The Trumpet Analysis

The Trumpet – various, trumpet A mixture of feelings is how I reacted to this album. A selection of pieces, experts, and composers that I have not even heard of appeared on this album. This album featured many different trumpeters as well, making it hard to hone in on specifics on the technique of playing. Ludwig Guttler, however, did appear on many of the pieces and had an interesting sound. At first listen, I was struck by the style of his tone and timbre. Ludwig sounded very, in the throat, as in playing far back into his mouth and throat. The sound almost sounded a bit muffled at times. Guttler’s range and tonguing also struck me. His tonguing was very frontal in attack, something I have been working on to achieve, and was precious and clean to the beat on faster passages. His range also excelled high into the upper register and skipped around often with near perfect precision.

Bach: Works for Trumpet – Alison Balsom, trumpet As always with Alison, …show more content…
Tine Thing Helseth’s Storyteller really was a journey through many stories. Similarly to her last album, Helseth presented an intriguing and mysterious setting. From my understanding, my conclusion to these mysterious reactions stem mainly from the style of playing. Each line of music tells a different sentence and each line moves in its own way. One set of songs in particular from this album that showcases this well is the “The Mountain Maid” song cycle. After some preliminary research on this piece, this piece was actually originally written for soprano voice. I did not find any records of transcription for trumpet until Helseth. Anyways, I am glad Tine decried to play this song cycle as it appropriately painted a picture of loss and love that that she was aiming for. Overall, it is hard to capture entirely in words exactly what both of Helseth’s albums have done for my musical imagination and ability. Bravo to Tine Thing Helseth on a job well