[TPIN] Let the Bright Seraphim

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

I've got the Marsalis recording - which is beautifully done, but... I always 
feel that Marsalis takes baroque embellishment too far (outside the realm of 
good taste. IMO).

That being said, he's got *phenominal* facility, and plays the small horns  
as well as anyone on the planet who does baroque playing *exclusively* (i.e., 
Edward Tarr, et. al.).  I'ld like to see any of those guys also trade 8's 
with Jon Faddis, Terrell Stafford or Roy Hargrove.  ;-)

Another nice recording of this was the one Judith Blagen and Gerard Schwartz 
did years ago.  

But there's nothing that comes close to the sound of original instruments 
doing this stuff, when done well.  (Of course... they've got the compensating 
advantage of working a half step lower, given the pitch differences from that 
era...)



On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:41:22 -0600, Dennis Herrick wrote
> Frank Hanson said:
> > I think my favorite recording of Let the Bright Seraphim is by Niklas
> > Eklund (on baroque trumpet) with soprano Susanne Ryden on Naxos.
> 
> I'll certainly second that. Not to stray to far of the topic of this 
> post, but on the same recording is Handel's Ode (which, as I recall 
> is also on the Marsalis/Battle recording). I remember getting that 
> CD in the mail just before we were leaving on a 12 hour drive. I 
> think I listened to that Handel for hours. The way the trumpet and 
> voice blended, where the voice would be on a note, the trumpet would 
> come in inaudibly and the voice would drop out inaudibly -- the note 
> just seemed to go from voice to trumpet. Amazing!!
> 
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