The title of this album, featuring two world premieres (Grunelius and Fischer), istaken from the composition by the German pianist and composer Wilhelm von Grunelius. The inspiration for his work for flugelhorn, timpani and strings came from the poem Chant d’automne; by the French poet and art critic Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867). The use of texts is a recurring theme in this colourful programme of music for the trumpet in a variety of combinations. At theend of the final movement of his Sonata for trumpet and piano, Trauermusik;,Paul Hindemith incorporates Bach’s chorale Alle Menschen mussen sterben (BWV 634). In his Eine Deutsch-Jiddische Kantate, Fischer employs texts by Avrom Sutzkever, Rainer Maria Rilke, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and others.The recording is also of particular value in view of the fact that the two world premieres of music by Grunelius and Fischer are performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Fischer himself, while he also conducts his own Eine Deutsch-Jiddische Kantate, with his daughter Nora Fischer as soprano soloist.
01. Concertino for Trumpet and 7 Solo Instruments: I. Toccata 5:15
02. Concertino for Trumpet and 7 Solo Instruments: II. Lied 5:22
03. Concertino for Trumpet and 7 Solo Instruments: III. Quodlibet 4:32
04. Chant d’automne 12:35
05. Trumpet Sonata: I. Mit Kraft 5:20
06. Trumpet Sonata: II. Mässig bewegt 2:26
07. Trumpet Sonata: III. Trauermusik. Sehr langsam 8:49
08. Eine Deutsch-Jiddische Kantate: I. Dreistimmiges Preludium 1:04
09. Eine Deutsch-Jiddische Kantate: II. Wiegenlied, “Shlof main feygele” 2:26
10. Eine Deutsch-Jiddische Kantate: III. Deutsche Arie, “Mich hat nicht eine Mutter geboren” 0:41
11. Eine Deutsch-Jiddische Kantate: IV. Jiddische Arie, “Tsimblt, ir tsimblen,derfreyt a gelekhter” 3:36
12. Eine Deutsch-Jiddische Kantate: V. Grabschrift, “Stille ruhn oben die Sterne” 2:32