The Concerto per Trombone e Orchestra in C was composed by Italian composer Nino Rota in 1966. The concerto is in three movements:
This concerto was given its premiere performance on March 6, 1969, at the Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milano, Italy, by trombonist Bruno Ferrari (to whom the work is dedicated), with the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali conducted by Franco Caracciolo.
A performance of the concerto usually lasts around 13 minutes.
Instrumentation This score is written for solo trombone and orchestra, with the following instrumentation:
Woodwinds 1 flute 1 oboe 2 clarinets in B 2 bassoons
Brass 2 horns in F
Percussion timpani
Strings 1st violins 2nd violins violas cellos double basses
Recordings with orchestra 1988 International Competition for Musical Performers, Geneva (Musica Helvetica MH 72.2) - 1989 Jonas Bylund, trombone; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Joaquin da Silva Pereira, conductor. All The Lonely People (BIS-CD-568) - 1993 Christian Lindberg, trombone; Tapiola Sinfonietta; Osmo Vänskä, conductor. Deutscher Musikwettbewerb - 2007 Award Winner (Genuin Classics GEN 11188) - 2011 Frederic Belli, trombone; SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg; Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor. Nino Rota: Concertos (Chandos CHAN 9954) - 2002 Andrea Conti, trombone; I Virtuosi Italiani; Marzio Conti, conductor. Nino Rota: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Decca 4810394) - 2013 Giuliano Rizzotto, trombone; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Giuseppe Grazioli, conductor. Nino Rota: La Strada; Concertos (ATMA Classique ACD22294) - 2003 Alain Trudel, trombone; Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor. Trombone Concertos (Claves CD 9606) - 1996 Branimir Slokar, trombone; Berliner Symphoniker; Lior Shambadal, conductor.
with piano reduction Colors (Octavia Records Cryston OVCC-00137) - 2017 Kyoichiro Kori, trombone; Atsuko Kaminaga, piano.
References
External links Discography of Classical Trombone CDs