BaL 10.10.15 - Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

0930 Building a Library
As part of BBC Music's Ten Pieces Secondary, which aims to open up the world of classical music to children aged 11 and above, Hannah French compares available versions of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E flat major and makes a personal recommendation. A favourite of the trumpet repertoire and possibly Haydn's most popular concerto, this work was composed in 1796 while the composer was working on The Creation. It was written for his long-time friend Anton Weidinger who had developed a keyed trumpet which could play chromatically, unlike the natural trumpet which had a more limited choice of notes.


Available versions:_


Maurice André, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Hans Stadlmair
Maurice André, Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-François Paillard
Maurice André, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray (download)
Maurice André, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Theodor Guschlbauer
Alison Balsom, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Wolfgang Bauer, Württembergisches Kammerorchester, Ruben Gazarian
Mark Bennett, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
Ketil Christensen, Liepaja Symphony Amber Orchestra, Atvars Lakstigala
Roger Delmotte, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen (download)
Niklas Eklund, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman
Reinhold Friedrich, Vienna Academy Orchestra, Martin Haselbock (download)
Reinhold Friedrich, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner (download)
Hans Gansch, Spirit of Europe, Martin Sieghart
Ludwig Güttler, Virtuosi Saxoniae
Håkan Hardenberger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Tine Thing Helseth, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Adolph Herseth, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Adolf Holler, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Busch
Friedemann Immer, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Gilbert Johnson
Miroslav Kejmar, Capella Istropolitana, Peter Skvor
Ĭordan Kozhukharov, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Willy Krug, Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Koch (download)
Romain Leleu, Baltic Chamber Orchestra, Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme
Paolo Longinotti, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Wynton Marsalis, ECO, Raymond Leppard
Maurice Murphy, Consort of London, Robert Clark
Sergei Nakariakov
Geoffrey Payne, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins, Michael Halász***
Pasi Pirinen, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Carole Dawn Reinhart, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Andreae
Jürgen Schuster, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl
Gerard Schwarz, New York Chamber Symphony
Rolf Smedvig, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jahja Ling
Crispian Steele-Perkins, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead
Alan Stringer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
Markus Stockhausen, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Gábor Tarkövi, Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl-Heinz Steffens
Edward H. Tarr, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla
Pierre Thibaud, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Otto Gerdes (download)
Laura Vukobratovic, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl
David Wagenseil, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman
John Wallace, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green
Helmut Wobisch (trumpet), Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Anton Heiller (download)

[visualnickmos]

Didn't they do this not so long ago, with one of Maurice André's many recordings gaining the 'fanfare' oops - sorry!

[mikealdren]

I'm away and not able to check but I think the Sergei Nakariakov I have is with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra under Jesus Lopez-Coboz.

Mike

[MickyD]

There is also another Crispian Steele-Perkins version on period instruments, with the King's Consort on Hyperion.

[cincinnatus]

Didn't they do this not so long ago, with one of Maurice André's many recordings gaining the 'fanfare' oops - sorry!

Hello Visualnickmos. As far as I can tell this was last done on BAL on 13 June 1998 by Stephen Dodgson. His recommendation was Reinhold Friedrich but I don't know which conductor. Also recommended were Marsalis and Wilbraham.

Cincin

[visualnickmos]

Hello Visualnickmos. As far as I can tell this was last done on BAL on 13 June 1998 by Stephen Dodgson. His recommendation was Reinhold Friedrich but I don't know which conductor. Also recommended were Marsalis and Wilbraham.

Cincin

Good evening, Cincinnatus
It was a long while ago, then! I'm clearly getting brain-lapse. In fact, when I think more about it, I think Maurice André was given 'only' high praise.... gosh - what the passage of time can do to memory, sometimes.

But after all of that, it's not a piece that does much for me, nice though it is..... one of those 'it should be in my library, but' pieces....

[Petrushka]

I remember we had some fun on the old BBC message board when quite a few of us (me included) owned up to not having a single version of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto on their shelves. I've since rectified that omission and now have Hardenberger/ASMF/Marriner, Herseth/Chicago SO/Abbasdo and a BBC MM CD with Alison Balsom.

The Hardenberger is fine and the one I turn to if I want to hear the piece and I'm not in the market for another version.

[Nick Armstrong]

I have Wynton Marsalis. Not much listened to - not a piece with much 'staying power' in terms of interest. I'd like to hear Sergei Nakariakov play it though - he could play scales and make them interesting.

[LeMartinPecheur]

I feel adequately supplied with the Marsalis and the Immer (very HIPP keyed trumpet). Plus one not on EA's list

Roger Voisin/Unicorn Concert Orch/ "Conducted by Harry Ellis Dickson/ Recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston", Decca Ace of Clubs ACL-R 56, c.1959.

Inherited from my dad, and how in early years I first encountered this work, plus a good selection of Vivaldi and Purcell (or not-quite-Purcell, 'Trumpet Voluntary in D') trumpet goodies

Not 100% HIPP I guess

EDIT The Voisin recording lists the type of trumpet(s) used for each work: the Haydn on E-flat clarino trumpet, the Vivaldi 2-trumpet concerto on 'modern orchestral C trumpets' , Purcells or quasi-P's on D trumpet, English Coronation or Herald trumpet in D, and C trumpets. Do these tie in with the five trumpets on the sleeve artwork? I reckon I can pick out the herald trumpet but am woefully ignorant on the others. In any case there appear to be five different instruments in the photo but only three or four distinct verbal descriptions. Help please, trumpet aficionados! (You may get a bigger repro of the LP sleeve if you google "ACL-R 56")

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Not 100% HIPP I guess

(just trying to add a touch of balance. . .)

[Pulcinella]

I have this version in a previous incarnation on CFP 4589.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Concertos-Haydn-Trumpet-Concerto/dp/B001IYO02G

Seems now to be available as a download.
It's the 'filler' to the Mozart horn concertos.
Soloist Ian Balmain, RLPO, Stephen Kovacevich.
(The soloist in the Mozart is Claire Briggs.)

[aeolium]

I have a soft spot for this work as it was on the first LP that I ever acquired (for something like 9/11s), on the Fontana label. To this day I have no idea who the soloist was. At that time of discovery the performers were unimportant - the music was all. It's still a work I greatly enjoy hearing (much later I got the Marsalis version), so I'll probably have a listen though without caring at all who "wins".

[Pulcinella]

I have a soft spot for this work as it was on the first LP that I ever acquired (for something like 9/11s), on the Fontana label. To this day I have no idea who the soloist was. At that time of discovery the performers were unimportant - the music was all. It's still a work I greatly enjoy hearing (much later I got the Marsalis version), so I'll probably have a listen though without caring at all who "wins".

A couple of incarnations of this, it seems.
Here's one.

http://www.discogs.com/Mozart-Haydn-L-Mozart-Vienna-Symphony-Orchestra-Paumgartner-Heilbronner-Chamber-Orchestra-Faerber-Ei/master/692753

Here's the other.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mozart-Nachtmusik-Haydn-Trumpet-Concerto-Baumgartner-Korea-Philips-Fontana-VG-/330973753163

Looks like the soloist is Harry Sevenstern.

[Barbirollians]

I think I have Marsalis , Hakanberger and Balsam . All good and no need for any more . The Marsalis LP however I have not seen for some time .

[aeolium]

A couple of incarnations of this, it seems.
Here's one.

http://www.discogs.com/Mozart-Haydn-L-Mozart-Vienna-Symphony-Orchestra-Paumgartner-Heilbronner-Chamber-Orchestra-Faerber-Ei/master/692753

Here's the other.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mozart-Nachtmusik-Haydn-Trumpet-Concerto-Baumgartner-Korea-Philips-Fontana-VG-/330973753163

Looks like the soloist is Harry Sevenstern.

Thanks, Pulcinella. It was the one with the setting sun, and thinking about it it may have been cheaper than I thought, something like 7/9s as I couldn't afford much in those pocket-money days (a full price LP was anything up to 2 guineas , a staggering sum).