The Trumpet Book

(Click CD image for PDF)

"A unique and amazing book: history, pictures, technique, manufacture, music, styles, genres, bibliographic reference; every page is a key that opens a door to the reader's imagination and knowledge."

- Jean-Pierre Mathez

The Trumpet Book CD
Gabriele Cassone, trumpet
17 tracks, 68 minutes
(CD included with purchase of The Trumpet Book)
Click the links below for audio excerpts

Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
Sinfonia from Il Barcheggio for Baroque trumpet and strings
1. Spiritoso e staccato
2. (Aria)
3. (Canzone)
4. (Aria)

Giovanni Bonaventura Viviani (1638–1692)
Excerpts from Abraham in Egypt
5. Sinfonia
6. Aria: "Se risuona"
7. Aria: "Non avran di me vittoria"

Luca Antonio Predieri (1688–1767)
8. “Pace una volta” from Zenobia

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Concerto for keyed trumpet and orchestra in E-flat major
9. I - Allegro
10. II - Andante cantabile
11. III - Finale: Allegro

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1788–1837)
Concerto for keyed trumpet and orchestra in E major
12. I - Allegro con spirito
13. II - Andante
14. III - Rondo: Allegro molto

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
15. Adagio for alto trumpet in D and orchestra

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889)
16. The Carnival of Venice for cornet à pistons and orchestra

Michele Tadini (*1964)
17. Notturna for C trumpet and live electronics