Rule Britannia

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nimbus Records
• ASIN: B00000E07B
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #396,876 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Island Princess, semi-opera: Trumpet Aire/Symphony of flatt trumpits

2. Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D major (spurious arrangement), HWV 341: Overture

3. Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D major (spurious arrangement), HWV 341: Gigue (Allegro)

4. Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D major (spurious arrangement), HWV 341: Aire (Menuetto)

5. Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D major (spurious arrangement), HWV 341: March 1 (Bourée). March 2

6. Choice of Hercules, ode for chorus, winds & strings: Overture & March

7. Choice of Hercules, ode for chorus, winds & strings: II. March

8. Europe's Revels for the Peace, opera: Symphony

9. Trumpet Voluntary Suite (Suite de Clairque): Prelude: The Duke of Gloster's March. Minuet & Sybelle. March

10. Trumpet Voluntary Suite (Suite de Clairque): Serenade & Ecossaise

11. Trumpet Voluntary Suite (Suite de Clairque): Bourrée & Hornpipe

12. Trumpet Voluntary Suite (Suite de Clairque): Gigue

13. Trumpet Voluntary Suite (Suite de Clairque): Rondeau: The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary)

14. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Symphony to Act 4

15. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Symphony to Act 4, II. Adagio

16. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Symphony to Act 4, III. Giga

17. The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Trumpet Overture

18. Sonata for trumpet (or oboe) & strings in E major, Op. 3/5: Allegro

19. Sonata for trumpet (or oboe) & strings in E major, Op. 3/5: Largo

20. Sonata for trumpet (or oboe) & strings in E major, Op. 3/5: Giga: Allegro

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strident Style, August 5, 2005

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This review is from: Rule Britannia (Audio CD)

John Wallace demonstrates considerable zeal in the performance of these pieces from his homeland. His style is really vastly different from any other trumpeter's I've heard; his tonguing is often explosive, and his vibrato (he uses it rarely) is slow and long. His volume is powerful. While I think his playing is ill-suited the the Italian baroque, he does capture the imperialist grandeur of the Empire in his playing. The highlight of the album is Arne's Rule Britannia. Edmund Barham's strong tenor is a good match for Wallace, and they cut throught the at-times cumbersome chorus.