The St. Petersburg Trumpet School at the beginning of the 20th century was famous and attracted the best trumpeters in Europe. At the same time, melodies from Russia exerted a great fascination worldwide. On his new album, Joachim Karl SchÃ¤fer presents virtuoso salon pieces for trumpet, which arose from this fascination for Russia and have titles such as "Grand Russian Fantasia", "Russian Dance" or "SoirÃ©e de St.-PÃ©tersbourg". Composers such as Wassily Brandt, Oskar BÃ¶hme or Jules Levy were themselves among the best trumpeters of their time. Their bravura pieces sound light and elegant on the one hand, but are hardly ever played today because they are among the most difficult pieces written for the trumpet. Joachim Karl SchÃ¤fer presents a whole programme of these rarely played works and thus presents trumpet art of the highest class!

Tracklist:

Grand Russian Fantasia (Arr. For Cornet, Piano & String Bass)
Russisches Märchen (Arr. For Tumpet, Piano & String Bass)
Russischer Tanz, Op. 32 (Arr. For Trumpet, Piano & String Bass)
Wiegenlied, Op. 14 (Arr. For Trumpet, Piano & String Bass)
Konzert-Polka, Op. 13 (Arr. For Trumpet, Piano & String Bass)
Concert Piece No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 11 (Arr. For Cornet, Piano & String Bass)
Liebeslied In D-Flat Major, Op. 22 No. 2 (Arr. For Trumpet, Piano & String Bass)
Soirée De St. Pétersbourg, Op. 23 (Arr. For Cornet, Piano & String Bass)
Souvenir De St. Pétersbourg (Arr. For Cornet, Piano & String Bass)
Concert Piece No. 2 In E-Flat Major, Op. 12 (Arr. For Trumpet, Piano & String Bass)
Valse De Concert (Arr. For Trumpet, Piano & String Bass)
Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20b, Th 219: VII. Danse Napolitaine (Arr. For Trumpet, Piano & String Bass)

UPC: 4010072774446
Label: Christophorus
Release Date: 3.20.20
Format: CD

Russisches Marchen / Various - Russisches Marchen (CD)