Tower Brass Quintet (1987)

Tower Brass Quintet – 1987

Sel-produced – TBQ 005 LP

Brian Bushong, trumpet
Martin Porter, trumpet
Bernice Schwartz, horn
Jeff Ballast, trombone
David Saygers, tuba

Program

EncounterAllen Molineux
Fair Phyllis ~ John Farmer
In Pride of May ~ Thomas Weelkes
Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73Sir Malcolm Arnold
Contrapunctus IX ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
Fancies, Toyes, and Dreames ~ Giles Farnaby
Quintet No. 1, Op. 79Vagn Holmboe

Recordings by the Tower Brass Quintet

Credo (MAE)

Meridian Arts Ensemble – 2024

Self-Produced

Sycil Mathai, trumpet
Jon Nelson, trumpet
Daniel Grabois, horn
Ben Herrington, trombone
Tom Curry, tuba

Program

CredoDavid Sanford
Feldpartie ~ Franz Joseph Haydn
DriftDaniel Grabois
Two Fanfares ~ Igor Stravinsky
Suite for Brass Quintet ~ Igor Stravinsky
Adagio mesto from Piano Sonata ~ Samuel Barber
Gravikord ~  Daniel Grabois

Recordings by the Meridian Arts Ensemble
  • 1991 – Winning Artists Series
  • 1991 – Music of Otto Luening
  • 1992 – Smart Went Crazy
  • 1995 – Prime Meridian
  • 1996 – Five
  • 1996 – Anxiety of Influence
  • 1998 – Ear Mind I
  • 2006 – Brink
  • 2008 – Americantus
  • 2008 – Timbrando
  • 2012 – Alchemy
  • 2016 – Seven Kings
  • 2024 – Credo

Music from Down Under

Outback Brass – 2024

Self-produced

Jonathan Baker, trumpet
Phill O’Neill, trumpet
Adrian Hallam, horn
Gareth Lewis, trombone
Scott Frankcombe, tuba

Program

Golden Age ~ Adrian Hallam
Collaroy SkiesGareth Lewis
Outback Sunrise ~ Adrian Hallam
Punch & Judy ~ Adrian Hallam
Creatures of Norse ~ Maria Grenfell
Five Snapshots for Brass ~ Gregory van der Striuk

Second Nature

Calliope Brass – 2024

Navrona Records – NV 6672

Olivia Pidi Weiss, trumpet
Rebecca Steinberg, trumpet
Erin Paul Ozolins, horn
Sara Mayo, trombone
Samantha Lake, tuba

Program

IntersectionsJustin Weiss
A Garden StorySara Jacovino
Mycellium StoriesHitomi Oba
Artemis 'Goddess of the Hunt'Carle Wirshba
Miracles of the Human ConditionLillian Yee
Pandora's Magic CastleRich Shemaria

Recordings by Calliope Brass

November Journeys

Abbey Brass – 2020

Willowhayne Records – FSR 201

, trumpet
, trumpet
, horn
, trombone
, tuba

Program

Tom Pellow's March ~ Paul Drayton
Nocturne ~ Paul Drayton
Antique Suite ~ Paul Drayton
Symphony No. 10 - November Journeys ~ George Lloyd

Impromptu (RBQ)

Riverside Brass Quintet – 2024

Self produced

Chang Hyun Cha, trumpet
Melissa Muñoz, trumpet
Liana Hoffman, horn
Julie Dombroski-Jones, trombone
Declan Wilcox, tuba

Program

Jive for Five ~ Paul Nagle
ChrysalisChloe Rowlands
Suite ImpromptuAndré Lafosse

Open (SCB)

Stockholm Chamber Brass – 2024

Genuin Classics

Urban Agnas, trumpet
Tom Poulson,
trumpet
Annamia Larsson,
horn
Jonas Bylund,
trombone
Dirk Hirthe,
tuba

 

Program

Quintet ByzantineDjuro Zivkovic
EspiralCathy Milliken
Variations on a HaircutMolly Kien
Open CircleMike Svoboda
Brass QuintetFrancisco Coll

Recordings By the Stockholm Chamber Brass

Jazzi Metal

Royal Scottish Academy Brass – 2003

Deux-Elles Limited – DXL 1087

John Wallace, trumpet
Bryan Allen, trumpet
David Flack, horn
Lance Green, trombone
David Dowell, tuba

Mark O’Keeffe, trumpet

Program

…a Terra FértilLuís Tinoco
Pequenas Músicas de MarNuno Côrte-Real
Jazzi Metal) ~ Carlos Azevedo
Essay IX ~ Christopher Bochmann
RumorJoão Madureira
Brass QuintetChristopher Bochmann
2 Family Discussions ~ António Pinho Vargas

Spanish Brass 35

Spanish Brass – Luur Metalls – 2023

Cascavelle – VEL 3077

Carlos Benetó, trumpet
Juanjo Serna, trumpet
Manuel Pérez, horn
Indalecio Bonet, trombone
Sergio Finca, tuba

Pablo Domínguez, guitar / percussion

Program

Duetto de la Cantata BWV 146 ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Thierry Caens)
Sheep May Safely Graze ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Carlos Benetó)
Obertura Spanish Brass ~ Thierry Caens
The Kitchen Sink (El Fregadero) ~ Dan Jenkins
Embryonic Diapause ~ Bernat Cucarella
Fuegolamenco ~ Ricardo André Gomes Pereira
Barandat ~ Amparo Edo
Suite Spanish Brass ~ Ernesto Aurignac
4 Miniaturas, Op. 10 ~ Eduard Marquina
Big Mike Medley ~ Michel Legrand (arr. Thierry Caens)
Mediterráneo ~ Joan Manuel Serrat (arr. Ramon Cardo)
Entre dos aguas ~ Paco de Lucia (arr. Ramon Cardo)
Buleria pa Spanish Brass ~ Adam Rapa

Other Recordings by the Spanish Brass
  • 1996 – Luur Metalls
  • 1998 – No Comment
  • 2000 – La Escalera de Jacob
  • 2001 – Luur Metalls & Friends
  • 2002 – Delicatessen
  • 2003 – Caminos de España
  • 2005 – Gaudi'um
  • 2006 – Metal-lics
  • 2006 – Retaule de Nadal
  • 2007 – SBALZ Brass Ensemble
  • 2008 – Brass and Wines
  • 2008 – Brassiana
  • 2009 – SBLM
  • 2012 – Tell me a Brass Story
  • 2012 – viBRASSions
  • 2013 – Metalls d’estil
  • 2014 – SuBLiMe Christmas
  • 2014 – SBLM 2014
  • 2016 – Brass Brass Brass
  • 2017 – de Vents i Terra
  • 2018 – Puro de Oliva
  • 2018 – XXX
  • 2019 – Mira si hem corregut terres…
  • 2019 – Les Aventures de Monsieur Jules

Experimental Brass (Amsterdam)

Amsterdam Brass Quintet (2020)

Self-Produced

Thomas Geerts, trumpet
Thomas Piet,
trumpet
Misha Sporck
, horn
Rolf Hoogenberg
, trombone
John William Banther
, tuba

Ilja Reijngoud, trombone
David Thornton, euphonium

Program

Morning Coffee (for trombone and brass quintet) ~ Leonard Evers
Elegie (for euphonium and brass quintet) ~ Pete Meechan
Concertante SuiteChrister Danielsson
Storm (for trombone and brass quintet) ~ Pete Meechan
ParabolenMisha Sporck
Flow (for trombone and brass quintet) ~ Ilja Reijngoud
Tiamat (for euphonium and brass quintet) ~ Lucy Pankhurst
In Memoriam E.S. (for euphonium and brass quintet) ~ Simon Dobson