SK 66244 / ©1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTĬoncerto in C Major for Two Trumpets and Strings, RV 537 Allegro assai from Brandenburg Concerto No. MK 39061 / ® 1984 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTĩ. Trumpet Air from The Indian Queen (1:00)Įnglish Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppardįrom the album Fasch, Handel, Torelli, Purcell, Molter with Edita Gruberova SK 66244 / ® 1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTĥ. Rondeau (Theme from Masterpiece Theater) (2:04)įrom Suites de Symphonies, Première suite, FanfaresĮnglish Chamber Orchestra / Anthony Newman In all, it seems that only a Marsalis could be what Wynton has become: through his family roots, his New Orleans experience and his boundless enthusiasm for music of all types, Marsalis is, in the best sense of the phrase, a living tradition-bearer of America’s musical heritage. A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, he is also active in promoting music education in America. While he is devoted to Jazz at Lincoln Center and to preserving the many styles of American jazz, Wynton Marsalis is no mere conservator. Still, for all these classical tracks, no portrait of the “essential” Wynton Marsalis would be complete without jazz – included here in a brace of bonus tracks from his collection of standards from the great American songbook. The crisp fluidity of his playing is at once astounding, yet gratifyingly elegant. The bulk of this collection is devoted to Marsalis’s classical recordings, but these tracks capture a cool and easy mastery that transcends the limitations of style. Scarcely two months into his freshman year at Juilliard, Marsalis was sitting in with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, while his class days were devoted to Hummel and Vivaldi.īeing so deeply connected to both the classical and jazz traditions of his instrument, Marsalis brings the best of his classical and jazz chops to the interpretation and performance of both styles. Perhaps it was then that Marsalis realized that he didn’t have to choose between a life in jazz or a life in the concert hall. At eighteen he went to New York’s Juilliard School to study classical trumpet. After appearances with local youth orchestras, Wynton made his orchestral debut with the New Orleans Philharmonic when he was just fourteen. By eight years of age, Wynton was playing trumpet in the traditional New Orleans-style Fairview Baptist Church band, and he was also taking his place in neighborhood marching and funk bands.īut there has always been something voracious about this trumpet player’s musical appetite. DNA seemed to point to traditional New Orleans music, whether it was in a club or in a church or on the street. The question for Wynton Marsalis never turned on whether he would become a musician – that was a given – rather, the issue turned on what kind of music he would play. It’s a life that could only happen in New Orleans: a child born to a family of musicians. Trio: Mark O’Connor, violin / Frank Vignola, guitar / Jon Burr, bass Wynton Marsalis, trumpet / with Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Ragas, Anthony Sbararo, Larry Sheilds / Lyrics: Harry Da Costa / arr. Wynton Marsalis, trumpet / Anthony Newman, organ Wynton Marsalis, trumpet / Philip Koch, English hornĮastman Wind Ensemble / Donald Hunsberger Quiet City – (Aaron Copland, arr: Donald Hunsberger)
The Flight of the Bumblebee from Tsar Saltan – (Nicolai Rimsey-Korsakov, arr: Donald Hunsberger) ‘Tis the Last Rose of Summer – (Traditional, arr: Donald Hunsberger) Napoli – Variations on a Neapolitan Song – (Hermann Bellstedt, arr: Donald Hunsberger) Variations on “The Carnival of Venice” – (Jean-Baptiste Arban, arr: Donald Hunsberger) Wynton Marsalis, trumpet / Judith Lynn Stillman, pianoĬoncertino for Trumpet, String Orchestra and Piano – (André Jolivet) Pièce en forme de habanera – (Maurice Ravel) Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson, HWV 57 – (George Frederic Handel) VIIe: 1 – (Joseph Haydn, cadenza: Wynton Marsalis)Ĭoncerto in E-flat Major for Trumpet and Orchestra – (Johann Nepomuk Hummel)įrom Cantata No. 2, BWV 1047 – (Johann Sebastian Bach)Ĭoncerto in C Major for Two Trumpets and Strings, RV 537 – (Antonio Vivaldi, arr: Raymond Leppard)Ĭoncerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in D Major – (Leopold Mozart)Ĭoncerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat Major, Hob. 146 – (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)Īllegro assai from Brandenburg Concerto No. Trumpet Tune from King Arthur – (Henry Purcell) Trumpet Air from The Indian Queen – (Henry Purcell)
Rondeau (Theme from Masterpiece Theater) – From Suites de Symphonies, Première suite, Fanfares.Įntrada from The Indian Queen – (Jeremiah Clarke)
The Prince of Denmark’s March – (Jeremiah Clarke)