In Gabriel's Garden

by Wynton Marsalis

Overview

Once again planting himself in London's St. Giles Church, Wynton Marsalis performs a program of heroic pan-European Baroque music that permits him to blow his horn above the orchestra like the proverbial archangel Gabriel. There are fanfares, small-scale sonatas, dances, and famous tidbits, and ultimately J.S. Bach's wonderful "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2," with its notorious high-flying tessitura for piccolo trumpet that Marsalis nails every time with relish. The non-classical listener will recognize some of this stuff, like Jean-Joseph Mouret's "Rondeau" (latterly known as the theme for PBS' Masterpiece Theatre), Jeremiah Clarke's "The Prince of Denmark March" (once wrongly attributed to Purcell), and a genuine Purcell "Rondeau" from "Abdelazar" that Benjamin Britten used so famously well in his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Torelli figures heavily in this program, with five of his sonatas placed in between the other numbers. Anthony Newman takes over leadership of the English Chamber Orchestra this time, with phrasings that are often more in a clipped period-performance-practice-influenced style than those that Raymond Leppard used to produce on Marsalis' classical recordings. In part because of this, the program seems to zip along at a swift pace, one tiny number dispatched after another, and perhaps would make a greater effect if taken in small doses. In any case, this would be Marsalis' last recording of classical repertoire for awhile; his next several Sony Classical releases would contain his own music. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	05/14/1996
Label:	Sony Music Distribution / Columbia / Sony Classical
UPC:	0074646624425
Rank:	103860

Tracks

1. Rondeau, for brass, strings & timpani (from Suite of Symphonies No. 1; "Masterpiece Theater" Theme)
2. The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) for brass, winds & percussion (or keyboard or trumpet & organ) in D major
3. Sonata a 5, for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 5~1. Adagio
4. Sonata a 5, for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 5~2. Allegro e staccato
5. Sonata a 5, for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 5~3. Adagio
6. Sonata a 5, for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 5~4. Allegro
7. The King's March
8. Sinfonia a 4, for trumpets, violins & continuo, G. 4~1. Presto
9. Sinfonia a 4, for trumpets, violins & continuo, G. 4~2. Adagio e spiccato - Presto
10. Sinfonia a 4, for trumpets, violins & continuo, G. 4~3. Allegro
11. An Ayre
12. Sonata for trumpet, strings and continua No.2 in D major~1. (Overture). (Grave) - Allegro
13. Sonata for trumpet, strings and continua No.2 in D major~2. Adagio
14. Sonata for trumpet, strings and continua No.2 in D major~3. (March). (Allegro)
15. Abdelazer, or, the Moor's Revenge, incidental music, Z. 570~Rondeau
16. Sonata for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 1~1. Andante
17. Sonata for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 1~2. Allegro
18. Sonata for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 1~3. Grave
19. Sonata for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 1~4. Allegro
20. Rondeau
21. Sonata a 5, for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 6~1. Adagio - Vivace
22. Sonata a 5, for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 6~2. Adagio - Largo
23. Sonata a 5, for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 6~3. Allegro
24. Pr¿¿lude pour le Te Deum ¿¿ 8, for strings, H. 145a
25. Sinfonia for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 8~1. Allegro
26. Sinfonia for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 8~2. Adagio
27. Sinfonia for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 8~3. Allegro moderato
28. Sinfonia for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 8~4. Allegro
29. Trumpet Voluntary
30. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047~1. [ - ]
31. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047~2. Andante
32. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047~3. Allegro assai

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wynton Marsalis   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Ian Watson   Harpsichord
Anthony Newman   Conductor
Neil Black   Oboe
Cho-Liang Lin   Violin
Charles Tunnell   Cello
English Chamber Orchestra   Chamber Ensemble
William Bennett   Flute

Technical Credits

Ulrike Bode   Liner Note Translation
Steven Epstein   Art Assistant
Pat Jerina   Assistant
Allan Titmuss   Photography
Janusz Kawa   Photography
Jeannine Sandrini-Cooke   Translation
Josephine di Donato   Artwork,Cover Design
Tim Wood   Technician
Traditional   Composer
Anthony Newman   Arranger,Liner Notes
Jeremiah Clarke   Composer
Charles Harbutt   Assembly
Dawn Frank   Editing