George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Amidigi di Gaula, HWV 11
01. Act 3: Sento la goia (4:44)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
King Arthur Suite, Z. 628
02. Act 1: Overture (3:37)
03. Act 1: Come if you dare (3:02)
04. Act 5: Symphony (1:55)
05. Act 2: Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying" (1:48)
06. Act 5: Round thy shores (1:11)
07. Act 5: Trumpet Tune (0:47)
08. Act 5: Fairest isle (2:03)

George Frideric Handel
Atalanta, HWV 35
09. Overture (4:02)
Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, HWV 74
10. "Eternal Source of Light Divine" (countertenor) (3:34)

Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 - Suite of Musicks and Dances
11. Act 4: Symphony (6:28)
12. Rondo (Second Musick) (1:41)
13. Act 1: Jig (1:06)
14. Act 5: Prelude (1:03)
15. Act 5: Chaconne and Chorus (3:58)
Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323
16. Sound the trumpet (countertenor) (2:36)

George Frideric Handel, arr. Trevor Pinnock
Water Music, Suite in D Major, HWV 349
17. I. Overture (1:44)
18. II. Gigue (Allegro) (1:47)
19. III. Minuet (Aria) (1:50)
20. IV. Bourree (1:00)
21. V. March No. 2 (Partenope, HWV 27) (1:07)

Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
22. Act 5: "The plaint" (7:45)

George Frideric Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major
23. I. Adagio (1:59)
24. II. Allegro (1:41)
25. III. Siciliana (Largo) (2:13)
26. IV. Vivace (1:38)

British trumpeter Alison Balsom has been popular from the start, and she seems to gain strength as she tackles each new project and expands her range.
Here she plays a Baroque trumpet (apparently a natural trumpet with finger holes but no keys) and is accompanied by the period-instrument English Concert under its veteran conductor Trevor Pinnock. They worked together on most of the arrangements of pieces by Handel and Purcell, and the results in this well-worn British musical ground are nothing short of stunning. The variety of timbres that emerge from Balsom's instrument is nothing short of stunning, and the place to start in sampling it is with the three vocal duets, two with the fine countertenor Iestyn Davies and one with soprano Lucy Crowe.
These give the uncanny effect of almost hearing two vocal parts that so many instrumentalists aim for in arrangements like this, but that so few actually achieve.
Balsom has always been a charismatic player with an attractive tone, and an anthology of her earlier recordings is available. But the way she's going, it makes sense to keep up with the state of her art.