The Arts Desk

Classical CDs: Solo harp, solo trumpet and two discs of orchestral jazz

Antoine Reicha’s L’Arte de varier tantalises before you’ve heard a note; the composer’s Opus 57, its theme followed by 57 variations. Reicha was an exact contemporary of Beethoven and reportedly the ...
The Washington Post

Maurice Andre, French master of the classical trumpet, dies at 78

Maurice Andre, a onetime coal miner who left the pits as a boy and rose to become one of classical music’s most acclaimed trumpeters, an undisputed master of aural grace, died Feb. 25 at a hospital in ...
PBS

Trumpet virtuoso Alison Balsom wins top prize for classical musician

Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images. English trumpet player Alison Balsom, 34, accepted one of classical music’s top awards for a musician, Gramaphone’s Artist of the Year Award. The first British ...
The Arts Desk

Akugbo, Harper, The Jago, Dalston review - revelatory pairing of trumpet and harp

Both players are rising stars of the classical music scene – Akugbo will make his Proms solo debut later this year with the Haydn Trumpet Concerto while the multi award-winning Harper is devoting ...
The Boston Globe

Maurice Andre, a master of the classical trumpet; 78

WASHINGTON - Maurice Andre, a onetime coal miner who left the pits as a boy and rose to become one of classical music’s most acclaimed trumpeters, an undisputed master of aural grace, died Feb. 25 at ...