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The Golden Age of the Cornet | BIS BISSACD1598

The Golden Age of the Cornet

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1598

Barcode: 7318599915982

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 26th February 2007

Contents

Works

Herbert Lincoln Clarke
The Debutante; The Bride of the Waves

Carl Hohne
Slavische Fantasie

Edvard Grieg
Ved Rondane

Percy Code
Zelda

John Hartmann
Facilita

Oscar Borg
Sommerstemning

Grigoras Dinicu
Hora staccato

Frank Simon
Willow Echoes

Ole Bull
Sæterjentens søndag

Herman Bellstedt
Napoli

Artists

Ole Edvard Antonsen (cornet)
The Royal Norwegian Navy Band

Conductor

Ingar Bergby

Works

Herbert Lincoln Clarke
The Debutante; The Bride of the Waves

Carl Hohne
Slavische Fantasie

Edvard Grieg
Ved Rondane

Percy Code
Zelda

John Hartmann
Facilita

Oscar Borg
Sommerstemning

Grigoras Dinicu
Hora staccato

Frank Simon
Willow Echoes

Ole Bull
Sæterjentens søndag

Herman Bellstedt
Napoli

Artists

Ole Edvard Antonsen (cornet)
The Royal Norwegian Navy Band

Conductor

Ingar Bergby

About

This dazzling new SACD is appropriately opened and closed with the music of Herbert Lincoln Clarke, possibly the greatest cornet player of all time.  Clarke was for more than twenty years the solo cornet-player with the most famous of wind ensembles: the Sousa Band. His successor in the band, Frank Simon, is also represented on this disc, along with other leading notables of wind band music between c. 1850-1950, such as the Australian Percy Code and John Hartmann, born in Prussia but mainly active in England. 
 
Several of these sparkling and virtuosic pieces have been arranged especially for the present combination of Ole Edvard Antonsen and the Royal Norwegian Navy Band, including Ole Bull’s The Herdmaiden’s Sunday (Sæterjentens søndag), Grieg’s In the Hills (Ved Rondane) and Dinicu’s Hora staccato, usually heard on the violin.
 
Ole Edvard Antonsen has devoted himself to a solo career since 1987 and has performed in more than 40 countries. A remarkably versatile musician, he is just as much at home working with a symphony orchestra or collaborating with pop, rock or jazz musicians such as Lisa Stansfield, Ute Lemper, the Willem Breuker Kollektif and his own ensembles. He also has a special interest in the repertoire for military bands, and is himself principal conductor and artistic director of the Royal Norwegian Air Force Band. Antonsen was recently praised by American Record Guide: “his playing [is] clean, tasty, elegant, and full of stylistic contrasts.”
 
The Royal Norwegian Navy Band is one of five professional military bands in Norway. With its 32 full-time musicians this highly popular ensemble performs both in Norway and abroad. Here they provide expert backing to one of the world’s leading trumpet players.

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