| Label: Channel Classics Catalog: CCSSA26708 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid Jörgen van Rijen, trombone; Combattimento Consort Amsterdam; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductorJohann Georg Albrechtsberger: Concerto; Antonio Bertali: Sonata à 1 in D minor; Sonata à 3 no.3 in A minor; Dario Castello: Quarta Sonata à 2; Leopold Mozart: Concerto; Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata à 3; Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Concerto Two centuries of solo music for trombone.
Besides his work as the principal trombonist of the Ropyal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jörgen van Rijen has become a frequently requested soloist with a special commitment to promote his instrument, develop new repertoire for the trombone and bring the existing repertoire to a broader audience.
In 2004 he was awarded the Netherlands Music Prize, the highest distinction in the field of music from the Dutch Ministry of Culture. In 2006 he received the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, which is yearly presented to a selection of the most promising and talented young international soloists and ensembles. He won several other prizes, including first prizes at the international trombone competitions of Toulon and Guebwiller. |