Essential Trumpet Essential Trumpet CD

It is the instrument that sets an ensemble alight, it's brilliant tone soaring high over orchestras and jazz groups alike. Now, the Essential Trumpet captures all those scintillating moments - a classical greatest hits collection in the tradition of the Essential, Piano, Guitar and Violin. Hear why composers from Handel to Mahler have used the trumpet to herald the entry into heaven, and why the greatest players like John Foster and Geoffrey Payne occupy a hallowed place among the world's virtuoso instrumentalists.

1. Aida, Opera: Triumphal March 2. Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Opera: Una Voce Poco Fa 3. Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, H. 7E/1: 1. Allegro 4. Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, H. 7E/1: 2. Andante 5. Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, H. 7E/1: 3. Allegro 6. Musique Hero?que (12), Marches for 2 Instruments ; Continuo (A.K.A 'Heldenmusik'), TWV 50:31-42: March No. 1: La Majest? (Majesty) 7. Samson, Oratorio, HWV 57: Let the Bright Seraphim 8. Trumpeter's Lullaby, for Orchestra 9. Te Deum, Motet for 8 Voices, Chorus ; Orchestra, H. 146: Prelude 10. Port Arthur: In Memoriam, for Chamber Orchestra 11. Sonatina No. 72 for 2 Trumpets ; Organ 12. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: 3. Allegro Assai 13. Carmen, Opera: Habanera 14. Messiah, Oratorio, HWV 56: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Excerpt) 15. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), Song for Voice ; Piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6) 16. Trumpet Concerto: 3. Allegro Vivace 17. Fanfare for the Common Man, for Brass ; Percussion (From Symphony No. 3) 18. The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) for Brass, Winds ; Percussion (Or Keyboard or Trumpet ; Organ) in D Major 19. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air 20. Sinfonia for Trumpet, Strings ; Continuo, G. 8: 4. Allegro Non Troppo 21. Cantata No. 51, 'Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen,' BWV 51 (BC A134): Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen (Rejoice in God in All Lands) 22. Concerto for Trumpet ; Orchestra: 1. Vif 23. Czßrdas No. 1 24. Brideshead Variations, for Orchestra: Theme 25. Serse (Xerxes), Opera, HWV 40: Largo (Ombra Mai F?) 26. Work(S): Fanfare for St. Edmunsdsbury: Benjamin Britten 27. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Nunc Dimittis (Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace) 28. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 29. Trumpet Concerto in E or E Flat Major, Woo 1, S. 49: 1. Allegro Con Spirito 30. Trumpet Concerto in E or E Flat Major, Woo 1, S. 49: 2. Andante 31. Trumpet Concerto in E or E Flat Major, Woo 1, S. 49: 3. Rondo 32. Trumpet Concerto in C Major: 4. Allegro Giusto 33. Concerto for Trumpet ; Orchestra: 1. Allegro 34. Prodanß Nevesta (The Bartered Bride), Opera, JB 1:100: Dance of the Comedians 35. La Virgen de la Macarena, for Orchestra