Edward Tarr, the trumpet soloist on this album, is a leading expert on Baroque trumpet repertoire and has published numerous editions of early music and a book on the history of the trumpet.
Composer Biography
Bohuslav Martinů, a Czech composer, spent most of his creative life in the United States and lived his final years in Switzerland at the home of arts patron Paul Sacher.
Compositional Technique
Paul Hindemith's Sonata for Trumpet and Piano is considered a masterwork, partly because Hindemith understood and composed for the trumpet according to its original, sacred meaning.
Recording & Production
For this recording, the performers restored original readings in George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, correcting omissions and transpositions found in Timofei Dokschitser's transcription.
Interpretation
For the Hindemith Sonata, the performers aimed for a straight, vibrato-less trumpet tone, as preferred by the composer, and used a wide dynamic range, even allowing for some distortion at powerful moments.
Interpretation
The interpretation of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue on this album was guided by an original recording made by Gershwin himself, allowing for the adoption of his rhythmic nuances and tempo relationships.
Composer Biography
Fritz Werner, a German organist and choir director, made more phonograph recordings of Bach cantatas and choral works with his Heinrich Schütz Choir than any other conductor before him.
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