With a uniquely beautiful ensemble sound, and a high degree of historic integrity, the Seattle Trumpet Consort's debut recording explores works composed for the natural trumpet after the Baroque period, an era that has gone largely unexamined with these instruments. The consort performs works by Wagner, W.A. Mozart, C.P.E. Bach, Dvorak, and Britten with furthering the lineage with a newly-commissioned work from Boston-area composer Marti Epstein

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Well known throughout his native Germany and in his adopted home of Los Angeles as a consummate composer & arranger for film, orchestras, and his Grammy-nominated Big Band, Chris Walden debuts his first Symphony, an exploration of the primal earth, fire, wind and water concepts, conducting the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Besides his recent Grammy nominations, Walden was honored last year by the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers, and lauded for his ground-breaking Kurt Marti Suite (Origin 82482) for Big Band and 100-member St. John’s choir from Hamburg, Germany.

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Through her research of women composers, clarinetist Florie Rothenberg has amassed a thorough collection of contemporary works, forming the basis for her new recording, Voices of Trees. Along with the commissioned title piece by her musical accompanist, pianist Rachel Matthews, Rothenberg includes compositions by Joan Tower, Libby Larsen, and Priaulx Rainier. Noting the powerful and clear voice of each composer through these works, Rothenberg hopes to help move these pieces further into the clarinet repertoire.

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