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ID: BC3010 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Brass Collection Subcollection: Brass This CD is the result of the fact that Peter Swann sent John Kenny the score of Prelude & Fandango in 2004, and he immediately realised that in order to do Peter’s piece justice, it would be necessary to generate additional pieces to explore the potential of this wonderful but completely untried combination. A small but very fine repertoire for trombone and string quartet already exists, as it does for harp and trombone duo, and also for harp and string quartet, but he could find no other examples for this sextet combination. The challenge, therefore, was to generate a completely new repertoire - and this CD is one of the results of that project. |
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ID: LIR024 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Brass Mardi Brass take a break from their 4-CD series “Something Old, something new, something borrowed, something blue” (3 CDs out on LIR, final volume due out next year) and present their own take on popular Christmas carols, with the dynamic King’s Lynn Festival Chorus, under the baton of Tom Appleton. This recording includes a premiere of “See Christmas All Around us Shine” written by Ed Maxwell, alongside their own quirky and lively arrangements of well-known classics.
Mardi Brass is a versatile and dynamic brass quintet which performs music in a plethora of musical styles spanning six centuries. Since its founding in 1992, the group has performed throughout Britain, thrilling audiences with its blend of music and humour. Performance venues have included London’s Purcell Room and the Edinburgh Fringe; the group has also appeared on BBC1, BBC2, and numerous radio stations.
King’s Lynn Festival Chorus, under the direction of Tom Appleton and assisted by pianist and composer John Byron, is one of the UK’s most talented and dynamic community choirs. As well as being resident choir for the prestigious King’s Lynn Festival, it performs concerts throughout the year to large audiences in King’s Lynn and beyond. |
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ID: CLAVES508010 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Brass Collection Canzonas and Sinfonias for Brass Instruments by Gabrieli, Maschera, Cavaccio, Guami, Merulo, Grillo, Marini, Banchieri and others. |
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ID: ACDHJ038-2 CDs: 1 Type: SACD |
Collection: Brass Collection Subcollection: Brass Live Recording
The Symphonic Suite The Fenlands by the English composer Arthur Wills formed the pièce de résistance of the Cathedral Brass concert that took place on September 13, 2008 in the Koepelkerk in Leeuwarden. In this captivating and challenging composition, the composer reaches a beautiful synthesis between the brass band and its natural musical partner: the organ. The program also contains two rarely performed organ works by the English composer Percy Whitlock: a simple Folksong and a virtuoso Divertimento. The closing movement of Camille Saint-Saens Organ Symphony forms a finale to this set.
“Just as I am” is an arrangement of a song by Wilfred Heaton, a piece from the
Salvation Army repertoire. “Angels Watching Over Me”, also comes from the Salvation Army, but was recorded in the studio in 2006, here included as a special bonus track. |
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ID: CDMAN062-01 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Ceremonial Music Subcollection: Brass Composers:
Oginski Michal, Mendelssohn Felix Glier Reingold
Mendessohn - Wedding March
Gliere -Hymn to a great City etc... |
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ID: SIGCD504 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Brass Collection Signum Records are delighted to present this world-class ensemble, led by trumpeter Graham Ashton. This group of talented New Yorkers have performed the works of James Pugh and Daniel Schnyder in concerts across the globe.
The relationship between these two composers and the Brass Ensemble has developed far beyond mutual friendship and respect. Since the year 2000, when James Pugh first wrote "And Flights of Angels" for the group, the ensemble have seldom performed a concert without a selection of his and Daniel’s music. Both James and Daniel now write many pieces exclusively for these players, and have created a close and successful partnership, both on stage and off.
The world of brass music is relatively under-explored, and James Pugh (Professor of Trombone at Purchase College, State University of New York) and Daniel Schnyder (Composer-in-Residence with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra) have specialised in a repertoire that is both fun, challenging and extremely versatile.
A champion of brass ensemble music, Graham Ashton reformed the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble (GABE) upon relocating to New York in 1999. The ensemble quickly made its mark by drawing together an eclectic mix of Manhattan's most distinguished brass players from the Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and American Symphony. GABE made their New York début in 2000 at the 25th Anniversary conference of the International Trumpet Guild. |
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ID: MNRCD110 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Brass The two main sequences on the album are from the scores to The Ogre [Volker Schlondorff, 1996] and The Libertine [Laurence Dunmore, 2005]. The Ogre was never seen in the UK and the soundtrack not released here, so this will be the first time many people will have heard this music. Originally composed for brass ensemble with saxophones, Wingates Band's performance is not hugely different from the original.
The album is completed with the Michael Nyman Band classics, In Re Don Giovanni and Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds from The Draughtman's Contract [Peter Greenaway, 1982], where the music sounds very different from the original performances. Michael Nyman says, 'the whole sound-world was transformed. Things like repeated rhythms which I originally gave to piano are punchier, edgier, more dangerous on cornets and trombones.'
Wingates Band was formed in 1873 by the members of the Bible Class of Wingates Independent Methodist Church in Westhoughton, Bolton, in response to a challenge from the members of Westhoughton Old Band, which had been in existence since 1858. By the turn of the century, led by legendary 'giant' of the British brass band movement Willaim Rimmer, Wingates had been turned into one of the top bands in the country. In 1906 the Band achieved national fame by winning the 'double': the British Open and the British National Championships. The following year Wingates astounded the brass band world by completing the double again. www.wingatesband.org.
Michael Nyman described it as 'a privilege' to work with Wingates. Although his music was very different from the kind that the players were used to, he said they 'picked up the style, especially the formality of the music, and it soon sounded second nature to them… I loved the spirit of the playing, the instant dedication and the energy in what is a very new sound world for me.' |
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ID: RCO7002 CDs: 1 Type: SACD |
Collection: Brass Collection Subcollection: Brass Recorded Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam in November and December 2006 |
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ID: ACDBR078-2 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Chamber Music Subcollection: Brass Out of Bounds contains interesting and little known 20th and 21st century music for bass trombone in a chamber music setting. The instrument is rarely heard as the soloist with chamber ensembles and most of the pieces on this disc are rarely performed or have not previously been recorded. The bass trombone can be heard running as a rich thread through the works.
Michael Eversden was born in England and grew up in the rich musical scene of the London Borough of Redbridge. He was a member of the Redbridge and Essex Youth Orchestras and from 1975 to 1978 the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) appearing throughout the UK. Michael studied bass trombone at the Royal College of Music under Gerry McElhone, bass trombonist with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. In 1980 he was appointed as principal bass trombonist with the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (NNO) and has since worked as a freelancer with nearly all the major Dutch and British orchestras. He is a founder member of the Dutch Brass and The Trombonauts (educational concerts for junior school children), teaches at the Gro- ningen College of Music and also composes and arranges music for the bass trombone and other brass. |
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ID: NMCD142 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Brass Collection Subcollection: Brass Variations on a Theme of Tippett with variations by Bramwell Tovey, Edward Gregson, Michael Ball, Elgar Howarth and Philip Wilby |
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