Balsom,Alison Legende CD

2016 album from the acclaimed trumpeter. Alison Balsom has a rich Warner Classics catalogue, but this is her first CD recital with piano - here played by her long-standing recital partner, Tom Poster. Balsom describes the program as embracing "the most important repertoire for trumpet and piano" - taking a fascinating journey through 20th century works by such composers as Enescu, Hindemith, Martinu, Francaix, Bernstein and Maxwell Davies. That being said, the final piece - preceding 'American Songbook' encores by Gershwin and Kern - dates from the 21st century and was composed by the team of Balsom and Poster themselves. Called The Thoughts of Dr. May, it is inspired by another British musician: Brain May, lead guitarist of the rock band Queen - and also, as it happens, an astrophysicist. The recital was recorded live in London.

1. Sonatine: I. Prelude 2. Sonatine: II. Sarabande 3. Sonatine: II. Sarabande - Cadenza 4. Sonatine: III. Gigue 5. Legende 6. Concert Etude, Op. 49 7. Farewell to Stromness 8. Trumpet Sonata: I. Mit Kraft 9. Trumpet Sonata: II Massig Bewegt 10. Trumpet Sonata: III. Trauermusik 11. Trumpet Sonata: III Trauermusik - Alle Menschen Mussen Sterben 12. Sonatine, M. 40: II. Mouvement de Menuet 13. The Thoughts of Dr. May 14. Sonatine 15. Rondo for Lifey 16. Someone to Watch Over Me 17. The Way You Look Tonight