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CD230: DALLAS TRUMPETS. The Dallas Symphony Trumpet section,
featuring Richard Giangiulio and Andrew McCandless
with Thomas Stevens and friends. Vincent Persichetti: Parable for Solo Trumpet
and Parable for Two Trumpets; Henri Tomasi: Suite for
Three Trumpets; Bert Truax: Adagio and Allegro; Benjamin Britten: Fanfare for
St. Edmundsbury; Stanley Friedman: Antiphonia IV;
Anthony Plog: Four Concert Duets; Ulysses Kay: Three
Fanfares for Four Trumpets; Thomas Stevens: The Moudon
Fanfares.
"Required listening for the enrichment
of serious students of the trumpet. Hearty thanks to the magnificent Dallas
Symphony trumpet section." American Record
Guide UPC 009414723024 
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Satie: Carillon
Sonnerie Truax: Adagio
and Allegro Tomasi Suite: Mvt 1(Havanaise) Mvt 2(Lento Egeen) Mvt 3(Danse Bolivienne) Persichetti: Parable
for Solo Trumpet Parable
for Two Trumpets Friedman:
Antiphonia IV
Plog Duets: Fanfare Pastoral Scherzo Dialogue Stevens Fanfares: Deaux a Dix B.I.M Tranquille Clifford Epilogue Kay: Fanfares Britten: Fanfare
CD232: MUSIC FOR FESTIVE OCCASIONS. Richard Giangiulio, trumpet; Paul Riedo,
organ; Dallas Trumpets. Wedding Marches: Wagner &
Mendelssohn; Purcell: Trumpet Tune & The Queenís Dolour; Handel: Music from Royal Fireworks; Mouret: Suite No. 1; Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary;
Telemann: Heroic Marches; Charpentier: Prelude & Te
Deum; Buxtehude: Fanfare and Chorus; John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary; Gervais:
Pavane & Allemande; Bert Truax: Fanfare. “...golden sounds...excellent verve, rhythm, &
imagination.” Audio
UPC 009414723222 BUY NOW Click here for CD cover photo
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Buxtehude: Fanfare Clarke: Trumpet
Voluntary Dances
from French Renaissance Mendelssohn: Wedding
March
Telemann: Heroic
Marches Mouret: Suite
No.1 Wagner: Wedding
March Charpentier: Prelude
And Te Deum
Purcell: The
Queen’s Dolour
Intro
and Trumpet Tune Handel: La
Rejouissance (From The Royal Fireworks) Stanley: Trumpet
Voluntary Truax: Fanfare
for three trumpets, organ, and timpani
CD234:
MUSIC FOR CEREMONY & CELEBRATION. Richard Giangiulio,
trumpet; Paul Riedo, organ; Dallas Symphony Brass
& Percussion. Monteverdi: Toccata from Orfeo; Handel: Hail the Conquering
Hero from Judas Maccabaeus, and Overture from The Royal Fireworks;
Purcell: Sonata and Suite for Trumpet and Organ, Roman, Suite; Jiri Linek: Intradas; Oskar Lindberg: Gammal Fäbodpsalm; Bert Truax:
Call to Glory; plus Six Sonatas of the Lisbon Court
Trumpet Corps, and Silver Trumpets.
UPC 009414723420 BUY NOW Click here for CD cover photo
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Monteverdi: Toccata Handel: Hail
the Conquering Hero Linek: Intradas Purcell: Sonata Suite Lindberg: Gammal Fäbodpsalm Boyce: Voluntary Anon: Bicinium Roman: Suite Drottingholmsmusiquen Anon: Silver Trumpets Handel: Overture from the Royal
Fireworks Truax: Call to Glory Anon: Six Sonatas of the Lisbon Court
CD360: TRUMPETER
EXTRAORDINAIRE THOMAS STEVENS. UPC
009414736924. BUY NOW
Stravinsky,
Fanfare for a New Theater (w/Mario Guarneri, trumpet); Elliott Carter,
Canon for Three (w/Mario Guarneri & Roy Poper,
trumpets); Aurelio De La Vega, Para-Tangents (w/pre-recorded sounds); Iain
Hamilton, Five Scenes (w/Ralph Grierson, piano); Henri Lazarof, Concertazioni (w/instrumental ensemble); Harold Budd,
New Work #5 (w/Ralph Grierson, piano); Carlos Chávez, Soli (w/Peter
Christ, oboe; David Atkins, clarinet; Kay Brightman, bassoon).
This
new CD has the works that Stevens recorded for Crystal LPs that had not been
released previously on CD. Stevens died on July 14, 2018; this CD is a tribute
to his spectacular playing.
"THOMAS STEVENS, TRUMPET (1938-2018), was
solo trumpet with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 28 years. He
was, without a doubt, one of the world's finest brass players" said
the American Record Guide.
"He was at one and the same a
virtuoso and a highly thoughtful musician. I can think of only handful who are
his equal, and certainly none better" Andre Previn. Stevens has five solo
CDs.
Doc Severinson, writing about one of
Stevens’ many Crystal recordings, wrote “I first heard
Stevens’ new CD while lying down, which was a good thing since I would have
fainted if I were standing. This recording clearly defines what is possible on
the trumpet…in a very artistic fashion.”
See Thomas Stevens. See also L.A. Brass Quintet CD102 and CD109 under Brass Ensembles.
CD360
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Stravinsky: Fanfare
for a New Theater Carter: Canon
for Three De La Vega: Para-Tangents
Hamilton: Five Scenes I.
Wild II.
Nocturnal III.
Declamato IV.
Nocturnal V.
Brilliant Lazarof: Concertazioni
Budd: New
Work #5 Chávez: Soli
CD362 – Snapshots:
ANTHONY PLOG, TRUMPET. Verne Reynolds, Music for 5
Trumpets (performed by Anthony 
Plog and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Trumpet section); Alan Hovhaness, Sonata for Trumpet and
Organ (Anthony Plog, trumpet; Ladd Thomas, organ); Fisher
Tull, Three Bagatelles (Anthony Plog, trumpet; Sharon Davis, piano); Eugene Bozza, Caprice
(Anthony Plog, trumpet; Sharon Davis, piano); Frank
Campo, Duet for Equal Trumpets (Anthony Plog,
Russell Kidd); Anthony Plog, Fanfare for Two
Trumpets (Anthony Plog, Russell Kidd); Anthony Plog, Animal Ditties – based on poems by Ogden Nash
(Anthony Plog, trumpet; Sharon Davis, piano; Hal
Smith, narrator); Georges Enesco, Legend (Anthony Plog,
trumpet; Sharon Davis, piano); Leroy Southers, Three
Spheres (Anthony Plog, trumpet; Ken Wolfson, bassoon;
Sharon Davis, piano) UPC 009414736222. BUY NOW
“A virtuoso player. Plog is a
composer as well, represented by a brief ‘Fanfare for Two Trumpets’ and
‘Animal Ditties’ a witty mini-suite for narrator (Hal Smith), trumpet
and piano on poens by Ogden Nash....piano played
impeccably by Sharon Davis...Enescu’s and Bozza’s
works allow one to gauge Plog’s undeniable muscianship but it is the sheer diversity that is the
winning feature of the disc.” Gramophone, June 2018, Guy Richards
” The playing is
first-rate, sound quality excellent,” American Record
Guide, May/June 2018, Kilpatrick
”All in all, this is a great
celebration of trumpet playing.” Fanfare
July/August 2018, Colin Clarke
“Verne Reynold's three-movement’ Music for Five Trumpet’s has an
all star lineup of players
from the Los Angeles Philharmonic: Anthony Plog,
Mario Guarneri,Robert DiVall,
Irving Bush, and Thomas Stevens. These
people make consistently full-toned sounds and their
intonation is impeccable. The finale is
very fast and exciting. Plog's ‘Animal Ditties’ became an instant hit when this
recording was made. The very cute
setting of Ogden Nash poems has trumpeter Plog and
Pianist Sharon Davis interacting with the excellent narrator, Hal Smith.” (American Record
Guide, Kilpatrick)
ANTHONY
PLOG has performed with numerous orchestras around the world,
including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Basel Symphony, and the San
Antonio Symphony (all as principal trumpet), the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Orchestra and the Buenos Aires Symphony (as co-principal trumpet on tour), the
Utah Symphony (as associate principal trumpet), and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed and recorded extensively as a chamber musician
with groups such as the Fine Arts Brass Quintet, the Summit Brass (as a
founding member of both), the St. Louis Brass Quintet, and as a substitute with
the iconic New York Brass Quintet. He has also toured throughout the world and
recorded as a soloist. His other solo CD on Crystal Records is CD663.
The
Los Angeles Philharmonic Trumpet Section (Robert DiVall,
Thomas Stevens, Irving Bush, and Mario Guarneri) which played on this recording
was an extremely versatile and recognized group of players. The individual
players performed in such diverse musical settings as jazz, commercial
recordings for major Hollywood studios, avant-garde chamber music, and solo
appearances.
SHARON DAVIS’
musical training was in her native Los Angeles at the University of Southern
California, then at the Juilliard School in New York and in Paris, France, on a Fulbright Scholarship.
Her performances have been as piano soloist, collaborative pianist, and chamber
player on tours and in live broadcasts in North America and Europe, plus work
as a recording artist. As composer she won the Colorado Art Commission’s
Creative Fellowship Award in Classical Composition, and she is active as
editor, composer, and arranger for Western International Music, Inc.
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Reynolds: Music for Five Trumpets I.
Fanfare II.
Chorale III.
Finale Hovhaness: Sonata
for Trumpet and Organ, Mvt. I (begins at
:28) Tull:
Three Bagatelles I.
Prelude II.
Improvisation III.
Caprice Bozza:
Caprice Campo: Duet
for Equal Trumpets Plog: Fanfare
for Two Trumpets Plog: Animal Ditties
I.
The Turtle (begins at :30) II.
The Python III.
The Hyena IV.
The Hog (begins at :35)
Enesco: Legend Southers: Three
Spheres I.
Sphere I II.
Sphere II (begins at 1:00) III.
Sphere III (begins at :55)
CD383: THE BIG
TROMBONE. Jeffrey Reynolds, Bass Trombone; and STERLING
BRASS, Daniel Perantoni, Tuba; David Hickman,
Trumpet. This
compact disc is a combination of two albums originally released as LPs S383 and
S394.
The Big Trombone: Galliard: Sonata
No. 1 for bass trombone and piano (with Zita Carno
piano); Gregory Kosteck: Concert Music for
unaccompanied bass trombone; Donal Michalsky: Fantasia a due for horn and bass trombone (with
Robert Henderson, horn); Patrick McCarty: Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano
(with Zita Carno, piano); Walter Hartley: Sonata
Breve for unaccompanied bass trombone; Orlando Di Lasso: Susanne un Jour for bass trombone and vocal ensemble. Sterling
Brass: Morgan Powell: Midnight Realities and Transition (tuba with the
Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players); Glenn Hackbarth:
Double Concerto (trumpet and tuba with the Illinois Contemporary Chamber
Players). UPC 009414738325 BUY NOW
The Big Trombone features Jeffrey
Reynolds, who was bass trombonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 40
years. Sterling Brass features Daniel Perantoni,
tuba, and David Hickman, trumpet. Both were founding members of Summit Brass, and are international soloists. Perantoni
and Hickman teach at Indiana University and Arizona State University,
respectively.
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Galliard, Sonata no 1 for Bassoon Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3 Mvt 4 Mvt 5 Kosteck, Concert
Music Michalsky,
Fantasia McCarty, Sonata Mvt 1 Mvt 2
Hartley, Sonata Breve Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Di
Lasso, Susanne
un Jour Powell, Midnight
Realities and Transition Hackbarth, Double
Concerto Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3
CD450:
HERBERT L. CLARKE, CORNET SOLOIST OF THE SOUSA BAND. Complete
collection of original double-sided recordings made 1900-1922 by Herbert L. Clarke,
the most-acclaimed cornetist of all time. Over 75 minutes of music now on CD.
Includes Carnival of Venice, Bride of the Waves, Sounds from the Hudson,
Caprice Brilliante, Ah Cupid, Rondo Caprice, Showers of Gold, Stars in a
Velvety Sky, Killarney, La Veta `Caprice, Perhaps Loveís Dream, Aloha Oe, Southern
Cross, The Holy City, Once Upon a Time, Russian Fantasy, The Palms, Berceuse,
Twilight Dreams, Love's Old Sweet Song, Macushla. UPC
009414745026 ORDER NOW
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Bride
of the Waves(rec. 1904) Holy
City(1900) Sounds
from the Hudson(1909) Killarney(1901)
Caprice
Brilliante(1908) Love's
Dream(1901) Carnival
of Venice(1909) Ah
Cupid(1909) Bride
of the Waves(1908) Once
Upon A Time(1909) Rondo
Caprice(1909) Aloha
Oe(1914)
Russian
Fantasie(1909) the
Palms(1916) La
Veta Caprice(1909) Berceuse(1916)
Valse
Brilliante(1909) Twilight
Dreams(1917) Southern
Cross(1912) Love's
Old Sweet Song(1917) Showers
of Gold(1912)
Macushla(1917) The
Debutante(1908)
Killarney(1917) Carnival
of Venice(1922) Stars
in a Velvety Sky(1922)
CD512:
TREASURES FOR HORN & TRUMPET. Gregory Hustis, Horn; Richard Giangiulio,
Trumpet; Eric Barr, Oboe; Dallas Chamber Orchestra. Leopold Mozart: Concerto in
D for Horn & Orchestra; Johann Hertel: Concerto a 6 for Trumpet, Oboe,
Strings, & Continuo; Saint-Saens: Romances for Horn, op. 36 & 67;
John Eccles: Symphony for Mercury; Beethoven: Sextet for Two Horns and Strings;
Grimm-Freres: Two Waltzes and a March.
"...right, stylish
performances." Los Angeles Times
UPC 009414751225 BUY NOW Click here for CD cover photo
and details – Richard Giangiulio. Click here for CD cover photo
and details
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Leopold Mozart, Concerto in D: Mvt 1 (Allegro moderato) Mvt 2 (Menuet) Mvt 3 (Andante) Mvt 4 (Allegro) Hertel, Concerto a 6: Mvt 1 (Allegro)
Mvt 2 (Arioso)
Mvt 3 (Allegro)
Saint-Saens: Romance,
op. 36 Romance,
op. 37 Eccles: Symphony for
Mercury Majestic Allegro Slow Brisk Beethoven: Sextet for Two Horns Allegro
con brio Adagio Rondo
Allegro Grimm-Freres: Waltz
1 Waltz
2 March
CD661: VOICES
OF TRUMPET AND ORGAN. Byron Pearson* and Donald R. Tison^,
Trumpets; Arthur Vidrich, 
Organ. Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia con Tromba*; Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St.
Gregory*; Hans Ludwig Schilling: Canzona*; Daniel
Pinkham: The Other Voices of the Trumpet*; Jean Langlais:
Two Chorale Preludes*, and Sonatine for Trumpet^;
Claude Gervais: Dances from the French Renaissance*^; Antonio Valente: Lo Ballo del’Intorcia*^; Henri Tomasi: Semaine sainte à Cüzco*; Anthony Plog: Fanfare for Two Trumpets*^; Francesco Manfredini: Concerto for Two Trumpets and Organ*^.
Featuring the wonderful combination of
trumpets with organ, this CD is a combination of two LP releases from 1980 and
1982. Byron Pearson was trumpet professor at Oberlin University and had been in
the Baltimore, St. Louis, and New Orleans Symphonies, and a featured soloist
with the U.S. Marine Band in Washington, DC. Donald Tison
was principal trumpet with the Baltimore Symphony from 1969 to 2000, and was trumpet teacher at the Peabody Conservatory.
Arthur Vidrich was the first visually limited student
to receive the DMA degree at the University of Michigan. He was, until his
death in 2014, a prominent organ soloist throughout the Northeast U.S.
UPC
009414766120 BUY NOW
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Torelli:
Sinfonia con Tromba Mvmt 1 Mvmt 2 Mvmt 3 Mvmt 4 Hovhaness
Prayer of St. Gregory Schilling: Canzona Mvmt 1 Mvmt 2 Mvmt 3 Pinkham: The Other Voices of the Trumpet Langlais :Two Chorale
Preludes From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee A Mighty Fortress is Our God Langlais: Sonatine for Trumpet
Mvmt 1 Mvmt 2 Mvmt 3 Gervais: Dances from the French Renaissance Pavane Branle gai Branle simple Allemande Valente: Lo Ballo del’Intorcia Tomasi Semaine sainte à Cüzco Plog Fanfare for Two Trumpets Manfredini: Concerto for
Two Trumpets and Organ Mvmt 1 Mvmt 2 Mvmt 3
CD662:
TRUMPET SOUNDS. Michael Chunn, Trumpet • Ned Gardner,
Trumpet. These
recordings were originally on Crystal LPs S369 (Ned Gardner) and S662 (Michael Chunn).
Michael Chunn,
Trumpet,
with Bruce Gibbons, Piano. Jean Maire: Coq et Frelon;
Marcel Bitsch: Quatre Variations sur un Theme de
Domenico Scarlatti; Jacques Casterede: Sonatine pour Trumpette Ut et
Piano; Eugene Bozza: Rustiques;
H. Maury: Premier Solo de Concours (cornet); John Hartmann: Facilita
(cornet). Ned Gardner, Trumpet, with Richard Reid, Piano, and
Susan Walker Gardner, Cello. André Jolivet: Air de Bravoure;
Jules Semler-Collery: Evocation
et Scherzetto; Fernando Sulpizi:
Suite Trovadorica; George Enesco: Legend; Yves
Chardon: Sonata for D Trumpet and Cello.
Michael Chunn is
trumpet professor at Kent State University in Ohio and principal trumpet of the
Opera Cleveland Orchestra. Ned Gardner recently retired from a lifetime of
superb playing. UPC 009414766229. BUY NOW
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Air de Bravoure
Semler-Collery
Evocation
et Scherzetto Sulpizi Suite Trovadorica: Estampie Chanson
Dramatique
Lai Descordant
Enesco Legend Chardon
Sonate for D Trumpet and Cello: Allegro
vivo Lento Andante Lento Vivace Marie
Coq et Frelon Bitsch: Quatre
Variations Casterede Sonatine: Allegro
energico Andantino Allegro
giocoso Bozza Rustiques
Maury Premier
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CD663:
ANTHONY PLOG, TRUMPET. Hindemith: Sonata for Trumpet & Piano;
Halsey Stevens: Sonata for Trumpet & Piano; Fisher Tull:
Profiles for Solo Trumpet; Petrassi: Fanfare for
Three Trumpets; Frank Campo: Two Studies for Trumpet & Guitar; Plog: Animal Ditties 2; Erickson: Kryl.
"...fascinating disc, brought off brilliantly." Musical
America UPC 009414766328 BUY NOW
“A virtuoso player, Plog
is a composer as well, represented by a brief Fanfare for Two Trumpets’ and Animal
Ditties, a witty mini-suite for narrator (Hal Smith), trumpet and piano on
poems by Ogden Nash....piano played impeccably by Sharon Davis. ...Enescu’s and
Bozza’s works allow one to gauge Plog’s
undeniable musicianship but it is the sheer diversity that is the winning
feature of the disc.” Gramophone, June 2018, Guy Richards
“All in all, this is a great celebration
of trumpet playing”, Fanfare, July/August 2018. Colin Clarke
“The playing is first-rate, sound quality
excellent”, American Record Guide May June 2018, Kilpatrick
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Stevens: Sonata Tull: Profiles Petrassi: Fanfare Campo: Two
Studies Plog: Animal
Ditties Erickson: Kryl Hindemith: Sonata
CD665:
THOMAS STEVENS, TRUMPET. Peter Maxwell Davies & George Antheil: Sonatas for
Trumpet & Piano; Hans Werner Henze: Sonatina; Thomas
Stevens: Triangles, Variations on a Clifford Interval, and A New Carnival of
Venice for four trumpets; Henri Tomasi: Triptyque; Ibert: Impromptu; Bernstein: Rondo for Lifey;
Charles Dodge: Extensions; Meyer Kupferman: Three
Ideas. Zita CArno, David Wheatley and Chet Swiatkowski on piano; Charlie Shomake,
vibraphone; Barry Lieberman, bass; with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Trumpet
section. “Thomas
Stevens is at one and the same a virtuoso and a highly thoughtful musician. I
can think of only a handful of players who are his equal, and certainly none
better.” Andre Previn
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Davies Sonata: Mvt 1 (Allegro Moderato) Mvt 2 (Lento) Mvt 3 (Allegro Vivo) Antheil Sonata: Mvt 1 (Allegretto) Mvt 2 (Dolce)
Mvt 3(Scherzo Vivace) Mvt 4(Allegretto) Stevens: Triangles Mvt 1(Senza Misura) Mvt 2(Quasi Lento)
Mvt 3(Presto Possibile) Henze: Sonatina Mvt 1(Toccata)
Mvt 2(Canzone)
Mvt 3(Segnali) Kupferman: Three
Ideas Adagio
Non Troppo
Allegro
Scherzando Lento Dodge: Extensions Stevens: Variations
on Clifford Intervals Stevens: A
New Carnival of Venice
Bernstein: Rondo
for Lifey
Tomasi: Triptyque Scherzo Largo Salterelle