歌劇詠嘆調小號改編版 (聖潔的女神) / 瑪蒂達．洛依德 小號 / 魯蒙．甘巴 指揮 / 布列頓小交響樂團 (SACD)

作曲家: Saverio Mercadante / Vincenzo Bellini / Jean Baptiste Arban / Luigi Ricci / Gioachino Rossini / Pauline Viardot / Gaetano Donizetti
演出者: Matilda Lloyd (trumpet) 
指揮家: Rumon Gamba
樂團: Britten Sinfonia

英國每日電訊報大聲讚譽為'引人注目的'小號音樂家瑪蒂達.洛依德是一位具有非凡沉著平衡與音樂性的年輕專業樂器演奏者. 她曾在劍橋大學, 皇家音樂學院, 和瑞典的瑪爾默音樂學院(Musikhogskolan i Malmo)跟隨哈康.哈登伯格學習音樂. 然後她為每場表演帶來獨特的天賦, 以其藝術才華, 溝通, 與'完美的聲音和精湛的演奏技術'(2020年3月德國薩爾布魯克日報 Saarbrucker Zeitung評語), 讓聽眾和評論家等人為她著迷. 她曾經贏過BBC 2014年青年銅管音樂家決賽, 2016年她在BBC逍遙音樂會(BBC Prom)首度公開演出.

(聖潔的女神)是她在Chandos廠牌的首張專輯, 她寫下感言:

"每一位小號音樂家都研讀過尚-巴普提斯.阿爾本(Jean-Baptiste Arban)寫的終極技巧的書 – 一本被稱之為'小號聖經'的巨著. 在這本書的後面是一組主題旋律與變奏曲 = 我最喜愛的是貝里尼的歌劇(諾瑪)變奏曲, 是受十九世紀義大利歌劇啟發的這張專輯的出發點, 並用貝里尼1831年歌劇中的(聖潔的女神)詠嘆調作為主題旋律. 這張專輯探索歌劇黃金時期的小號歌聲, 特色是羅西尼, 貝里尼和董尼采第的作品. 我希望這張專輯展現小號樂器的美麗, 音樂性與技術才華, 就如同我們在編排與錄製時一樣, 您會發現聆聽這些美妙的音樂作品的樂趣."

Hailed as 'remarkable' by The Daily Telegraph, Matilda Lloyd is a young instrumentalist with exceptional poise and musicality. She studied music at the University of Cambridge, Royal Academy of Music, and with Hakan Hardenberger at Musikhogskolan i Malmo. She has since captivated audiences and critics alike with her artistry, communication, and, in the words of Saarbrucker Zeitung (March 2020), 'flawless sound and virtuosic technique', with which she brings a unique flair to every performance. She won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Brass Final in 2014, and in 2016 made her debut at the BBC Proms.

Casta Diva is Matilda's debut album on Chandos, about which she writes:

'Every trumpet player has studied the ultimate technique book, by Jean-Baptiste Arban – a monumental tome affectionately known as 'The Trumpet Bible'. At the end of the book are sets of theme and variations – my favourite, the Variations on Bellini's Norma, became the point of departure for this album inspired by nineteenth-century Italian opera, as it uses the aria 'Casta Diva', from Bellini's 1831 opera, as its theme. The album explores the voice of the trumpet in that golden age of opera, highlighting works by Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. I hope that the album showcases the beauty, musicality, and technical brilliance of the instrument, and that you find as much enjoyment in listening to, as we did in arranging and recording, these fantastic pieces of music!'

曲目:

SAVERIO MERCADANTE
1. Liete voci! from ''Zaira'' (1831) 4:08
2. Ah sì, questo di mia vita from ''Zaira'' 2:58

VINCENZO BELLINI
3. Oh! mie fedeli... Ma la sola, ohime son io from ''Beatrice di Tenda'' (1833) 5:15

JEAN BAPTISTE ARBAN
4. Variations on a Cavatina from Bellini''s ''Beatrice di Tenda'' (c.1864) 4:33

VINCENZO BELLINI
5. Oh! quante volte from ''I Capuleti e I Montecchi@ (1830) 3:29

JEAN BAPTISTE ARBAN
6. Variations on Bellini''s ''Norma'' (Casta Diva) (c.1864) 6:07

LUIGI RICCI
7. Tarantella Napoletana from ''La festa di Piedigrotta'' (1852) 2:28

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
8. Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento from ''Semiramide'' (1823) 5:23

PAULINE VIARDOT
9. Havanaise, VWV 1019 (not later than 1880) 4:11

10. Chanson de la pluie from ''Le Dernier Sorcier'', VWV 2002 (1867) 2:43

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
11. Prelude, theme et variations (1857) 10:25

GAETANO DONIZETTI

12. Una furtiva lagrima from ''L''elisir d''amoure'' (1832) 3:40

13. Prelude to Act II from ''Don Pasquale'' (1843) 2:19

14. Quel guardo il cavaliere from ''Don Pasquale'' 5:22