Instrument: trumpet and piano
Grade: medium—slightly difficult
Catalogue No: AR013
ISMN No: 9790570273935
These pieces are recorded by Paul
Archibald and Juliet Edwards on the Brass Classics' CD - BC3004 "Divertissement". Available from www.brassclassics.co.uk or from Brass Wind Publications, or from your local retailer
... Passepied Le Roi s'amuse DELIBES Waltz Coppélia DELIBES Romance Without Words FAURÉ Passepied Suite Bergamasque DEBUSSY Sonatine 2nd Movement RAVEL Rigaudon Le Tombeau de Couperin RAVEL
"... Delibes, Debussy and Ravel are not the names that come to the top of the list when associating composers with the trumpet, but Paul
Archibald's arrangements have been so expertly transcribed and perfectly placed into the trumpet register that they feel like they were made for each other. There is going to be a need, however, for a woodwind player's type of approach to the playing and in particular a lightness of touch, which should be a good exercise for trumpet players who have an inclination to overblow. Players would need to be of Grade 6 and above to do justice to these pieces. The trumpet part has been melodically crafted and expertly articulated and the piano part has been effectively edited by Juliet Edwards. It is not too difficult to play and yet feels knitted into the pieces and definitely not bolted on afterwards." Reviewed ' Music Teacher'