Ole Edvard Antonsen - French Trumpet ConcertosIf the Baroque period may be regarded as a golden era for trumpet virtuosos, the centuries that followed proved far less glorious. Apart from it's uses in military contexts, the trumpet was largely relegated to a secondary role, 'confined', as described by Hector Berlioz in 1844, 'to the unworthy function of filling in, or made to sound two or three commonplace rhythmical formulae.' This would however change in the 20th century, when the development

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Dvorak/ Kuijk/ Silva - Piano Quartets 1 & 2

Mathias Vidal and Thomas Dolié are the soloists in this programme

'Battle Hymn of the Republic' & 'When I Lay My Body Down'

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"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"

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He never had the opportunity to record this rarely performed piece in the studio: this live recording from Lucerne therefore fills a gap in his discography

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