Handel: Handel / Arr Pinnock: Amidigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act 3: Sento la goia
4:44
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Alison Balsom, Henry Purcell: Purcell / Arr Balsom
6:37
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 1: Overture
3:36
King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 1: Come if you dare
3:01
Purcell: Purcell / Arr Balsom
3:43
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 5: Symphony
1:55
King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 2: "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying"
1:48
Alison Balsom, Henry Purcell: Purcell / Arr Balsom: King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 5: Round thy shores
1:10
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Purcell: Purcell / Arr Balsom
2:48
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune
0:46
King Arthur Suite, Z. 628, Act 5: Fairest isle
2:02
Handel: Handel / Arr Balsom
7:35
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Atalanta, HWV 35: Overture
4:01
Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, HWV 74: "Eternal Source of Light Divine" (countertenor)
3:34
Alison Balsom, Henry Purcell: Purcell / Arr Balsom
14:14
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances: Symphony
6:27
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances, Second Musick: Rondo
1:40
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances, Act 1: Jig
1:06
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances, Act 5: Prelude
1:03
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances, Act 5: Chaconne and Chorus
3:58
Purcell: Purcell / Arr Balsom: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323: Sound the trumpet (countertenor)
2:35
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
George Frederic Handel, Trevor Pinnock: Handel / Arr Pinnock
7:25
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: I. Overture
1:43
Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: II. Gigue (Allegro)
1:47
Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: III. Minuet (Aria)
1:49
Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: IV. Bourée
0:59
Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349: V. March No. 2 (Partenope, HWV 27)
1:07
Purcell: Purcell / Arr Balsom: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: "The plaint"
7:44
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (organ), Alison Balsom (trumpet), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Alison Balsom, George Frederic Handel, Trevor Pinnock: Handel / Arr Pinnock & Balsom
7:28
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: I. Adagio
1:59
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Allegro
1:41
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: III. Siciliana (Largo)
2:13
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major: IV. Vivace
1:35
In the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Henry Purcell (1658 or 1659-1695), whose anthems, odes, sinfonias and operas have provided the music for numerous royal celebrations from their own day to the present.
Joining forces with Trevor Pinnock, harpsichordist, conductor and pioneer of historical performance, and with the English Concert orchestra that he founded, Balsom demonstrates the versatility and expressive power of her valve-less instrument in original works and new arrangements. These include Purcell’s Sound the trumpet and Handel’s Eternal Source of light divine in duet with countertenor Iestyn Davies and Purcell’s The Plaint from The Fairy Queen in duet with soprano Lucy Crowe. Further repertoire includes suites from Purcell’s semi-operas King Arthur (1691) and The Fairy Queen (1692) in new arrangements by Balsom and Pinnock, Handel’s Water Piece in D Major HWV 341 and his Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major HWV 301 transposed into C Major.
Alison Balsom is one of today’s most popular classical musicians. Having managed to break through to the mainstream without abandoning her musical integrity, she continues to draw ever-wider audiences for her performances and recordings of diverse repertoire.