A new Chandos release! Brass works from the UK and the US.
The majority of the pieces receive their first commercial recording, with the two Britten premières bringing two long-forgotten pieces from the Britten Pears Archive in Aldeburgh into the light. Alongside these new discoveries are performances of established favourites by Sir Malcolm Arnold and Joseph Horovitz, staples of the brass chamber repertoire for more than half a century. The selection of composers spanning most of the twentieth century, and from both sides of the Atlantic, gives the album a refreshing contrast of musical traditions and styles.
Onyx Brass conducted by John Wilson Chandos CHAN 20399
Adams, John: China Gate
Arnold, Malcolm: Brass Quintet no.1, op.73
Bernstein, Leonard: Dance Suite
Britten, Benjamin: A Fanfare for June 30th 1977 & Funeral March (compl. Bernard Hughes)
Gershwin, George: Novelette in Fourths
Horovitz, Joseph: Music Hall Suite
Langford, Gordon: Prelude, Polonaise and Promenade
Price, Florence: Octet for brass and piano
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Flourish on the ‘Morris Call’
Walton, William: Roaring Fanfare
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