Raum - Four Elements for Trumpet and Trombone Polish written in his typical style

written in his typical style using folk elements based on Hungarian Pentatonic and Romanian chromatic scales

both beautifully transcribed by the very talented arranger trumpeter

The Trombone ensemble is an excellent medium for Shakespeare’s and Tchaikovsky’s works of genius

Keith Terrett has done a great job arranging these elaborate variations of about six minutes in length for a Trombone Quintet of advanced performers

Young Glazunov had the special opportunity to meet Franz Liszt in 1884 while on a tour of Europe arranged by his publisher

Raum - Four Elements for Trumpet and Trombone Polish written in his typical styleFour Elements was originally composed for Violin and Bass Trombone. It was written as a Christmas present for the composer's sister, Priscilla, and her husband, Bass Trombonist, Gordon Hallberg, who performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Raum was experimenting with tone rows at the time, and the row is first stated in the first six notes in the Trombone part, followed by the next six in the Violin part. The titles are descriptive of the moods