Maurice André: Trumpet Concertos

There’s an almost comic effect here, of Karajan seeing if he can upstage the brilliant Maurice André, and André successfully fighting back. The plush results are very enjoyable. Michael Tanner

 

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm

COMPOSERS: Hummel,Mozart,Telemann & Vivaldi
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Trumpet Concertos by Hummel, Mozart, Telemann & Vivaldi
PERFORMER: André (trumpet); Berlin PO/von Karajan
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 965 9432

There’s an almost comic effect here, of Karajan seeing if he can upstage the brilliant Maurice André, and André successfully fighting back. The plush results are very enjoyable. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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