Living on the Edge
Works by George Frideric Handel, Sergei Prokofiev and Modest Mussorgsky
Trombone Unit Hannover Trombone Ensemble
Gäste/guests:
Yuval Wolfson Bass trombone
Martin Hennecke Percussion
Dominik Minsch Percussion
Johannes Walter Percussion
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Tracklist
- Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (1749)
Ouverture: Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, Allegro - Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Suite from the Ballet “Romeo and Juliet”, Op. 64 (1935-36)
Introduction - Dance of the Knights
- The Young Juliet
- Romeo at Friar Laurence's
- Juliet's Funeral
- Death of Juliet
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
Promenade - No. 1 Gnomus—"The Gnome"
- Promenade (2nd)
- No. 2 Il vecchio castello—"The Old Castle"
- Promenade (3rd)
- No. 3 "Tuileries (Children’s Quarrel after Games)"
- No. 4 Bydlo—"Cattle"
- Promenade (4th)
- No. 5 "Ballet of Unhatched Chicks"
- No. 6 "Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle"
- No. 7 Limoges—"The Market (The Great News)"
- No. 8 "Catacombs (Roman Tomb)"
- Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
- No. 9 "The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yagá)"
- No. 10 "The Great Gate of Kiev"
When we hear Trombone Unit Hannover’s second GENUIN release, we're reminded of King Arthur and his round table: a dozen or so internationally award-winning young men with glistening metal and flaming audacity. But when the first notes of Handel's Royal Fireworks overture blaze forth from the speakers, all we can think is "The world is sound!" Whether we’re fans of brass or ballet or orchestra: the virtuosity, drive, and glorious sound of these young knights of the trombone practically sweep us off our feet. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and Handel’s Fireworks music: who would ever want to hear these works again in a different version?
CD der Woche rbb Kultur
"raffinierte Arrangements"
Besprechung und CD der Woche im rbb Kultur, 20.-26.1.2020 von Hans Ackermann
CD-Tipp der Woche /SR 2
"Living on the Edge" ist CD-Tipp der Woche im Radio SR 2 KulturRadio.
SR 2-MusikWelt
Das Interview mit dem Posaunisten Michael Zühl über die neue CD des Ensembles stand am 7. November im Mittelpunkt der SR 2-MusikWelt.
Münchner Merkur
"Die neun Musiker zeigen eine beeindruckende Agilität, lassen ihre Instrumente mal zart singen, mal beherzt knarren…" rog im Münchner Merkur am 29.11.17
Kulturnews
"Brillante Arrangements" Kulturnews 12/2017
Nürnberger Zeitung
"Feierlich …Massiv und schicksalsschwanger …agil … keck … dämonisch"
Nürnberger Zeitung, 24.11.17
Ouverture
"… die Klangpracht, die das Ensemble aufbieten kann, ist unvergleichlich …"
Rezension im Klassik-Blog Ouverture, 25.1.18