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Unique among instruments, the trumpet possesses an image of purity and spiritual inspiration (as in The Trumpet of Conscience, a 1967 collection of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches). This substantial reputation demands an extreme degree of refinement in performance, and fortunately, the Norwegian virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth, born in 1987, is a musician of purity, wit, and gentleness. Ms. Helseth's performance of the heart-warmingly humorous, humane concerto by Franz Joseph Haydn will raise the spirits of any listener, just as her Albinoni concerto has fluid Italianate grace. Recorded in the pellucid acoustics of the Jar kirke, a church in Oslo, Norway, this CD invigorates and delights us.