Chamber, Sonatas, Trumpet Sonatas, Martinů (composer)

Håken Hardenberger couldn't be further from a museum in his lessons on three major 20th-century trumpet works. Contrasts are rewarding and used in a cunningly structured way to cultivate respectively... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

They make a lovely sound together…I enjoyed the sweetness of Balsom’s muted tone in the central Sarabande of the Françaix and the way that even while articulating brilliantly through Goedicke’s... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2016 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…

A set of technically skilled performances paying tribute to trumpet repertoire written in the last century. The brilliant brashness of the Maxwell Davies opening sonata is a highlight. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…