Browse: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet)

Freeman-Attwood’s sound is mellifluous and gentle, delicately inflected with vibrato, especially in ‘With thee th’unsheltered moor I’d tread’ from Solomon. He is complemented by Szałucka’s deft... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Richly lyrical and bright as starlight, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood’s outstanding playing is the ideal advocate for a ‘Mozart trumpet sonata’ and he is accompanied with flair by Anna Szaπucka. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There’s no doubting the technical prowess of these two crack performers, and it’s hard not to share their guilty delight in this stolen booty: intonation and ensemble are spot-on, rhythms pulse,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars/3 out of 5 stars More…

Purists look away now. Having already viewed various Baroque and Romantic works through the prism of trumpet and piano, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and Daniel-Ben Pienaar now reimagine composers'... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

these vignettes are far from dry exercises: they embody the deceptively easygoing lyricism of Faur'e songs, making this an unexpected treasure-trove of his melodic invention. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Apart from his nimble dexterity, Freeman-Attwood's playing is just as striking for the beauty of his lyrical phrasing and his richness of colour, so well demonstrated by Saint-Saëns's "Romanza",... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2007 More…