1899 and 1957, these works are not simply trumpet pieces with piano accompaniment, but rather chamber music masterpieces, requiring a true collaboration between trumpeter and pianist. Luisa’s enthusiasm for these cornerstones of any trumpet player’s repertoire has been inspiring, and indeed deepened my understanding of, and appreciation for, this music I have known and loved for so long.

The album was conceived as a recital, opening with a dramatic Intrada by Honegger. Neoclassical sonatas by Hindemith, Francaix and Martinu are interspersed with romantic character pieces by Enescu and Bozza. Rounding off the programme, Carl Höhne’s showpiece, Slavonic Fantasy, harks back to the virtuoso cornet tradition of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a cheeky Rondo by Bernstein serving as an encore.

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Intrada (1947) pour trompette en ut & piano (H. 193)

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Sonate (1939) für Trompete in B und Klavier* (1. Mit Kraft - 2. Mäßig bewegt - 3. Trauermusik. Sehr langsam)

George Enescu (1881-1955):
Légende (1906) pour Trompette et Piano

Jean Francaix (1912-1997):
Sonatine (1950) por trompette & piano (1. Prelude (Allegretto) - 2. Sarabande - 3. Gigue - Scherzando)

Eugene Bozza (1905-1991):
Rustiques (1955) pour Cornet Sib ou Trompette Ut ou Sib et Piano

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959):
Sonatina (1957) pour Trompette Ut ou Sib et Piano, H. 357

Carl Höhne(1871-1934):
Slavonic Fantasy (1899)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
Rondo for Lifey (1948) for Trumpet and Piano

Tracklist:
1. Intrada for Trumpet & Piano, H. 193: Maestoso - Allegro - Maestoso (04:29)
2. Sonata for Trumpet & Piano: I. Mit Kraft (05:42)
3. Sonata for Trumpet & Piano: II. Mäßig bewegt (02:21)
4. Sonata for Trumpet & Piano: III. Trauermusik (Sehr langsam) (07:39)
5. Légende for Trumpet & Piano (06:35)
6. Sonatine for Trumpet & Piano: I. Prelude (Allegretto) (01:18)
7. Sonatine for Trumpet & Piano: II. Sarabande (04:01)
8. Sonatine for Trumpet & Piano: III. Gigue - Scherzando (01:39)
9. Rustiques for Trumpet & Piano (07:29)
10. Sonatina for Trumpet & Piano, H. 357 (07:46)
11. Slavonic Fantasy for Trumpet & Piano (08:39)
12. Rondo for Lifey for Trumpet & Piano (01:22)


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