It's very hard to figure out from the graphics what one is getting here: are the pieces vocalises or for a trumpet? And how is Lydia involved? As it turns out, only two of the vocalises have anything to do with Lydia, the name of a Fauré song, and the pieces were indeed originally vocalises. They are played here on a trumpet, according to the musicians, because they were originally vocal exercises that push the voice to its limits, but rest easily under a trumpeter's fingers; the real reason, perhaps, is that an hour of ...
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It's very hard to figure out from the graphics what one is getting here: are the pieces vocalises or for a trumpet? And how is Lydia involved? As it turns out, only two of the vocalises have anything to do with Lydia, the name of a Fauré song, and the pieces were indeed originally vocalises. They are played here on a trumpet, according to the musicians, because they were originally vocal exercises that push the voice to its limits, but rest easily under a trumpeter's fingers; the real reason, perhaps, is that an hour of vocalises would be a bit much to take. The 37 vocalises included were not a single work nor even a collection of them; they've been arranged here in order from easier to more difficult, but there's no real reason to perform them together. All this said, the music has two things going for it. First, these pieces are genuine lost works, world premieres rescued from obscure manuscripts. Fauré did not write them for publication; they were exercises and exams dating from the composer's...
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Camille Saint-Saëns; Emmanuel Chabrier; François Couperin; Gabriel Fauré; Jean-Philippe Rameau; Louis Marchand; Reynaldo Hahn. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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