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Tine Thing Helseth
and Kathryn Stott -
heard by
HOWARD SMITH

'Ever full of daring ...'

TINE. Tine Thing Helseth and Kathryn Stott. © 2013 EMI Records Ltd

Norwegian trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth presents a personal choice of transcribed songs and original works which reveal the trumpet's lyric voice and takes us on a varied journey through the musical landscape of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The greatest merit of TTH's modestly produced album is it's variety and knockout musical highlights. The mix of Enescu, Puccini, de Falla and Hindemith is as unexpected as it is pleasurable.

Furthermore accompanist Kathryn Stott approaches each item with rare color, magic and einfühlung...

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