Discography
Winter Gardens
French star trumpet player Lucienne Renaudin Vary releases Winter Gardens, a relaxed and laid back winter album. Lucienne’s idea for Winter Gardens was to recreate a cozy atmosphere, as if she invites her fans to a huge home concert with a selection of arrangments for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra which have been recorded with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, conducted by Sascha Goetzel. Repertoire includes Christmas classics like Blane Ralph, Martin Hugh, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dance Op. 72, Johann Sebastian Bach: Badinerie.
All tracks arranged for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra
Trumpet Concertos
For her fourth Warner Classics album, trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary has chosen four favourite concertos. Composed by Haydn, Hummel, Neruda and Arutunian, they span three centuries. Joining them on the programme are a so-called ‘concerto’ by big-band maestro Harry James – which lasts all of three jazzy minutes – and, inspired by Haydn’s Concerto in E flat, a brief solo improvisation by Lucienne herself. “The concertos I’ve chosen are part of me,” she says. “They’ve always been with me and today I perform them regularly in concert … Getting to record this album with the fantastic Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and Michael Sanderling is a dream come true.”
Piazzolla Stories
“Piazzolla – what a journey! His music has so many sides to it. Throughout his life he was exposed to such a rich and varied stream of influences. This homage to Piazzolla, while of course including compositions by him, also references those influences (here I’m thinking of Nadia Boulanger and Alberto Ginastera, with whom he studied). Piazzolla’s output is rich not only in terms of the styles he explored but also the different instrumental ensembles he played with. I was keen to reflect this eclecticism by way of a number of different line-ups: trumpet solo, with orchestra, with string quartet, and as duet partner.” (Richard Galliano, Thibaut Garcia)
Mademoiselle in New York
French trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary makes a musical transatlantic crossing with her second album for Warner Classics. Mademoiselle in New York majors on American and French composers and songwriters – Bernstein, Gershwin, Ravel and Aznavour among them – featuring music from West Side Story, An American in Paris and Candide. Lucienne is joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Tony Award-winning music director Bill Elliott, and, in Bobby Hebb’s song ‘Sunny’, by her brothers Philémon (on double bass) and Bartholomé (on guitar). As Lucienne says, “It’s a number that’s full of sun, light and hope.”
The Voice of The Trumpet
“I’m thrilled to record my first album for Warner Classics, with the freedom to explore music from Baroque to jazz,” said Lucienne. “It was a great honour and privilege to collaborate with artists I admire; notably Erik Truffaz, who improvises in duet with me for a new orchestral arrangement of Gershwin’s Summertime, and Rolando Villazón who suggested we record a Donizetti aria together.” Lucienne and her guest soloists recorded with the Orchestre National de Lille, conducted by Roberto Rizzi Brignoli.
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