Having made a commercially and artistically successful debut with a -period album the year before, doubled back to the era for the follow-up, a grab bag of concertos, overtures, arias, and such. If anything, this album is even more winning than the debut album because the program offers several easily assimilated changes of pace and the music contains more opportunities for to soar in the trumpet's high-flying upper register. He flashes through the , a pair of , short excerpts from 's , and in high style, displaying a smooth, straightforward tone that doesn't go beyond letting the music speak for itself. Soprano sounds luminous yet a bit distant and not too intelligible in and . But then, it's pretty obvious who the designated star is; ' trumpet is always mixed above that of his singer. returns to lead stylishly tailored accompaniments, recorded in London with the crack . Like the one before it, this album was released simultaneously with a project ( ), making both divisions of extremely happy. ~ Richard S. Ginell