(1987) Concertos For Trombone & Orchestra Pietro Labriola always aiming for and cherishing

always aiming for and cherishing formal and stylistic perfection

These works were probably conceived as table music

or the confident good humor of the closing movement

and in 1977 was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to music

one falls into a sweet lull in a hammock gently rocking in a warm breeze

(1987) Concertos For Trombone & Orchestra Pietro Labriola always aiming for and cherishingOn the occasion of the artist's 50th birthday, a CD with concertos for trombone and symphony orchestra was released by Claves a few years ago. Today we would like to commemorate with a Claves Key Recording an earlier recording of the trombonist, which was also released in 1984 under the title Trombone Concertos but with chamber orchestra. It contains works by composers spanning three centuries. Christoph Wagenseil's Trombone Concerto unfolds the charm