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Swedish trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger is bidding to become the successor to Maurice André, and he is similar to André in his willingness to take on repertory of almost any period and deliver a convincing performance. It apparently occurred to someone at Decca that a collection of Hardenberger performances could double as an all-purpose trumpet box, and indeed these five CDs will give most listeners all the trumpet music they'll ever need. The five discs were originally issued between 1986 and 1994, and unlike many large anthologies they each replicate one original release—they're not cut and pasted. The sequence of the box as a whole is roughly chronological, with mostly Baroque concertos and trumpet-and-organ spectaculars on the first two discs, Classical-period concertos on disc 3, a grab bag of Romantic and modern trumpet (or cornet)-and-piano on disc 4, and a group of solo-trumpet modernist extended-technique works to close out the set. Hardenberger is remarkably consistent across this wide stylistic range, and it's hard to find a moment where he flags. It might be noted that his rather detached perfection works extremely well in ceremonial works like the famed Trumpet Tune of Jeremiah Clarke but not so well in something like Hora staccato, arranged by Hardenberger from Jascha Heifetz's own arrangement—a certain level of excitement is missing from works that have a whiff of the low about them. Nothing beyond quibbles can be raised with the set as a whole, however, and the sound of these older recordings holds up well; with each CD simply being a reissue of an older one, there is no problem with strange juxtapositions of sound quality. Any lover of the trumpet, whether classical or otherwise, can profitably load up a changer with these five discs and take an expert tour through the classical repertory for the instrument.

© James Manheim, All Music Guide

CD 1 of 5
Antonio Vivaldi Composer Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C, RV537 Work Recorded 1993 6:59 Reinhold Friedrich Trumpet, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Karl-Ernst Schröder Chitarrone, Sergio Azzolini Bassoon, I Musici String Ensemble
1	1.Allegro	2:48			$0.99
2	2.Largo	1:04			$0.49
3	3.Allegro	3:07			$0.99
Arcangelo Corelli Composer Sonata a 4, for trumpet and 2 violins in D, WoO 4 Work Recorded 1993 5:40 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Karl-Ernst Schröder Chitarrone, Sergio Azzolini Bassoon, I Musici String Ensemble
4	1.Grave	0:53			$0.49
5	2.Allegro	1:11			$0.49
6	3.Grave	1:58			$0.49
7	4.Allegro	0:40			$0.49
8	5.Allegro	0:58			$0.49
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Composer Concerto a cinque for Oboe, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Continuo in Bb, Op.7, No.3, (T.7/3)...Concerto a cinque for Oboe 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Continuo in Bb, Op.7, No.3, (T.7/3) (arr. trumpet and strings) Work Recorded 1993 7:27 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Karl-Ernst Schröder Chitarrone, Sergio Azzolini Bassoon, I Musici String Ensemble
9	1.Allegro	2:57			$0.99
10	2.Adagio	2:29			$0.99
11	3.Allegro	2:01			$0.99
Giuseppe Torelli Composer Sonata (a5), for trumpet, strings and continuo in D, G.7 Work Recorded 1993 5:58 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Karl-Ernst Schröder Chitarrone, Sergio Azzolini Bassoon, I Musici String Ensemble
12	1.Grave. Allegro	1:06			$0.49
13	2.Grave	1:44			$0.49
14	3.Allegro	1:09			$0.49
15	4.Grave. Allegro	1:59			$0.49
Alessandro Marcello Composer Concerto for Oboe in D-, SF.935 (later transcribed by J.S. Bach, BWV974)...Oboe Concerto in D-, SF.935 (arr. trumpet and orchestra) Work Recorded 1993 9:37 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Karl-Ernst Schröder Chitarrone, Sergio Azzolini Bassoon, I Musici String Ensemble
16	1.Andante e spiccato	3:11			$0.99
17	2.Adagio	3:36			$0.99
18	3.Presto	2:50			$0.99
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani Composer Sonata prima, for solo trumpet (or trumpet & continuo) Work Recorded 1993 4:57 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Karl-Ernst Schröder Chitarrone, Sergio Azzolini Bassoon, I Musici String Ensemble
19	1. [Andante]	1:08			$0.49
20	2. [Allegro - Presto]	1:24			$0.49
21	3. [Allegro]	1:00			$0.49
22	4. [Adagio]	1:25			$0.49
Petronio Franceschini Composer Sonata for 2 trumpets and string orchestra in D Work Recorded 1993 6:14 Reinhold Friedrich Trumpet, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Karl-Ernst Schröder Chitarrone, Sergio Azzolini Bassoon, I Musici String Ensemble
23	1.Grave	1:00			$0.49
24	2.Allegro	1:17			$0.49
25	3.Adagio	2:09			$0.99
26	4.Allegro	1:48			$0.49
Pietro Baldassare Composer Trumpet Sonata No.1 in F Work Recorded 1993 6:28 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Karl-Ernst Schröder Chitarrone, Sergio Azzolini Bassoon, I Musici String Ensemble
27	1.Allegro	2:12			$0.99
28	2.Grave	2:37			$0.99
29	3.Allegro	1:39			$0.49
CD 2 of 5
Padre Giovanni Battista Martini Composer Toccata, for trumpet and organ Work Recorded 1991 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
1	Toccata, for trumpet and organ	2:18			$0.99
Jeremiah Clarke Composer Trumpet Tune in D, for trumpet and organ Work Recorded 1991 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
2	Trumpet Tune in D, for trumpet and organ	1:10			$0.49
Jeremiah Clarke Composer Suite for Trumpet and Strings in D Work Recorded 1991 11:34 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
3	1.Prelude: The Duke of Gloster's March	1:21			$0.49
4	2.Minuet	1:13			$0.49
5	3.Sibelle	1:08			$0.49
6	4.Rondeau: The Prince of Denmark's March	1:09			$0.49
7	5.Serenade: Andante	2:03			$0.99
8	6.Bourrée	0:43			$0.49
9	7.Écossaise	2:10			$0.99
10	8.Hornpipe. Gigue	1:47			$0.49
Remo Giazotto Composer Adagio in G- for Violin, Strings, and Organ (previously attributed to Albinoni) Work Recorded 1991 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
11	Adagio in G- for Violin, Strings, and Organ (arr. trumpet and organ)	8:29			$1.49
Johann Sebastian Bach Composer Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV721 Work Recorded 1991 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
12	Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV721	3:28			$0.99
Johann Sebastian Bach Composer Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV639 Work Recorded 1991 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
13	Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV639	1:57			$0.49
Johann Sebastian Bach Composer Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV727 Work Recorded 1991 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
14	Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV727	2:41			$0.99
Jean Baptiste Loeillet Composer Sonata in D, Op.3, No.9 Work Recorded 1991 6:12 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
15	1.Largo	1:21			$0.49
16	2.Allegro	1:41			$0.49
17	3.Largo	1:27			$0.49
18	4.Menuet - Più allegro - Menuet	1:43			$0.49
Charles Gounod Composer Ave Maria (Adaptation of Bach's Prelude in C, BWV846) Work Recorded 1991 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
19	Ave Maria (Adaptation of Bach's Prelude in C, BWV846)	2:59			$0.99
Georg Philipp Telemann Composer Musique heroïque, 12 marches for 2 instruments and continuo ('Heldenmusik'), TWV50:31-42 Work Recorded 1991 19:44 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Simon Preston Organ
20	1.La Majesté	1:51			$0.49
21	2.La Grâce	3:12			$0.99
22	3.La Vaillance	1:07			$0.49
23	4.La Tranquillité	1:23			$0.49
24	5.L'Armement	1:12			$0.49
25	6.L'Amour	2:17			$0.99
26	7.La Vigilance	1:39			$0.49
27	8.La Gaillardise	1:15			$0.49
28	9.La Douceur	1:56			$0.49
29	10.La Générosité	0:59			$0.49
30	11.L'Espérance	1:32			$0.49
31	12.La Réjouissance	1:21			$0.49
CD 3 of 5
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Composer Trumpet Concerto in E or Eb, WoO1, S.49 Work Recorded 1986 17:56 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Sir Neville Marriner Conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
1	1.Allegro con spirito	9:32			$1.49
2	2.Andante	4:45			$0.99
3	3.Rondo Finale: Allegro	3:39			$0.99
Johann Wilhelm Hertel Composer Trumpet Concerto in D Work Recorded 1986 9:57 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Sir Neville Marriner Conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
4	1.Allegro ma non troppo	2:39			$0.99
5	2.Largo	4:55			$0.99
6	3.Vivace	2:23			$0.99
Johann Stamitz Composer Trumpet Concerto in D (realized by Boustead) Work Recorded 1986 15:38 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Sir Neville Marriner Conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
7	1.Allegro non troppo presto	6:43			$0.99
8	2.Adagio	4:27			$0.99
9	3.Allegro molto	4:28			$0.99
(Franz) Joseph Haydn Composer Trumpet Concerto in Eb, Hob.VIIe:1 Work Recorded 1986 14:23 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Sir Neville Marriner Conductor, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
10	1.Allegro	6:10			$0.99
11	2.Andante	3:47			$0.99
12	3.Finale: Allegro	4:26			$0.99
CD 4 of 5
Carl Hohne Composer Slavonic Fantasy for cornet & piano Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
1	Slavonic Fantasy for cornet & piano	7:06			$1.49
Grigoras Dinicu Composer Hora Staccato, for violin and piano (or orchestra) Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
2	Hora Staccato (arr. trumpet and piano)	2:01			$0.99
Virgil Thomson Composer At the Beach, concert waltz for trumpet and piano Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
3	At the Beach, concert waltz for trumpet and piano	4:40			$0.99
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Composer Songs without Words, Book 6, Op.67...Songs without Words, Book 6, Op.67 (arr. cornet and piano) Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
4	4.Spinnerlied (Spinning Song) in C	2:07			$0.99
Emile Waldteufel Composer Pluie d'etoiles, for orchestra Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
5	Pluie d'etoiles, for orchestra	5:31			$0.99
Leonard Bernstein Composer Brass Music, for trumpet, trombone, horn, tuba and piano Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
6	1.Rondo for Lifey, for trumpet and piano	1:24			$0.49
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov Composer Albumleaf for Trumpet and Piano in Db Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
7	Albumleaf for Trumpet and Piano in Db	3:58			$0.99
Jacques Ibert Composer Impromptu, for trumpet and piano Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
8	Impromptu, for trumpet and piano	1:54			$0.49
William Weide Composer My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose for cornet & piano Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
9	My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose for cornet & piano	11:27			$1.99
Max Reger Composer Romance in G, for violin and piano Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
10	Romance in G (arr. cornet and piano)	1:45			$0.49
Marcel Bitsch Composer Variation on a Theme by Domenico Scarlatti for trumpet & piano Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
11	Variation on a Theme by Domenico Scarlatti for trumpet & piano	7:03			$1.49
Roland Pöntinen Composer The Girl from Brazil, for trumpet & piano Work Recorded 1988 Roland Pöntinen Piano, Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
12	The Girl from Brazil, for trumpet & piano	7:31			$1.49
CD 5 of 5
Hans Werner Henze Composer Sonatina, for trumpet Work Recorded 1994 4:10 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
1	1.Toccata	0:40			$0.49
2	2.Canzona	2:09			$0.99
3	3.Segnali	1:21			$0.49
Toru Takemitsu Composer Paths, for solo trumpet Work Recorded 1994 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
4	Paths, for solo trumpet	5:25			$0.99
Luciano Berio Composer Sequenza X, for trumpet in C and piano resonance Work Recorded 1994 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet, Peter Solomon Piano
5	Sequenza X, for trumpet in C and piano resonance	17:34			$2.99
Mauricio Kagel Composer Old/New, for trumpet Work Recorded 1994 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
6	Old/New, for trumpet	1:08			$0.49
Antoine Tisné Composer Emotion, for trumpet Work Recorded 1994 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
7	Emotion, for trumpet	14:14			$2.49
Blake Watkins Composer La mort de l'aigle for solo trumpet in C Work Recorded 1994 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
8	La mort de l'aigle for solo trumpet in C	10:26			$1.99
György Ligeti Composer Die große Schildkröten: Fanfare vom Südchinesischen Meer (The Big Turtle: Fanfare from the South China Sea), for trumpet Work Recorded 1994 Hakan Hardenberger Trumpet
9	Die große Schildkröten: Fanfare vom Südchinesischen Meer (The Big Turtle: Fanfare from the South China Sea), for trumpet	0:35			$0.49