Joseph Haydn, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Leopold Mozart, Wynton Marsalis, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard – Trumpet Concertos (VG+/VG+) – LP, EU 1983

Trumpet Concertos is an LP by National Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Haydn, Leopold Mozart, Wynton Marsalis, Raymond Leppard, Johann Nepomuk Hummel from 1983 released on the CBS Masterworks Digital label.

About this album

Trumpet Concertos is a bright, disciplined showcase for the instrument’s classical lineage, bringing together works by Haydn, Hummel and Leopold Mozart with Wynton Marsalis as soloist. Issued in 1983, the set places a young Marsalis in a repertoire that highlighted his technical ease and stylistic confidence beyond jazz, while Raymond Leppard and the National Philharmonic Orchestra provide polished orchestral support. The programme bridges Baroque, Classical and early Romantic writing, making the trumpet sound graceful, lyrical and ceremonially bold in equal measure. It is an elegant document of Marsalis’s early rise and of the concertos’ enduring appeal.

Genre: Classical