TINE - The New Album From Tine Thing Helseth

March 2013 sees the release of Tine Thing Helseth's new album TINE. Helseth's second release on EMI features a program of works written for trumpet such as Enescu's Legende and Hindemith's Sonata for Trumpet and piano alongside some of Tine's own transcriptions of songs and violin works by Puccini, Falla and Kreisler.

Norweigian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth is only 26, but already has many awards to her name and a stunning solo career, she has performed with many top-level orchestras including the Wiener Symphoniker, Beethoven Academie, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. She is equally at home playing Jazz repertoire as classical repertoire. Tine signed to EMI last year having previous released two albums on Simax. Her debut album on EMI Storyteller was released to critical acclaim in April 2012.

For those who enjoyed Storyteller as much as we did, there is much to be enjoyed here; the song transcriptions demonstrate Tine's wonderfully sensitive approach towards her work whilst the more serious works on the disc showcase Tine's wonderful flexibility  and technical excellence. Legende is played sensitively, almost held back in it's approach. There's no showy trumpet pyrotechnics here and the result is fantastic. I often find modern trumpet music focusses too heavily on the technical capabilities of the instrument and lacks a sense of melody. Tine's interpretations find the melody in these works and draw the listener in very convincingly.

The Puccini transcriptions are a magical addition to the programme providing melodic relief from the slightly more esoteric works by Hindemith and Ibert. Given the limited repertoire available for solo trumpeters there will always be overlap between artists' recorded repertoire. In particular there are other recordings of transcription of Rachmaninov's Vocalise and De Falla's Siete Canciones populares espanolas by other trumpeters. Tine's transcriptions of these works are wonderfully bright and energetic and make for very enjoyable listening.

Still at the beginning of her career, Tine is certainly one to watch, this new CD solidifies her place as a fantastic soloist and an imaginative artist. TINE is released on 4th March 2013.

TINE - EMI 4164712 - £12.49. Available now at bathcds.co.uk

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Written by Matt Elson

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See Also:

Storyteller - Tine Thing Helseth's debut album on EMI, a collection of transcriptioins of songs for trumpet. Particularly worth listening to are the Sibelius transcriptions. EMI - 0883282 (2012)

10 - Tine Thing Helseth's all-female 10 piece brass ensemble tenThing's debut album of fantastic arrangements, particularly worth a listen are the Carmen Suite and the Mozart Rondo alla turca arrangements! EMI - 0883262 (2012)