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TRUMPET CONSORT MATTHIAS HÖFS
The “Trumpet Consort Matthias Höfs” is an exceptional ensemble with current and former students of the trumpet class Matthias Höfs at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg. Original and arranged music for trumpet ensemble from baroque to jazz can be found in this compilation, which represents the wide stylistic – tonal – dynamic range of a pure trumpet ensemble at the highest level.

AN ENGLISH CONCERT
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Behind this title is a program of works by English masters from the Renaissance to the late Baroque, arranged for trumpet and organ, played on modern instruments: 4-valve piccolo trumpets in G-, A- and B-tuning, as well as a Marcussen organ (1983) with 41 stops on 3 manuals and 256 stop-combinations. Is it still legitimate and appropriate today to use modern instruments for the performance of early music, since the trend towards historical performance practice seems to be unbroken? We found it especially appealing to adapt the recorded repertoire for our instrumentation. At the time of Johann Sebastian Bach, it was common practice to rewrite works for different instrumentations. For example, Johann Sebastian Bach‘s concertos for 2 to 4 harpsichords and strings BWV 1060 – 1065 are arrangements after concertos for solo violins (solo oboes) and strings. The Concerto in A minor for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065 even goes back to an original by Antonio Vivaldi (Concerto for 4 violins and string orchestra).
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THE PHILHARMONIC BRASS – OVERTURE!
20 members of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic & Friends embark on a voyage of discovery:
well-known works : this concise „foray through music history“ will feature well – known works ranging from Beethoven, Dvořák, Verdi, Borodin and Shostakovich to Gershwin in never-before-heard arrangements.

TRUMPET CONCERTO & PIECES
For a long time little or nothing was known about the composer who wrote the most interesting trumpet concerto of the 19th century in the Romantic style. Born in 1870 near Dresden into a family of musicians, Oskar Böhme studied in Germany and Hungary and then emigrated to Russia, where he even changed his citizenship to improve his chances of getting a place in one of the great orchestras. Despite his efforts to integrate perfectly into Russian society, his German origins were his undoing when the Bolsheviks seized power. With this album, Matthias Höfs aims to shed light on a composer and musician who was previously in the dark. He presents a rare recording – his third with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen – of beautiful, expressive and romantic music.

DIANA DAMRAU – My Christmas
With Diana Damrau, Riccardo Minasi and the Radiophilharmonie Hannover: Baroque highlights for soprano and trumpet, a fresh listening experience not only for Christmas.
 
 

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