[Winterreisender]

I enjoy this CD from Alison Balsom which, in addition to the Hummel and Haydn, contains Trumpet Concertos from Torelli and Neruda, both very worthwhile in my opinion. I found this a wonderful introduction to these two composers whom I hadn't previously heard of.

 

[nightscape]

John Williams has a great trumpet concerto, unfortunately the only recording that exists is with Arturo Sandoval who is good, but not great. And the sound of the trumpet on the recording is not my favorite.

 

[hpowders]

I'm not sure if the Hummel Trumpet Concerto is considered well-known or not, but it is highly recommended by me anyway.

 

[arpeggio]

If you ask a trumpet player.

I'm not sure if the Hummel Trumpet Concerto is considered well-known or not, but it is highly recommended by me anyway.

Among trumpet players it is very well regarded.:trp:

 

[hpowders]

Among trumpet players it is very well regarded.:trp:

It's a great piece and I know that final movement is a BB!!!

 

[Guest]

I first listened to a disc of Hindemith wind concertos yesterday, so, if you care for PetrB's suggestion of concertos for trumpet and other stuffs, I enjoyed his concerto for (I think) trumpet, bassoon and strings.

 

[hpowders]

Sure wish Miles Davis would have written a trumpet concerto.

 

[Guest]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis

 

[hpowders]

I wonder what a George Gershwin trumpet concerto would have sounded like?

 

[neoshredder]

Trumpet Concertos I think are the most neglected style in Classical Music. I love the trumpet.

 

[dgee]

I can only echo those who say go straight to the great trumpet soloists - Maurice Andre and Hardenberger are a decent start because they recorded a lot

 

[KenOC]

Another trumpeter to watch out for is Rolf Smedvig. No idea if he's still recording or not (though he is listed as the founder of the Empire Brass Quintet and seemingly still active). It was said that he could inflate an automobile tire... Gerard Schwarz, the conductor, is also a trumpeter and has some fine recordings.

 

[quack]

A few more, no links alas:

Alexander Goedicke - Trumpet Concerto
Tobias Broström - Lucernaris, Concerto for Trumpet, Live Electronics & Orchestra
Lyell Cresswell - Alas! How Swift

The last one by the New Zealand born, Scottish based, composer is on a naxos disc with a trombone concerto called Kaea which is named after a Maori war trumpet.

 

[waldvogel]

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be performing Brostrom's Trumpet Concerto on November 2nd at 3 pm EST, or, if you prefer, 8 pm GMT. I will be there. It will be a live stream - catch it at http://www.dso.org/live

 

[20centrfuge]

I recently went on a listening quest for newer 20th century trumpet concertos. The one's I came across that I liked the most are:

Maxwell Davies - Trumpet Concerto (Naxos label)
Jennefelt - Stockholm in May (Hardenberger, CD with Title "musica vitae")
Tamberg - Trumpet Cto No.1 (Hardenberger, BIS label)
Martinsson - Concerto No. 1 (Hardenberger, BIS label)

Others to check out:
Malcolm Arnold - Trumpet Cto
Honegger - Symphony No.2 for strings and trumpet
Liebermann - Concerto for Trpt and Orch
Rihm - Marsyas Rhapsody for Trpt, Percussion, and Orchestra
Stockhausen - Michaels Reise um die Erde for Trpt and Orch
Tull - Rhapsody for Trumpet and Orch
John Williams - Trumpet Cto
Tony Plog - Concerto for Trpt

The problem, often, is finding a recording of these pieces. IMO Fisher Tull is a BRILLIANT composer for the trumpet. But I'm not sure where to find a recording of his concerto.

Concertos aside, I have to recommend the Gubaidulina Trumpet Trio - one of my all time favorite contemporary works for the trumpet. Friedrich Reinhold recording.

 

[Prodromides]

Name some of the lesser known Trumpet Concertos worth checking out. Doesn't matter which Era.

Regarding a very specific 'Era', it is interesting to me that post-WWII Europe witnessed an increase in repertoire for trumpet & orchestra:

• 1948 Vagn Holmboe's Chamber Concerto No.11 for Trumpet and Orchestra
• Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra by Henri Tomasi (1948)
• 1954 André Jolivet's Concerto No.2 for Trumpet and Orchestra
• "Nobody knows the trouble I see", Bernd Aloïs Zimmermann's 1954 Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
• 1956 Trumpet Concerto by Charles Chaynes

From '56 up to present, only one other trumpet concerto resides in my music collection - a 1988 opus by Jukka Linkola.

Any further TC candidates to be nominated by the TC collective?

 

[biancatpt]

One of the best trumpet concertos of all has not been mentioned yet. The Polish-born, USSR-adopted composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996 - also once known as Moshe [or Moisei] Vainberg) was written in 1967 and dedicated to the legendary Russian trumpet Timofey Dokhshitser. It's a fine piece that doesn't spill into empty trumpet rhetoric. Unfortunately, Dokhshitser's own blistering recording doesn't seem to have found its way onto YouTube, but here is a passable rendition.

Hi, this is a lovely piece. Do you have any idea where I can get a PDF of it?

 

[.46190]

Your inquiry reminded me of an old recording I purchased in the late 70s. Now I have to go find it!

 

[starthrower]

Hopefully Alison Balsom will record the concerto composed for her by Thea Musgrave. I believe it was premiered in 2019.