This complete recording of the trumpet concertos of German High Baroque composer Johann Melchior Molter actually includes the concertos in which the trumpet plays any role at all, and this is its biggest strength. Sample some of the concertos on the second CD, such as the Sonata Grossa for three trumpets, two oboes, timpani, strings, and continuo, or either of the works designated as a sinfonia concertante -- the trumpet is not the first work one would associate with that elegant French form and its genteel conversations ...
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This complete recording of the trumpet concertos of German High Baroque composer Johann Melchior Molter actually includes the concertos in which the trumpet plays any role at all, and this is its biggest strength. Sample some of the concertos on the second CD, such as the Sonata Grossa for three trumpets, two oboes, timpani, strings, and continuo, or either of the works designated as a sinfonia concertante -- the trumpet is not the first work one would associate with that elegant French form and its genteel conversations among a group of solo instruments, but Molter's command of instrumental textures is most unusual for his era. The trumpet in these works is made to blend into the texture in artful ways. Hear for example the final Vivace a tempo di minuet in the Sinfonia concertante for trumpet, two oboes, two horns, bassoon, strings, and continuo, MWV VII-2 (CD 2, track 19), where the trumpet dances above the other instruments as a sort of descant. In many passages, texture takes on fascinating...
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