Baroque Transcriptions for Tumpet and Organ
Glittering playing and a gifted musician are evident despite rather than because of the content
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Composer or Director: Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Analekta
Magazine Review Date: 3/2004
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 52
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: AN29812
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(15) 3-Part Inventions ,'Sinfonias', Movement: D minor |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: E, BWV878 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
(18) Chorales, 'Leipzig Chorales', Movement: ~ |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
Sonata for Trumpet and Strings No. 2 |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Henry Purcell, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
Serse, 'Xerxes', Movement: Ombra mai fu |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ |
Anna Magdalena Notenbuch, Movement: Aria, BWV508: Bist du bei mir (? by Stölzel) |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Harpsichord Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
Sonatas for Flute and Continuo, Movement: G, HWV363b (Op.1:5) |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Amanda Keesmaat, Baroque cello George Frideric Handel, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Harpsichord Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
(A) Choice Collection of Lessons, Movement: SUITES: |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Henry Purcell, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Harpsichord |
Adagio |
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Composer
Luc Beauséjour, Organ Paul Merkelo, Trumpet Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Composer |
(4) Trio Sonatas, Movement: G, BWV1039 (2 fl, continuo: c1720) |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
Orgel-Büchlein, Movement: Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn, BWV601 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ |
Orgel-Büchlein, Movement: Es ist das Heil und kommen her, BWV638 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ |
Orgel-Büchlein, Movement: Ich ruf' zu dir, BWV639 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movement: A flat, BWV862 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Luc Beauséjour, Organ Paul Merkelo, Trumpet |
Author: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
Elsewhere, the hide-bound choice of repertoire accentuates the limitations of the medium as we move from several cliché-ridden and largely short, unconnected pieces (broken occasionally by an organ solo – but why ‘Ombra mai fu’ without the trumpet?) leading to the heady denouement of the Albinoni Adagio. Playing of this quality deserves music and, by extension, imaginative transcriptions which will elevate the profile of the trumpet within the kaleidoscopic and acoustical world of the organ. Performing Purcell sonatas which don’t transfer particularly well from strings to keyboard doesn’t provide the answer. So, lovely playing in ‘soundbites’ – Merkelo is a truly rounded and assured artist – but there is no real concept here. The recorded sound is direct but not as enveloping as it might have been.
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