The Robert Craft /CBS Monteverdi Vespers, made in 1967 and a great favourite of mine, uses oboes instead of cornetti. Next time I listen I'll see if I can hear a sax. I can't remember which instrument Anhony Lewis chose in his early '50s Oiseau-Lyre version. Thanks for the info about the F sopranino in the Brandenburg 2. Mule played it for Klemperer in a Vox recording and for Casals at Perpignan.
I think William Vacchiano was the first trumpeter to play absolutely all the highest notes (concert g's I think) , in Fritz Reiner's 1949 recording. Even Roger Voisin in the rival Koussevitzky version doesn't quite convince me that he is really there, though, like George Eskdale, he had a jolly good stab at them. With the type of trumpet availableto themit must have been well-nigh impossible. Do any trumpet fanciers here have any further info?.
I think William Vacchiano was the first trumpeter to play absolutely all the highest notes (concert g's I think) , in Fritz Reiner's 1949 recording. Even Roger Voisin in the rival Koussevitzky version doesn't quite convince me that he is really there, though, like George Eskdale, he had a jolly good stab at them. With the type of trumpet availableto themit must have been well-nigh impossible. Do any trumpet fanciers here have any further info?.
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