Following his success at the ARD Competition in 1986, Reinhold Friedrich has appeared at all the world's leading concert halls. Apart from his work as a performer, he is a professor of trumpet at the Academy of Music in Karlsruhe, an honorary professor at London's Royal Academy of Music, and a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark.

This 10-CD set comprises his recordings over the last 15 years and demonstrates his impressive artistic spectrum, from works written for the natural trumpet to those representing the experimental avant-garde. This chronological account of trumpet literature reflects more than 400 years of music history.

Contents:

CD 1: Tribute to Old England
Handel · Clarke · Purcell · Snow · Finger · Corbett · Lawes

CD 2: Italian Trumpet Concertos
Stradella · Corelli · Marcello · Torelli · Albinoni

CD 3: German Trumpet Concertos
Molter · Endler

CD 4: Baroque Trumpet Concertos
Biber · Telemann · Fasch · Vivaldi

CD 5: Classical Trumpet Concertos
J. Haydn · M. Haydn · L. Mozart · Hummel

CD 6: 20th-Century Trumpet Concertos
Jolivet · Denisov · Rääts · Shostakovich

CD 7: Contemporary Trumpet Concertos
Zimmermann · Berio · Rihm · Scelsi · Killmayer

CD 8: Trumpet and Organ
Messiaen · Zbinden · Shostakovich · Eben · Escaich · Tomasi · Sauget · Takemitsu

CD 9: La Belle Epoque - Trumpet and Piano
Charlier · Thomé · Pennequin · Ropartz · Gaubert · Erlanger · Parès · Gedalge · Savard

CD 10: Trumpet and Percussion
Cage · Wolff · Walter · Huber · Bornhöft