Missa da Tromba - Jan F. Christiansen (trumpet), Terje Winge (organ). SACD-ISO + CD

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Classical | Label: 2L | Catalog Number: 2L52SACD

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The tradition of pairing trumpet and organ goes back a long way; it is, however, only in recent years that Norwegian composers have found the inspiration to write concert music for this combination of instruments. In addition to the fanfares and festivity often associated with the trumpet, today's composers also exploit the instrument's potential for expressing tender, meditative moods; in this recording represented by music of Jon Laukvik, Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Ketil Vea and Egil Hovland.

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Opening this recital of Norwegian music for trumpet and organ is Kjell Mork Karlsen's 3rd Chorale Sonata which, as the title suggests, is based (loosely) upon a hymn tune (Nun freut euch, liebe Christen g'mein) and is broadly neo-Classical in nature. The following "Lamento" by Jon Laukvik is clearly influenced by Messiaen and provokes thoughts of what might have been had the great man conceived of this instrumental combination.

The central work from which the disc takes its title is Karlsen's "Missa da Tromba" and is in 4 movements (Introitus, Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus). Again, much of the music is reminiscent of other, greater minds - in this case those as diverse as Alain and Richard Strauss. Ketil Vea's "Sonata" follows and contains more originality of voice than that which precedes it but is still very far from being genuinely memorable. Closing the disc is the finest work, Egil Hovland's "Cantus X" which manages to work with a 'tonal' 12 tone row!...

Tracklisting:

01. Choralsonate nr.3 10:33
02. Lamento 09:23
03. Introitus 02:44
04. Kyrie 06:55
05. Gloria 05:32
06. Sanctus 06:15
07. Andante 03:16
08. Adagio 05:01
09. Allegro 02:01
10. Cantus X 09:13

...This is laudable work on the part of 2L’s engineers and producers. The sound focus and stage dimensionality of this recording is outstanding at all levels for an SACD. In my experience, as a rule, SACD recordings suffer from poor focusing and little dimensionality with pronounced diffused sound on the output stage. On this SACD disc with all six active discrete channels including the subwoofer working, the sound is highly focused in the front speakers including the subwoofer while the rear speakers provide just the right amount of ambience that perfectly reflects the slightly reverberant acoustics of the church where the organ resides. It should be also noted the sound never reaches the echo spectrum, producing on the other hand a very pleasant and warm sound both from trumpet and organ. It is very obvious that the 2L sound engineers have mastered the use and location of their very capable DPA microphones and all concomitant downlink electronics and final mixing into this 24 bit 96 kHz resolution DXD disc. For once they deny the usual characterization that SACD sound is for the most part diffused even with solo instruments. This is a highly commendable disc both from the artistic and sound engineering point of view and a real pleasure to listen due to its vivid sound.  

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