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“Paul Merkelo's virtuosity and ease of expressive and dynamic versatility [is] simply amazing."
- Classical Music Sentinel
‘‘The Enlightened Trumpet showcases the bona fide genius of Paul Merkelo’’
The Whole Note Magazine
“The virtuoso cadenza was handled with deceptively casual brio, and the fanfares of the Rondo, smoothly but energetically produced, brought a triumphant conclusion.’’
Daily Info UK
The works recorded on this album were performed at a concert presented on November 10, 2013, at the OSM's new home, Maison symphonique de Montréal, which was inaugurated in September 2011.
A production of: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
The art of transcription, the adaptation of a composition for an instrument other than that for which it was originally written, has always existed. One need only think of the countless Renaissance songs adapted for keyboard or of the transcriptions made by composers such as Liszt and Busoni, or, more recently, by Gould and Godowsky. And of course, there are the Vivaldi concertos that Bach arranged for organ. The following examples, taken from this recording, illustrate the range of a transcription’s faithfulness.
A Simple Song climbed to the top of the classical sales chart in Quebec in 2000.
Trumpet: Paul Merkelo
Piano: Jennifer Snow
