Portrait of Wynton Marsalis
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) - Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-Flat Major
01.Listen I. Allegro
02.Listen II. Andante
03.Listen III. Allegro
04.Listen Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) The Flight of the Bumble-bee
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings in C major, RV 537
05.Listen I. Allegro
06.Listen II. Largo
07.Listen III. Allegro
08.Listen Jules Levy (1838-1903) Grand Russian Fantasia
09.Listen Herman Bellstedt (1858-1926) Napoli – Variations on a Neapolitan Song
10.Listen Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) Canon for 3 Trumpets and Strings*
Johann Fasch (1688-1758) Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes and Strings in D major
11.Listen I. Allegro
12.Listen II. Largo
13.Listen III. Allegro
14.Listen Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (Traditional Spiritual)
Andre Jolivet (1905-1974) Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet (1954)
15.Listen I. Mesto-Concitato
16.Listen II. Grave
17.Listen III. Giocoso
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet (*synchronization)/Cornet (4, 8, 9, 14); National Philharmonic Orchestra – Raymond Leppard 1-3; Eastman Wind Ensemble – Donald Hunsberger 4, 8, 9, 14; English Chamber Orchestra – Raymond Leppard 5-7, 10-13; Philharmonia Orchestra – Esa-Pekka Salonen 15-17.
LINER NOTES
Wynton Marsalis was born on October 18, 1961. Like many prominent jazz players, he comes from New Orleans. His father, Ellis Marsalis is a widely respected musician, composer, and educator, and from an early age, Wynton acquired valuable experience in his hometown marching bands, jazz bands, funk bands, and youth orchestras. He was given his first trumpet at age 6 by Al Hirt, but he did not pursue the instrument seriously until he started studying classical music at the age of 12.
After playing first trumpet in the New Orleans Civic Orchestra throughout high school and taking part in the summer program at Tanglewood’s Berkshire Music Center at the age of 17, Wynton Marsalis entered the Juilliard School at 18 and was soon recognized as the school’s most impressive young trumpeter. He performed as a pit musician in Sweeney Todd on Broadway and played with the Brooklyn Philharmonia.
The following summer he joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Since his New York concert debut in 1982, Wynton Marsalis has become a permanent fixture on the international jazz scene. He also devotes considerable time to the promotion of jazz and music education, taking particular pride in upholding one of the great jazz traditions through his support and development of young jazz talents.
As well as making a number of TV appearances for shows in the US, Wynton Marsalis has written music for television and film. He has also composed a ballet to a commission fro the Brooklyn Academy of Music in a recent collaboration with choreographer Garth Fagan and sculptor Martin Puryear. As an exclusive SONY MUSIC/SONY CLASSICAL recording artist, Wynton Marsalis has achieved extraordinary critical and popular success. Winner of 8 Grammy awards, and a nominee 23 times over the past 10 years, he made history in 1983 as the first artist to win Grammys in both the Jazz and Classical fields, as “Best Soloist” and “Best Soloist with Orchestra” respectively, an achievement he went on to repeat the following year.
His first record, in 1982, entitled “Wynton Marsalis” has been followed by at least one new jazz and one new classical release in virtually every year thereafter. His most recent release for SONY CLASSICAL features duets for soprano and trumpet by Baroque composers, which Marsalis performs with the soprano Kathleen Battle and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. With tour de force performances on both trumpet and cornet of music ranging from the Baroque, through the Classical era, and into the 20th century, this “Portrait” illustrates the extraordinary diversity of Wynton Marsalis’ classical repertory.
