Jonathan Freeman-Attwood & Anna Szałucka - Four Trumpet Sonatas after Mozart (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Conceived by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and Mozart scholar Timothy Jones, this programme of four sonatas ‘by’ and ‘after’ Mozart is a compelling new contribution to the trumpet repertoire with four Classical-style sonatas.

This programme represents a belated apology to the composer on behalf of all trumpet players. Had the trumpet developed into a chromatic solo instrument in the 1770s and 80s – like the oboe or flute – Mozart might have been inspired to write great music for the instrument. Following eight recordings for Linn of similarly re-imagined trumpet and piano music from Monteverdi to Richard Strauss, this recital is a compelling new contribution to the trumpet repertoire with four Classical-style sonatas, drawing on varied styles and periods in Mozart’s music. It exhibits canvases from the Salzburgian church sonata to the strutting swagger of a 21-year-old pianist-composer in Munich and two large mid- and late-sonatas from the golden Viennese years.

Accompanying Freeman-Attwood is the multi-award-winning Polish pianist Anna Szałucka.

Tracklist:
1. Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major: I. Largo - Molto allegro (07:47)
2. Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major: II. Adagio (07:46)
3. Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major: III. Allegretto - Tempi di menuetto - Allegretto (08:04)
4. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro (05:01)
5. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Andante (04:30)
6. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major: III. Andante (Theme and Variations I–XII) (07:24)
7. Sonata No. 4 in F Major: I. Allegro vivace (06:02)
8. Sonata No. 4 in F Major: II. Andante (07:23)
9. Sonata No. 4 in F Major: III. Allegretto (08:40)
10. Sonata No. 1 in D Major: I. Allegro (04:22)
11. Sonata No. 1 in D Major: II. Adagio (04:42)
12. Sonata No. 1 in D Major: III. Allegro (03:42)


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