Maurice André the great trumpet player has died
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddi...-has-died.html
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Maurice André has died
Maurice André the great trumpet player has died
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddi...-has-died.html
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By far the best part of my first LPs featuring trumpet-solo works were performances by Maurice André.
I.a. cherished recordings of the Haydn and Hummel concertos and many baroque works.
RIP Maurice André
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Originally Posted by Roehre
By far the best part of my first LPs featuring trumpet-solo works were performances by Maurice André.
I.a. cherished recordings of the Haydn and Hummel concertos and many baroque works.
RIP Maurice André
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Very sad news. RIP.
"Music is the best means we have of digesting time".
W. H. Auden
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The only CD of Andre that I have is the celebrated concerto disc with Karajan and the BPO which was reissued in the 'Great Recordings of the Century' series on EMI.
RIP
“Every piece of music is a rehearsal of one’s life,” - Sir Colin Davis
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Maurice André was to me synonymous to classical trumpet music for a long time. It feels like an end of an era.
RIP.
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Completely agree doversoul. he had such a lyrical tone, where others seem too brash and showed what the trumpet could do. RIP MA
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life(Berthold Auerbach)
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With Philip Jones, Maurice Andre was among the best trumpeters of his generation: my favourite recording of his was the "Royal Music of King James I" on an old Decca Serenata label: Anthony Holborne, Giles Farnaby etc wonderful music.
Sad news indeed. RIP Maurice
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The Guardian’s obituary. I wonder if he reads this forum.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012.../maurice-andre
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Interesting it says: "Both soloist and orchestral accompaniments on many of André's recordings now sound inflexible, with dirge-like tempi for slow movements. But at the time, this style of playing was thrillingly new and original." It illustrates how our 'criticism' is influenced by times and tastes (tempora and mores!) and how 'now' is so often appreciated because it's now/new.
But would people agree that by contemporary standards 'many' (NB not all) of the recordings can sound 'inflexible' and 'dirge-like'? Or is that only in the mind of the obituarist?
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