Alison Balsom
Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, (born 7 October 1978) is a retired English trumpet soloist. She is an arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and three German Echo Awards, and was a soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009 and finally in 2025. She was the artistic director of the 2019 Cheltenham Music Festival.
Genre: classical
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Top Tracks
- Piazzolla: Libertango (Arr. Milone for Trumpet and Orchestra)
- Vivaldi / Arr. Balsom for Trumpet: L'estro armonico, Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3 No. 6, RV 356: III. Presto
- Stella Natalis: IV. Only Heavenly Music (In Memoriam Christine Brown)
- Stella Natalis: IX. The Protector
- Stella Natalis: II. Lullay
- Trio Sonata in C Major, BWV 529: I. Allegro (Arr. Balsom)
- Piazzolla / Orch. Milone: Escualo
- Syrinx, L. 129
- Violin Concerto in A Minor, RV 356: III. Presto
- Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 (After Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 230): III. Allegro assai (Arr. for Trumpet)
- Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 (After Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 230): II. Adagio (Arr. for Trumpet)
- Concerto in D Major, BWV 972 (After Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 230): I. Allegro (Arr. for Trumpet)
- Piazzolla: Libertango (Arr. Milone for Trumpet and Orchestra)
- Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": III. Adagio - Allegro
- Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 2: No. 1, Pastorale Sinfonia in G Major (Arr. Wright for Trumpet)
- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: X. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Arr. Wright for Trumpet)
- Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": III. Adagio - Allegro
- In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
- Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": III. Adagio - Allegro
- Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Paix. Largo alla siciliana
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