The London Concert (1993)

"(…) Throughout these works, he, Leppard, and the English Chamber Orchestra are consistently clean and precise. They also are careful not to add overly affected expression to the music, although these are not period instruments nor are they using period performance practice, as Marsalis points out in the accompanying notes. Marsalis has a beautiful, smooth tone that is clear, but not sharply brilliant, so it blends wonderfully with the strings. The Hummel is especially attractive, where Marsalis plays as if he were singing an aria in the Andante, and the Rondo at times takes on the humor of a Gilbert and Sullivan patter song. (…) The sound quality is excellent, becoming brighter as it moves into the bonus tracks. It's a good way to get the greatest hits of the trumpet concerto repertoire, performed with great skill by Marsalis." (Patsy Morita, allmusic.com)

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