CD768: Facets 3: JOHN HOLT, Trumpet. UPC 00941477682-2. With Sophia Grech, Mezzo Soprano; and Nataliya Sukhina, Piano. James Wintle, Distant Voices from Trumpet & String Quartet (Igor Borodin & Julia Bushkova, Violins; Katrin Meidell, Viola; Johannes Kleinmann, Cello); Barbara Harbach, Perambulations for Trumpet & Piano; Barbara Harbach, Emily! (texts by Emily Dickinson); Francine Trester, Four Thoreau Songs (on texts by Henry David Thoreau) for mezzo soprano, trumpet or flugelhorn, and piano; Francine Trester, Sonata for Trumpet & Piano; Joseph Klein, Die Königskünderin (for unaccomp. trumpet); Ulysses Kay, Tromba for trt & piano.

John Holt is principal trumpet with the Dallas Opera Orchestra and trumpet professor at the University of North Texas. This is his sixth solo CD on Crystal. His first five CDs received unanimous acclaim, with Gramophone Magazine describing him as "an elegant, sensitive artist." This CD features works written for him, plus Kay’s Tromba.

In case you missed it, here is the information on the previous new release, from the end of May. If you have already ordered it, thank you very much.

CD301: BRAHMS, Two Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano (Mitchell Lurie, Clarinet; Leona Lurie, Piano), and DANIEL KESSNER, Dances for Clarinet and Guitar (Richard Lesser, Clarinet; Jordan Charnofsky, Guitar). UPC 00941473012-1.

Mitchell Lurie, former principal clarinet with the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphonies under Reiner, taught at the University of Southern California for over 50 years, and is possibly the best-know clarinetist in the world, with students in major orchestras throughout the world. The Brahms Sonatas were originally on Crystal LP S301, which was one of our best-selling LPs. Richard Lesser, one of Lurie’s prize students, was principal clarinet with the Israel Philharmonic for 35 years. This is the premiere recording of Kessner’s Dances.

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