Vocalises

Featuring

Romain Leleu
Thierry Escaich
Camille Saint-Saëns
George Frideric Handel
César Franck
Henry Purcell

Reinhold Glière
Giacomo Puccini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Erik Satie
Leonard Bernstein
Charlie Parker
Angel Cabral
Rodney Temperton

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded by Little Tribeca at the Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon from February 20 to 22, 2017.

Instruments

The Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Auditorium de Lyon is, outside of Paris, the only large concert hall organ in France.

Instruments

The organ used for this recording is a monumental Cavaillé-Coll instrument, originally built for the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and later restored in 2013.

Interpretation

Thierry Escaich, the organist, included short improvised commentaries between pieces to create a link between the very different styles of works on the program, acting as a unifying thread.

Interpretation

Romain Leleu uses different trumpets on the album, including C, D, and B-flat trumpets, and a bugle, to achieve varied timbres and flexibility for different pieces.

Performer Biography

Romain Leleu was inspired to play the trumpet by Maurice André, a master of the trumpet and organ genre, after attending one of his concerts as a child.

Interpretation

Romain Leleu, the trumpet player, chose to record this album to highlight the vocal quality of the trumpet, moving away from its usual perception as a flashy, virtuoso instrument.