Alison Balsom: Paris

This potpourri of a recital is...very much of its own time, eclectically flavoured in its collaborative elements and juxtaposition of music languages [sic], and deftly underpinned by Balsom's... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014 More…

Release Date: 8th Sep 2014
Catalogue No: 2564632789
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 51 minutes

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Satie: Satie / Arr Barker & Balsom: 3 Gymnopédies: III. Lent et grave

2:32

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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Guy Barker

Piazzólla: Histoire du Tango: Café 1930

7:08

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Alison Balsom (trumpet), Miloš Karadaglić (guitar)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Guy Barker

Piazzólla: Oblivion

4:08

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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Guy Barker

Eddie Barclay, Eddy Marnay, Michel Legrand: Legrand / Arr Barker & Balsom: La valse des lilas

3:33

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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Guy Barker

Messiaen: Messiaen / Arr Barker & Balsom

10:46

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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Tim Redmond

Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus: XV. La baiser de l'enfant Jesus - Tres lent, calme

5:44

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Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus: XV. La baiser de l'enfant Jesus - Modéré I

2:03

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Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus: XV. La baiser de l'enfant Jesus - Modéré II

2:59

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Ravel: Ravel / Arr Barker & Balsom

11:11

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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Timothy Redmond, Guy Barker

Pièce en forme de habanera

2:46

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Piano Concerto in G Major: II. Adagio assai

8:25

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Satie: Satie / Arr Barker & Balsom: 3 Gnossiennes: III. Lent

3:25

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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Guy Barker

Kosma: Kosma / Barker & Balsom: Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)

5:00

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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Guy Barker

Reinhardt, Django: Reinhardt / Arr Barker & Balsom: Nuages

4:15

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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Guy Barker Orchestra
Guy Barker

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Recording of the Week, Alison Balsom performs trumpet music inspired by Paris

8th September 2014

Katherine listens to trumpeter Alison Balsom's new disc of works and arrangements with a jazzy, Parisian flavour.

An ‘astonishing virtuosa’ (The Times) with ‘limitless potential’ (The Guardian), Alison Balsom is a multi-faceted trumpet player involved in a broad range of musical projects. The pieces on this collection inhabit a common Parisian musical world, but the voices that emerge from them are incredibly varied. From Ravel to Reinhardt, Balsom illustrates the flexibility and expressiveness of her instrument, supported by the orchestra of jazz composer and trumpeter Guy Barker.

One of today’s most in-demand classical music personalities, English trumpeter and BBC Proms darling Alison Balsom shares her love of Paris on this new solo album. After becoming the first British woman to win Gramophone Magazine’s prestigious Artist of the Year award, Alison brings her glamour, poise and dazzling virtuosity to Paris with a selection of music written in and inspired by the most romantic city in the world.

This album marks a major departure for Alison Balsom from the core classical repertoire, with which she has established her distinguished recording and performing career to date, to a crossover album, taking inspiration from a number of different artists and influences. The concept of the album is Paris as seen by artists and composers as diverse as Olivier Messiaen, Astor Piazzolla, Django Rheinardt and Cole Porter. In collaboration with Guy Barker – a trumpeter who has worked with the biggest names in the business, and with a solid reputation in the jazz world – Alison reinterprets the greatest music written about in and about Paris. With guest artists Miloš Karadaglić, and Julian Ovenden on a bonus track available on iTunes, this album is sure to position Alison amongst the top-selling classical artists with mainstream appeal and broad recognition.

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November 2014

This potpourri of a recital is...very much of its own time, eclectically flavoured in its collaborative elements and juxtaposition of music languages [sic], and deftly underpinned by Balsom's considered curating.

8th September 2014

Balsom is a long-term Francophile...and affection and empathy radiates from all the material on this disc. Lovers of Balsom’s glorious, malleable sound will need no prompting from me, but even if you’d normally find the prospect of an entire trumpet disc a little indigestible you’ll be won over.

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