Listen & tracks
Caprice (Joseph Turrin)
Siciliano (John McCabe)
Rustiques (Eugène Bozza)
Willow Echoes (Frank Simon)
At the Beach (Virgil Thomson)
Fantaisie brillante (Jean-Baptiste Arban)
Highland Habanera (John McCabe)
Aria et thème (Franz Tournier)
Fantasy Piece (Kurt Schwertsik)
Slavische Fantasie (Carl Höhne)
Ballad (John McCabe)
Larino, Safe Haven (George Dreyfus)
Concerto (Alexander Arutiunian)
The programme ranges from nineteenth-century display pieces such as Arban’s Fantaisie brillante to twentieth-century writing by Bozza, McCabe, Schwertsik and George Dreyfus’s Larino, Safe Haven, with Arutiunian’s concerto among the larger statements.
Paulin’s cornet is partnered throughout by Len Vorster’s piano, in a recital that treats the instrument as a serious concert voice rather than a bandstand novelty.
Reviews
Tom Paulin is to be congratulated for bringing out a serious minded CD which should silence those critics who forever tell us that the cornet can only be equated with triplet polkas and Victorian ballads.
a fine recording ... A pleasure to listen to and review.
Paulin's obvious talent, make this CD well worth listening to
Artists
Tom Paulin
cornet
Tom Paulin is a British cornet soloist of outstanding ability. During his career, Tom has toured many countries as a soloist including, France, Germany, Australia, Italy, USA and Canada. He has taught brass at schools in the United Kingdom and Australia, and currently also teaches at The University of Melbourne.
Len Vorster
piano
Len Vorster is one of Australia's finest accompanists, and artistic director of Classical Palette (a Naxos series devoted to contemporary music), of the Schirmer Ensemble, and of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival.
Eugène Bozza
composer
Eugène Bozza (1905–1991) was a French composer and violinist, best known for a large body of chamber music for wind instruments. His larger works include symphonies, operas and ballets, though these are seldom performed outside France.
George Dreyfus
composer
One of Australia's best-known composers, especially for the theme from the television series Rush, George Dreyfus was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany at Victorian Parliament House for services to music.
Jean-Baptiste Arban
composer
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889) was a French cornetist, conductor, composer and pedagogue who proved the valved cornet could stand as a true solo instrument. He is remembered for his lasting conservatory method and brilliant showpiece variations.
Alexander Arutiunian
composer
Carl Höhne
composer
John McCabe
composer
Kurt Schwertsik
composer
Frank Simon
composer
Virgil Thomson
composer
Franz Tournier
composer
Joseph Turrin
composer
Performers
- Tom Paulin · cornet
- Len Vorster · piano
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Categories
- Australian, Classical
- Musical work copyright
- © Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ Move Records
- Catalogue
- MCD 060
- EAN
- 9314574006025
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