The album's English title, 'Core', was chosen by Andre Schoch for its ambiguity, referring to both the 'soul of the sound' and the 'core pieces' of the repertoire.
Historical Context
The 18th and early 19th centuries were considered the heyday of the trumpet concerto, marking a temporary farewell to the genre.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Andre Schoch believes that the trumpet, often associated with worldly power, also proves to be an instrument of 'Empfindsamkeit' (sentimental style) and 'soul tones' in the stylistic characteristics of the early Classical period.
Instruments
The concertos on this album were originally written for the baroque trumpet, which could only produce notes in the harmonic series.
Instruments
The term 'clarino', referring to the high register of the trumpet, was presumably coined by trumpeter Cesare Bendinelli (1542-1617) at the courts of Vienna and Munich.
Instruments
Piccolo trumpets, which are used in this recording, were developed in the early 20th century to make lost repertoire for the baroque trumpet accessible again.
Interpretation
Andre Schoch, the trumpeter on this album, plays these concertos on modern piccolo trumpets from the company 'Thein Brass', in whose development he was partly involved.
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