No it's absolutely not. Also if you play fast it shows what sound you have. It can be fast and accurate but sound like crap. Furthermore, you can also express yourself and show musicality with fast (technique) pieces. Referring to this piece/video, you can bet that this guy plays every slow piece of music as wonderful, beautiful and expressive as hell.
Have heard Napoli so many times that l am bored to tears with it, but not this performance, l have listened to it numerous times in a row and have come back to it today.
I cannot think of ever hearing a better performance. I especially enjoy the cornet as the instrument selected for this performance. The sound of the cornet is full and round and yet brilliant also. This is a masterful performance. Bravo!
Wonderful soloist and orchestral accompaniment! And a special "bravo" for the video director, whose judicious selections of shots, switching on the musical phrase boundaries, keeping musicians in view who were playing something of interest, framing the soloist up close so we could watch his fingerings, and always getting back to the soloist after going to the orchestra at the phrase endings!
One scary set of chops. Very impressive indeed. I truly like the way he doesn't change the tune to make it too "showy" and that the casual listener (non-player) would probably miss the greatness. But those in the know, with a trained ear can hear the magnificent arrangement that on the surface sounds so.....normal. Outstanding.
Mike, I caught you in a master class at Univ. of Florida in early 70's. You are pretty incredible yourself! But I agree, Ole, is wonderful. So is Tine Ting Helseth, a fellow Norwegian. What is in the water up there? (I am also of Norwegian descent and play trumpet, but nothing like all of you).
So good to hear this well known solo played on the cornet with an orchestra rather than a brass band. Well played excellent articulation. A joy to listen to.
Beautiful cornet technique and control ! He really knows where he is going and how to get there. To think that I had never heard of Mr. Antonsen! I will have to become more familiar with his playing. He is a true master of the instrument.
It's not just the blistering pace and fingering. You have to work so, sooo hard to get chops this sensitive and flexible--reminds me of Maurice Andre playing Carnival of Venice lightly and at lightning speed.
A beautiful trumoet solo. Looks more like a cornet though. The sound is just stunning, and the articulation! WOW! You blew My mind! i can only dream of doing such good playing!
Complimenti per questa esecusione meravigliosa....suono rotondo,caldissimo,di una fluidità ed elasticità eccelsa....per non parlare dei legati taccati.saluti juan
I have now only ever heard this played this well by two people, the way that one would imagine a trumpet should truly sound: You, and Tine Thing Helseth. Very well performed.
Wow. What a ride! Increadible glorious and flawless performance. Congrats Ole! I just can't understand why 126 violinist have given a thumb down on this. Their vinegar must have fallen very badly at breakfast. ;-)
Wahnsinn, wer hat denn da seine Hand mit im Spiel, der Deifel oder der Obergöttliche? Das ist übermenschlich! Ich verschenke aus Verzweiflung meine Trompete und blase nur noch Jagdsignale. Allerhöchste Empfehlung an den Herrn Antonsen.
This piece was composed by a cornetist (Herman Bellstedt) and was played regularly by Del Staigers (listen to his version on youtube) I'm sure H. Belstedt played his composition regularly, however I don't think there are any recordings available to the public.I guess you could count on one pair of hands the number of soloists (living) who could play this beautiful piece as well as Ole Edvard Antonsen and Charles Delaware Staigers
The amount of work it takes to make brilliance seem that effortless. Phenomenal.
Jahre
Ja,Ole Edvard…dette er jo i den internationale toppklass!! Hilsen Brynjar
Absolutely fantastic performance. Mr Antonsen, you are a master!
Incredible tone, attacks, accuracy, dynamics, speed, consistency, and musicality. Really enjoyable to listen to.
true- but I think this is a demonstration of tecnic only (his accuracy is really impressive)
No it's absolutely not. Also if you play fast it shows what sound you have. It can be fast and accurate
but sound like crap. Furthermore, you can also express yourself and show musicality with fast (technique) pieces. Referring to this piece/video, you can bet that this guy plays every slow piece of music as wonderful, beautiful and expressive as hell.
Love the Bb 4 nose scratch
Kurme82 So, cornnet is more suitable than trumpet for this tone.
Ｐｉｚｚａ ｔｉｍｅ
Probably the best performance I've ever heard of this solo . Fantastic !
I also like wynton doing it
TehFaiith how did I know someone would say that
Wynton is still the best. Perfection.
Yes ole edvard antonsen is the best for play this morceaux with Alexis Demailly
I loved it too
suono, tecnica, articolazione, staccato,tutto, performance incredibile, bravo!
Have heard Napoli so many times that l am bored to tears with it, but not this performance, l have listened to it numerous times in a row and have come back to it today.
I cannot think of ever hearing a better performance. I especially enjoy the cornet as the instrument selected for this performance. The sound of the cornet is full and round and yet brilliant also. This is a masterful performance. Bravo!
I just scrolled down the comments on this performance and did not see even one "thumbs down." This man is in total command of the trumpet!
It’s a cornet.
Was für eine unglaubliche Interpretation! Wirklich herausragend!
Wonderful soloist and orchestral accompaniment! And a special "bravo" for the video director, whose judicious selections of shots, switching on the musical phrase boundaries, keeping musicians in view who were playing something of interest, framing the soloist up close so we could watch his fingerings, and always getting back to the soloist after going to the orchestra at the phrase endings!
A very good point indeed Glen !
Pizza Time
Yes, it was well-cut (or well-switched).
Totally agree
I never get tired of hearing this piece Napoli played! Fantastic!!!
I'm a Mendez and Nakariakov fan, because I like technical ability. Now I'm an Edvard fan as well. Great tone, as well as everything else.
Mr. Ole Edvard Antonsen is supernatural. Greetings from Brazil.
Incredible! Bravo! ENCORE!!
No words can give that performance the credit it deserves. Unbelievable! 😲
Гениально! Уникальный трубач по всем параметрам, звука и непревзойденной техники!!! Брависсимо!!!
One scary set of chops. Very impressive indeed. I truly like the way he doesn't change the tune to make it too "showy" and that the casual listener (non-player) would probably miss the greatness. But those in the know, with a trained ear can hear the magnificent arrangement that on the surface sounds so.....normal. Outstanding.
Так в мене нема слуху ,але в мене є інше ,і ви не гірші ,від нього
I feel like it’s pretty obvious every time the trumpet does something ridiculously insane, that it is ridiculously insane, even to untrained people
貴女は最高のミュージシャンです👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗
貴女のファンが日本に居ますよ！！ここに！
モンキー・柳は貴女の大ファンです😊
素晴らしい演奏をいつまでも👍😊
Having lunch with Ole today in Oslo. I'm looking forward to meeting this wonderful musician!
Mike, I caught you in a master class at Univ. of Florida in early 70's. You are pretty incredible yourself! But I agree, Ole, is wonderful. So is Tine Ting Helseth, a fellow Norwegian. What is in the water up there? (I am also of Norwegian descent and play trumpet, but nothing like all of you).
I am SO glad he picked that cornet for this piece. It was PERFECT! The old Rome feeling it exudes is amazing. Great performance!
Super!!!!! Bravissimo!!!!!
Wonderful player!!!!!
Just fantastic!!!!!
Brilliant!!! I without knowing what to write! ! ! The most many thanks! ! !
Wonderful player and wonderful to see him playing a cornet. This tune is well suited to the darker timbre of cornet.
An excellent showman, too.
So good to hear this well known solo played on the cornet with an orchestra rather than a brass band. Well played excellent articulation. A joy to listen to.
Beautiful cornet technique and control ! He really knows where he is going and how to get there. To think that I had never heard of Mr. Antonsen! I will have to become more familiar with his playing. He is a true master of the instrument.
Incredible playing, showmanship, articulation, control and everything in between
Superb. Looks like a Getzen cornet too. Used to play one. They're top drawer.
That was simply awesome!
Maybe the fastest tongue on a trumpet I've ever heard. Crazy speed and fluidity
Same here! Astounding! Great Arrangement of Funicalì, Funicalà
Just stumbled across this. Amazing virtuosity! And the whole performance was so fun to watch.
Very very impressive !!
I love the technical mastery and musicality.
Bravo !! A thousand times !!
Awesome -flawless. Orchestra & cornet complimenting each other beautifully.
I could have practised 23 hours a day and never would have been as good as this
du jamais entendu dans ce morceau autant de brillance de légèreté et d élégance sans compter la virtuosité incroyable viva l artiste
THE BEST TRUMPET SOLO I EVER HEARD !!!
BRAVO MAESTRO !!!
Nothing else to say, Ole is the most virtuous and happy players I ever heard... happy to get this beautiful masterpiece..!!
An amazingly musical and technical performance!!!
The finest trumpet performance I have ever heard.
It’s a cornet! But yes!
People probably dislike because they thought that he was a show off but I think that he deserves to be if he has gotten this far absolutely incredible
It's not just the blistering pace and fingering. You have to work so, sooo hard to get chops this sensitive and flexible--reminds me of Maurice Andre playing Carnival of Venice lightly and at lightning speed.
No one played this tune as good as you I heard them all .you are number one
Incredible to say the least. Ole had to have been born with a trumpet in his hands. Just perfection.......
Incredible...is the only reaction I can give. I'm flabergasted!!!
Sei unico Sei grande Sei Tutto COMPLIMENTI
Just found you tonight. This has to be the best version of this piece I've ever heard!! Doesn't get any better than this folks.
This performance is so satisfying to listen to. I enjoyed every minute of it! Such an amazing tone and technique.
Just one word : Magnificent ! Performance is wonderful.
Bravoooop
Csodaszép trombita játék...
Köszönöm szèpen!!!❤❤❤😊😊😊
Разве это труба? Больше на корнет похоже!
Someone give this man a medal! Damn!!!!
ABSOLUTE LEGEND! No question of it.
That's pure muscle on those lips,Fantastic playing Bravo.
Best version I've ever heard. Bravo
A beautiful trumoet solo. Looks more like a cornet though. The sound is just stunning, and the articulation! WOW! You blew My mind! i can only dream of doing such good playing!
Hunter D'Amour cornet solo* :)
Written for the cornet.
Hunter D'Amour oh hey
Ole imádjuk a játékod.Borzasztô könnyed laza.Szerintem mi magyarok ezt ìmádjuk.Köszönjük neked!!!
Nothing less than stupendous!
Very nice performance and beautifully played!
Великолепное звучание трубы! Необыкновенное мастерство солиста-трубача! Браво маэстро!
Best performance I've heard of this solo by far. Bravo.
And, he performed this delightful bit on the Bflat Cornet, as was written for. Helluva job, my friend.
I keep coming back to this!
Thanks.
Greetings from Germany!
Brilliant playing in every way.
Complimenti per questa esecusione meravigliosa....suono rotondo,caldissimo,di una fluidità ed elasticità eccelsa....per non parlare dei legati taccati.saluti juan
Pretty sick.. I'm proud that I got a lesson of this man and also sat in the orchestra with him as a soloist :)
Ufffff How its possible? Is there some tricks? wow... no more words...
Ole, you are amasing!!!!
I can just say incredible
Best one I've ever heard, since it's a virtuose piece of music, unbelievably!
Блестящее звучание и виртуозное владение инструментом. Браво!
This was such an amazing performance I lost count saying OMG the whole time!
Too bad you can only like a video once! Amazing performance, musically AND visually!
¡Absolutamente maravilloso y magistral! mi corazón pudo tocar la música, mis oídos la vieron y yo me visto con ella. ¡Bravísimooooo!
I have now only ever heard this played this well by two people, the way that one would imagine a trumpet should truly sound: You, and Tine Thing Helseth. Very well performed.
Well, he's playing a cornet.
Bravo !! Excellent well played !
Exalting Brilliant Delightful GRACEFUL RESONANT PERFORMANCE ❤❤❤ SHARING GODS ABILITY AND DEXTERITY
Wow. What a ride! Increadible glorious and flawless performance. Congrats Ole! I just can't understand why 126 violinist have given a thumb down on this. Their vinegar must have fallen very badly at breakfast. ;-)
Fantastic! He is so good even a string player in the orchestra would know it.
Wow!
Amazing.....
No words for me..........
Wonderful playing and musical interpretation......I love it!
J'hallucine. Je suis certain qu'il n'y a pas 5 personnes dans le monde capables de jouer ça. Exceptionnel
Best interpretation of this song that I’ve ever heard. Bravo!
that's the best I've heard on this piece !!! .. bravo .. Edvard !!!!!
whohooooo.... staggering virtuosity.. and having fun with it :-D awesome performance.
Quel énorme talent et quelle fabuleuse technique !
Lindo, bravo, fantástico, magnífico, melhor interpretação de Napoli que já vi, que som maravilhoso, perfeito, 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼
Absolutely wonderful! Such great fun, his mastery of the horn (flugelhorn?) is marvelous, Bravo!
It's a cornet
Mais que um fenômeno,top a execução!!! Parabéns ❤❤❤
Wow great job
wonderful playing--I remember the times he came to Minneapolis for the Leiv Festival--good memories!
This video makes me want to cry at my own abilities
True, he makes it look so damn easy.
Grandioso!!!!🎉 🎶 🎵 🎺 💓
Saluti da Napoli!🌊🙏
Virtuoso ,grande, felicitaciones!!!
Absolutely exquisite!!
Damn! He's wonderful. He had everything going his way and it almost seemed effortless.
BRAVO, once again!!!
So nice to hear a virtuoso non pressure performer.
MAGNIFICENT OLE!
Wahnsinn, wer hat denn da seine Hand mit im Spiel, der Deifel oder der Obergöttliche? Das ist übermenschlich! Ich verschenke aus Verzweiflung meine Trompete und blase nur noch Jagdsignale. Allerhöchste Empfehlung an den Herrn Antonsen.
This piece was composed by a cornetist (Herman Bellstedt) and was played regularly by Del Staigers (listen to his version on youtube) I'm sure H. Belstedt played his composition regularly, however I don't think there are any recordings available to the public.I guess you could count on one pair of hands the number of soloists (living) who could play this beautiful piece as well as Ole Edvard Antonsen and Charles Delaware Staigers
Never get tired of him.
Complimenti.Molto bravo,bravissimo.saluti