Armando Ghitalla Oscar Bohme Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Op.18

Oscar Bohme Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Op.18
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante religioso
3. Allegretto - Rondo
Allegro scherzando
Armando Ghitalla Trumpet
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
William Perry Conductor
Recorded: at Concert Hall of Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra 1986

[@arabjazz]

There is something in the sounds of Ghitalla, Dokshzer, Andre, that you don't hear in even the best of today's crop of incredible virtuoso soloists. Damn what playing this is!!

[@mutex1024]

You're probably hearing distortion from old recording equipment combined with nostalgia.

[@BigSadClownBoi]

Absolutely masterful!! As a trumpeter, this is my favorite trumpet piece! Composed by Oskar Bohme, and also my favorite performance by Armando Ghitalla. One day I hope to play as beautifully and technically as he did.

[@filipjandus4537]

He plays absolutely great! Sounds so easy xDD

[@MrKlemps]

Ghitalla was not merely a great trumpet player but was a great musician, one of the greatest ever to play in the BSO. When he retired, I felt he was "irreplaceable" in the same sense that a Szigeti, a Serkin, a Schnabel was "irreplaceable".

[@amaialaurentia]

Oscar Bohme is a genius, and Armando Ghitalla did fabulously! This is by far my favorite recording of this piece. Ghitalla's tone is incredible, and his musicality and interpretation of this piece is inspiring.

[@kiraward6383]

0:00 I. Allegro Moltado 6:50 II. Andante Religioso 12:26 III. Allegretto - Rondo

[@arturoblancocoto]

Thanks a lot for the info!

[@LeonardoManiscalco]

Meraviglioso! Ghitalla grande artista e grande Maestro senza età.

[@robjackson1099]

This is utter perfection. Every time I listen to it I notice something else beautiful. Holy cow, what an amazing piece of music, played exquisitely!

[@jmbermea]

Holy moly that ending... in the chromatic runs at the very end, the last one is supposed to be double tongued, but he took a step further and triple tongued it perfectly without a single glitch at the VERY end of the concerto. If that doesn't say "chops" I don't know what does.

[@MrKlemps]

And he was past 60 when he recorded this!

[@TrumpetRecords]

It's not triple-tongue actually. It is single but with forced air, something like flatter but the tongue does go downwards touching the teeth.

[@dirkvantroyen9170]

It was impressive though!

[@antoinedesulme2890]

The sound is so pure and clean!wow!That's heavenly sound!I wish I could read the mind of God

[@xabieraizpuruasalaberria9831]

Espectacular Armando y espectacular la orquesta

[@hermajesty52]

stunning! I CAN'T stop playing this.

[@rickyzhang2529]

I am so glad to find this concerto by pure accident. Never knew who Oscar bohm e is and now I know he is an excellent composer. Thanks for post the piece on utube

[@patricejude2226]

Magnifique interprétation, plein de finesse, de légèreté et d'originalité

[@Michel8665]

Wouahhhhhhhh ! Thank you dear friend ! Wonderful !!!! I love !!!!! Michel.

[@eduardoperez3975]

La fascinación que produce la virtuosa ejeución del maestro exalta la composición musical al punto de producir el goce estetico tan apreiado ydificil de conceguir . ¡GRACIAS POR ESTOS BELLISIMOS MOMENTOS!

[@Fractiousmocha82]

This has inspired me to play My trumpet more. I will be better myself with my instrument so as not to insult great masters of the art such as Oscar Bohme.

[@HarpsichordM]

@trumpetdude18 Thank you very much for your lovely comment. I am very glad, that you wrote warm words about Armando Ghitalla. Once again thank you.

[@IgnacioSztutwojner1100]

Sos un genio

[@TrillliumBrass]

Ghitalla was "my teacher's teacher," Jan McDonald in Santa Fe (New England Conservatory). Great concerto! I'm practicing away with this thought...great phrasing and "presentation." Elliott Openheim, Trilllium Brass

[@arturoblancocoto]

Wow, very impressive, so you are one of the "music grandsons" of Ghitalla, great!

[@bugler1989]

this is one of my favorite recordings of Boehme Concerto!

[@info-matrix1438]

Utter greatness.

[@NoahAngott]

Excellent first movement, absolutely beautiful. Greetings from the percussion section! ;)

[@nathanlee7161]

I have found my senior solo ive made up my mind

[@martenhumke-weber3213]

Nathan Lee || And how'd it go?

[@kiliang.g.8713]

BRAVO

[@alexandreoliveira5351]

Super trompetista ...

[@johnmander1987]

i played this at NYOS (national youth orchesta of scotland) with Calum Tonner on the solo. great piece to listen to and play

[@charliebradshaw6540]

I was there on trumpet. What do you play?

[@johnmander1987]

horn

[@HarpsichordM]

Yes, percussion section is from Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra too.

[@HarpsichordM]

Im happy you love it, dear Michel. Thank you for your kind comment.

[@HarpsichordM]

You are always welcome, Noah !

[@HarpsichordM]

@DragonSpork Thank you very much for your kind and interesting comment. I am happy, that you have wonderful teacher and I wish you much successes. M.

[@HarpsichordM]

You are always welcome !

[@paulalberta4976]

Robert Sullivan is great because he studied with Armando Ghitalla. Absolutely two of the finest trumpet performers of all time.

[@katypassmore9457]

Beautiful, I am going to be playing this for my Royal College audition this year and am definitely inspired by some sections :) Thank you

[@freagle71]

This would make a wonderful violin concerto. wunderbar!!

[@mikepollock7612]

Thomas hooten --- a former student of Ghitalla--- does BOhme even more beautifully. Check it out. Nice recording!

[@longjohnlannister9222]

Yes his sound is very good, and his interpretation is very good. But as far as I know, no one has the brass balls to force flutter the ending chromatic scale the way Armando does so I can’t necessarily say it’s better

[@JAMESLEVEE]

The key is F minor. It was originally composed in E minor for an A trumpet, and transposed to F minor for the more frequently used B-flat trumpet. The proper grouping of the movements is: I. Allegro moderato II. Andante religioso - Allegretto III. Rondo: Allegro scherzando

[@longjohnlannister9222]

F minor*

[@JAMESLEVEE]

@@longjohnlannister9222 noted and changed. I guess KZbin takes a half-step off.

[@HarpsichordM]

Have you internet? Oskar Böhme (February 24, 1870 - 1938) was a German composer and trumpeter (from Wikipedia).

[@dermudejoe4386]

Oskar Böhme is also the protagonist of the book "The Trumpeter of Saint Petersburg" by Christian Neef. Because of anti-Soviet statements he was banished to Orenburg and was executed by the secret police. . But he is not forgotten.

[@Noneofyourbyisness]

@@dermudejoe4386 can you tell me more about him?

[@dermudejoe4386]

@@@Noneofyourbyisness He was the first solo trumpeter of one of the most respected orchestras in the world, and accordingly lived the life of a grand citizen in a fancy apartment in the best street of St. Petersburg. Around 50,000 Germans lived in this city at the time. He had given up his German citizenship before the First World War because he had been living in Russia for decades. This became his fatality, since he couldn't get out of the Soviet Union after the 1917 revolution. He became impoverished and lived from music lessons. One of his students denounced him to the secret police for alleged anti-Soviet propaganda, after which he was exiled to the province, where he appeared as a musician on silent films. He was executed during the "Great Terror". So far reconstructed from the memory from the quoted book. Maybe you can also find the German wikipedia article translated into English?

[@longjohnlannister9222]

Once upon a time there used to be rumors that he was working at the Panama Canal after he was exiled but I think those rumors have been disproven by now

[@barliman2001]

...and you can actually hear that the concert was originally written for cornet!

[@HarpsichordM]

@citizenbanana Thank you very much for your nice comment. Armando Ghitalla was great trumpetist.

[@sonnenlicht11]

A great trumpet Player

[@markmurphy7870]

A great trumpeter

[@passthemote2016]

The next me *wipes tear from eye*

[@alexwilborn886]

Anyone know where this orchestra accompaniment can be found?

[@clemsontigerfan2679]

Does anyone know where to find this cadenza it is amazing

[@JohnMarchiando]

I transcribed for the edition by Hickman Music editions. www.hickmanmusiceditions.com

[@fpanxo0o]

Retiro lo dicho, lo sentí así solo al principio...

[@AlexandreOliveira-cc8lj]

Expendido magnífico...

[@user-qi7rc4xt3h]

Ничего о нем не знаю,молодец,уровень очень хорошего студента муз.училища настоящего времени.Не Докшицер.

[@jackbumgardner5921]

Does anyone know where I can find this piece as a solo with piano accompaniment?

[@jacobkolodziej9119]

It is available through most music publishing companies, edited by Franz Herbst

[@MrChenteRodriguez]

I like this concerto. Are there any information about Oscar Bohme? Where and when he born?

[@freagle71]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_B%C3%B6hme

[@jimnopidy]

Sounds like a Cornet.

[@MrKlemps]

This sounds like the way he played the trumpet. Check out the Hummel Concerto on KZbin: same sound.

[@jimnopidy]

Sill think it's Cornet.... check out the photo above.

[@amaialaurentia]

I believe the first picture in this video is actually of Oscar Bohme, who was a trumpet/cornet player himself. He would have played cornet as that was the standard at that time. Ghitalla sounds fabulous, with such a warm tone, but probably on trumpet.

[@fpanxo0o]

Siento que a veces le algo de falta vida o musicalidad a las interpretación, pero la técnica , acento, pronunciación está muy marcada

[@Ashleygriffinmusic]

1 dislike. Obviously can't play it himself.