ROYAL FIREWORKS

With an album of celebration, both joyful and solemn, trumpeter Alison Balsom again declares her love for the baroque era, which she calls 'the golden age of the trumpet'. Joining Handel's exuberant 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' are works by two other German-born composers - JS Bach and Telemann - and by the London-born Henry Purcell. Track List: Disc: 1 1. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture (Adagio) 2. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Allegro -lentement – allegro 3. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. Bourrée 4. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Paix (largo alla siciliana) 5. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. La Réjouissance 6. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: VI. Minuet 1 7. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: VII. Minuet 2 8. Trumpet Concerto, TWV 51:D7: I. Adagio 9. Trumpet Concerto, TWV 51:D7: II. Allegro 10. Trumpet Concerto, TWV 51:D7: III. Grave 11. Trumpet Concerto, TWV 51:D7: IV. Allegro 12. Sonata fur sechs Trompeten, Pauke und Basso continuo 13. Sonaten, Canzonen und Capriccen, No. 16: Capriccio No. 1 14. Sonaten, Canzonen und Capriccen, No. 16: Capriccio No. 2 15. Funeral sentences for the death of Queen Mary, Z. 27: I. March 16. Funeral sentences for the death of Queen Mary, Z. 27: VI. Thou Knowest Lord 17. Funeral sentences for the death of Queen Mary, Z. 27: III. Canzona 18. Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: I. Allegro 19. Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: II. Adagio 20. Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: III. Allegro 21. Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Part 1: No. 1 "Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage" 22. Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Part 1: No. 9 "Ach mein herzliebes" (Arranged for Trumpet by Balsom) 23. Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Part 6: No. 1 "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben" 24. Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Part 2: No. 3 "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht" 25. Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Part 3: No. 1 "Herrscher des Himmels" 26. Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Part 6: No. 11 "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen" ^1.27.