Etienne Cutajar, Carmine Lauri & John Reid – Mdina: Music for Horn (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:02 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
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Following the release of his debut album in May 2007 the virtuoso horn player Etienne Cutajar, who took up his first orchestral seat at 18, has seen his career develop with important orchestral appointments in Scotland and elsewhere before returning to his native country to become principal horn of the Malta Philharmonic. He has also appeared as chamber soloist in many prestigious venues. This album is named for the central work, Mdina, by Maltese composer Jesmond Grixti; this is a work for horn solo and accompanied by two more contemporary pieces: Air für Horn by Jörg Widmann and Cynddaredd-Brenddyd by Heinz Holliger.
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Matilda Lloyd & John Reid – Direct Message: 20th & 21st Century Works for Trumpet & Piano (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:10 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
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Matilda Lloyd is a fast-rising star of the trumpet world, having won the BBC Young Musician of the year Brass Final as well as the Eric Aubier International Trumpet Competition, and having made an impressive solo debut at the BBC Proms. Matilda’s debut album reflects her desire to broaden the trumpet repertoire, with no fewer than three works recorded for the first time, by composers Giles Swayne, Deborah Pritchard and Alex Woolf. Also included on the recording are forgotten works of the 20th and 21st centuries by Jacques Castérède and Raymond Gallois Montbrun alongside staples of the trumpet repertoire, such as Enescu’s Légende and Peter Maxwell Davies’s impressive showpiece, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano Op.1.
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