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Review from the International Trumpet Guild Journal March 2007
Christopher Belluscio, graduate trumpet sound, The Hart School, West Hartford, CT.
Australian-born trumpeter John Coulton is currently principal trumpet with the Britten Pears Orchestra and an active freelance performer throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. This 2006 release demonstrates the extreme musical competence of both Coulton and organist David Dunnett. For the entirety of the recording, Coulton's tone is full and colourful throughout the range of the trumpet. In particular, his performances of works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are full of emotional drive and beauty. This is especially evident in his rendition of Eben's
Windows
, in which he provides the listener with a thrilling interplay of power and seduced lyricism. Coulton's piccolo trumpet playing is generally well mannered and elegant, but, to this listener, it unfortunately seems to fall victim at times to an extremely close microphone placement that robs his timbre of nuance. This is particularly noticeable on the Albinoni, Purcell and Torelli works where the sound of the organ reverberates fully while the trumpet is left sounding overly dry. This criticism aside, however, this recording is a very high quality effort.
