Baroque Concertos

Alison Balsom

Baroque radiance in a smooth and flowing narrative At last, Alison Balsom is back with her core repertoire on a new album: “Baroque Concertos” brings together music by Baroque masters such as Handel, Telemann, Marcello and Vivaldi, with which the British trumpeter once again demonstrates the virtuoso radiance of her playing.
SPIEGEL once described it as a fascinating mixture of “cool tone and hot expression” – fitting for a musician who knows how to reconcile many things.
The fact that Alison Balsom loves contrast is already clear from the artistic constellation of the album: here she meets her long-time companion Trevor Pinnock and his Pinnock’s Players, proven specialists in historically informed performance practice.
Alison Balsom herself can be heard on the modern piccolo trumpet, on which she captures the subtle, multi-faceted sound of the baroque instrument and at the same time expands it with the possibilities of modern instrument making.
“The opportunity to perform more chromatic and virtuosic music as it was originally written for solo violin or oboe has captivated me and my trumpet colleagues since the days of the great Maurice André,” says Balsom.
With works such as Marcello’s immortal Oboe Concerto in D minor or Handel’s Concerto grosso HWV 323, she proves on this album that the trumpet can not only shine festively in a baroque context, but can also sing, flow and narrate smoothly.
Works by Telemann, Handel, Vivaldi, Albinoni and Marcello Alison Balsom (trumpet) – Pinnock’s Players – Trevor Pinnock, conductor Release datesSingles: September 13, 2024 – Marcello: Oboe Concerto II Adagio September 27, 2024 – Vivaldi: Violin Concerto D Major II Larghetto