Just out of interest, are these pieces that were written for Hakan, featuring technical displays "because he can" or have they been written with mortal trumpeters in mind?
One of the most frustrating parts of having seen Hakan playing in the past is that so many of the works seem to have certain passages in purely to prove that he has an incredible technique, rather than being there for the audience's benefit. If this is a "technical display becuase I can" CD, it is great that he has recorded it (to get new works into the public arena) but I may have to give it a miss.
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Originally Posted by ecarroll Nice to hear that our recorded repertoire is moving ahead. Perhaps in 50 years our fiddle playing colleagues will envy us for our repertoire instead of the opposite? |
They will only envy us when we have repertoire that is as musical as the great works by Mozart and Beethoven which are not only incredible pieces of music, but also very audience friendly - possibly not a description that can be attached to a great number of the modern trumpet works.