Quiet City (Signed 1CD)
Alison Balsom

Quiet City (Signed 1CD)

SKU: #0190296229916

Alison Balsom’s latest album, hand-signed and available on 1CD.

£14.99
5 out of 5 Customer Rating

“This album has been an utter joy to make […] The concept of this project began decades ago, when I decided that Copland’s Quiet City was a work that everyone needed to hear – especially so as Copland reveals the scene so brilliantly via the solo trumpet and cor. There is a true melancholy in this work that only a certain type of trumpet playing can achieve, and across the collection on the album I’ve tried to show that through the unique lens of the trumpet, the wonderful bridge and mutual respect between the classical composers and arrangers, and the jazz greats can be seen. For many of us, the sentiment behind Quiet City is pertinent at the moment, as we emerge from the loneliness of the pandemic and into another chapter of darkness in today’s turbulent world […].”

Artists:

Alison Balsom, trumpet

Britten Sinfonia

Scott Stroman, conductor

CD1

Aaron Copland

1Quiet City

Leonard Bernstein, arr. Alisom Balso

2. On the Town. Lonely Town: Pas de deux

George Gershwin, arr. Simon Wright

3. Rhapsody in Blue

Charles Ives

4. The Unanswered Question

5-6 - Joaquin Rodrigo, arr. Gil Evans for Miles Davis

5. Part I: Adagio

6. Part II: Moderato

Kurt Weill, arr. Gil Evans for Miles Davis

7. My Ship