4 Pieces for 5 Brass Players (ABQ)

American Brass Quintet – 1972

Serenus Records – LP SRS 12041

Louis Ranger, trumpet
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
Edward Birdwell, horn
Herbert Rankin, trombone
Robert Biddlecome, bass trombone

Program

Quintet for Brass ~ Meyer Kupferman
Mosaico ~ Leonardo Balada
Quintet ~ John Lessard
Philos ~ Nicolas Flagello

Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

The American Brass Quintet (1969)

American Brass Quintet – 1969

MPS Records – MPS 15243 ST

John Eckert, trumpet
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
Edward Birdwell, horn
Arnold Fromme, trombone
Robert Biddlecome, bass trombone

Program

Four Canzona per Sonare ~ Gabrieli Giovanni
Canzon “La Martinella” ~ Heinrich Isaac
Prelude to Phaeton ~ Jean Baptiste Lully
Chorale “Christ lag in Todesbanden” ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
Music for Brass InstrumentsIngolf Dahl
Sharagan and Fugue ~ Alan Hovhaness

Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

American Brass Music (ABQ)

American Brass Quintet – 1969

Nonesuch Records – LP H 71222

John Eckert, trumpet
Gerard Schwarz, trumpet
Edward Birdwell, horn
Arnold Fromme, trombone
Robert Biddlecome, bass trombone

Program

From the Steeples and the Mountains ~ Charles Ives
Song for Harvest Season ~ Charles Ives
Chromatimelodtune ~ Charles Ives
Quintet for Brass ~ Alvin Brehm
The Fourth Millennium ~ Henry Brant
Music for Brass Quintet ~ Peter Phillips

Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

Modern Music for Brass (ABQ)

American Brass Quintet – 1968

Composers Recordings Inc. – CRI 229 SD

John Eckert, trumpet
Gerard Schwarz
, trumpet
Edward Birdwell
, horn
Arnold Fromme, trombone
Robert Biddlecome, bass trombone

Program

Music for Brass Choir, Opus 45 ~ Wallingford Riegger
Movement for 2 Trumpets, Trombone, and Piano ~ Wallingford Riegger
Nonet for Brass, Opus 49 ~ Wallingford Riegger
Concerto for Brass Quintet, Strings, and Percussion ~ Alvin Etler
Sonic Sequence for Brass Quintet ~ Alvin Etler

Additional musicans:

Music for Brass Choir

trumpets ~ Isidor Blank, Allan Dean, Frank Miller, Fred Mills, Richard San Fillippo, Garry Schauer, James Smith, John Ware, Robert Weber

horns ~ John Carabella, Richard Happe, Paul Ingraham,
A. Robert Johnson, Lester Salomon, Morris Sacon, Arthur Sussman

trombones ~ James Biddlecome, Per Brevig, John Clark, Edward Herman, Allen Ostrander, Charles Small, Robert Wright

tubas ~ Donald Butterfield, Herbert Wekselblatt

timpani ~ Morris Goldenberg

Nonet for Brass

trumpet ~ Allan Dean, John Ware

horn ~ Paul Ingraham

trombone ~ Edward Herman

tuba ~ Donald Butterfield

Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

Music for Brass Quintet (ABQ)

American Brass Quintet – 1965

Smithsonian Folkways Records – FM 3651

Allan Dean, trumpet
Ronald Anderson, trumpet
Richard Happe, horn
Arnold Fromme, trombone
Robert Biddlecome, bass trombone

Program

Vive le Roi (Long Live the King) ~ Josquin des Prez
Canzona “La Spiritata” ~ Giovanni Gabrieli
Desperavi ~ Michael East
Triptych for Brass Quintet ~ Charles Whittenberg
Contrapunctus III ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
Brass Quartet ~ Ulysses Kay
Suite of Elizabethan Dances ~ Anthony Holborne

Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

Süddeutsches Blechbläserensemble Plays

Süddeutsches Blechbläserensemble – 1987

Tonstudio Mauermann – MAS 217

 

Program

Suite des Symphonies ~ Jean-Joseph Mouret (arranged by Michael Eberhardt)
Fünfstimmige blasende Musik  ~ Johann Pezel (arranged by Helmut Egli)
Sir Frances Walsinghams Godmorowe ~ Daniel Bacheler (arranged by Helmut Egli)
Festfanfare der Wiener Philharmoniker ~ Richard Strauss (Ralf Scholtes)
Brass Quintet No. 1, Opus 5Victor Ewald
Brass Symphony, Opus 80Jan Koetsier

Personnel

Trumpet – Michael Eberhardt, Martin Gräber, Joachim Kraus, Ralf Scholtes,
Horn – Torsten Schwesig
Trombone – Helmut Egli, Christoph Erb, Bernhard Jauch
Bass Trombone – Stefan Rabsch
Tuba – Tobias Soldner

Chamber Music of Christian Ridil

NoPhil Brass Munich (2021)

Genuin Classics GbR – 21737

Martin Angerer – trumpet
Herbert Zimmermann – trumpet
Carsten Duffin – horn
Uwe Schrodi – trombone
Stefan Tischler – tuba

Program – music of Christian Ridil

The Meeting, Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet

Works featuring other artists

Märchenbilder
Variations on a Hungarian Dance
Platzkonzert
Deux Danses Macabres

Apex Predators

Lyrebird Brass (2022)

Common Tone Records

Joel Brennan, trumpet
Rosie Turner, trumpet
Carla Blackwood, horn
Don Immel, trombone
Tim Buzbee, tuba

Program

Melbourne Mosaic ~ Andrew Batterham
Divertimento ~ Harry Sdraulig
Solder ~ Luke Styles
Neptune's Treasures ~ Robert S. Cohen
Apex Predators ~ Catherine Likhuta

Brass Tacks

Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava Brass Quintet – 2022

Navona Records – NV6428

Roman Buchal, trumpet
Petr Kabil, trumpet
Věra Bartošová, horn
Vladimír Ševčík, trombone
Jiří Král, tuba

Milan Zatloukal, bass trombone
Jobey Wilson, tuba
James Wilson, horn
Katherine Ciscon, piano

Program

Three by FiveBrian Belet
NocturneNathan Wilson Ball
Tuba Contra Mundum ~ Janice Macaulay
5 / 4 Fugue in G MajorL. Peter Deutsch
Mountain Journey ~ L. Peter Deutsch
Twilight Waltz ~ L. Peter Deutsch
Sonata for Horn & Piano ~ Andrew Lewinter

Stay Tuned (Local BQ)

Local Brass Quintet – 2018

Klarthe Records –

Francois Petitprez, trumpet
Javier Rossetto, trumpet
Benoit Collett, horn
Romain Durand, trombone
Tancrede Cymerman, tuba

Thomas Enhco, piano
Mathilde Nguyen, piano
Cyrille Gabet, percussion

Program

Valses Poeticos ~ Enrique Granados (arranged by Gabrielle Philippot)
Souffle du ciel sur l’acierJean-Claude Genembre
A Game for Six ~ Thomas Enhco
Sonata for Brass QuintetDerek Bourgeois
Danzon No. 2 ~ Arturo Marquez (arranged by Gabriel Philippot)