Trumpeter Alison Balsom picked Bach for two out of eight recordings on Desert Island Discs, and we can't help but share the sense of bewilderment that one human achieved so much. Listen to Alison ...

Alison Balsom is one of the best trumpet soloists of her generation ... Her debut CD was released in 2002, followed by her internationally acclaimed CD Bach: Trumpet and Organ in 2005. Her latest CD ...

Alison Balsom is one of the best trumpet soloists of her generation ... Her debut CD was released in 2002, followed by her internationally acclaimed CD Bach: Trumpet and Organ in 2005. Her latest CD ...

If Alison Balsom’s trumpet sounds like an elephant, don’t worry. Just this once, it is supposed to. The opening of Wynton Marsalis’s new Trumpet Concerto emulates nature’s noisiest ...

There may be things that Wynton Marsalis does not know about the trumpet – but from the UK premiere of his new concerto, presented by Alison Balsom, the LSO and Sir Antonio Pappano at the ...