Matthias Höfs - Trumpet Consort (2024)

Behind this title is a program of works by English masters from the Renaissance to the late Baroque, arranged for trumpet and organ, played on modern instruments: 4-valve piccolo trumpets in G-, A- and B-tuning, as well as a Marcussen organ (1983) with 41 stops on 3 manuals and 256 stop-combinations. Is it still legitimate and appropriate today to use modern instruments for the performance of early music, since the trend towards historical performance practice seems to be unbroken? We found it especially appealing to adapt the recorded repertoire for our instrumentation. At the time of Johann Sebastian Bach, it was common practice to rewrite works for different instrumentations. For example, Johann Sebastian Bach‘s concertos for 2 to 4 harpsichords and strings BWV 1060 – 1065 are arrangements after concertos for solo violins (solo oboes) and strings.

TRACKLIST

01. Matthias Höfs - Händel: Concerto F Major HWV 333: I. Pomposo
02. Matthias Höfs - Händel: Concerto F Major HWV 333: VI. A tempo ordinario
03. Matthias Höfs - Händel: Concerto F Major HWV 333: III. A tempo giusto
04. Matthias Höfs - Telemann: Concerto No. 2 in D Major TWV 40:202: I. Adagio
05. Matthias Höfs - Telemann: Concerto No. 2 in D Major TWV 40:202: II. Grave
06. Matthias Höfs - Telemann: Concerto No. 2 in D Major TWV 40:202: III. Allegro
07. Matthias Höfs - Mozart: Andante in F Major, K. 616
08. Matthias Höfs - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Miniature Overture
09. Matthias Höfs - Morales: Infinite Ascent
10. Matthias Höfs - Meyers: The Deer Hunter: Cavatina
11. Matthias Höfs - Morales: With Praise, We Sing: 1. Deep River
12. Matthias Höfs - Morales: With Praise, We Sing: 2. Ride on, King Jesus / Where you There?
13. Matthias Höfs - Ahlert: I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a Letter