Brass Roots (LABQ)

Los Angeles Brass Quintet – 1971

Crystal Records – S 821

Mario Guarneri, trumpet
Thomas Stevens, trumpet
Ralph Pyle, horn
Miles Anderson, trombone
Roger Bobo, tuba

Sharon Davis, piano
Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble
William Kraft
, conductor

Program

Nonet for Brass and Percussion ~ William Kraft
Madrigales for Brass Quintet ~ Frank Campo
Concertino for Piano and Brass ~ William Schmidt

Other Recordings by the Los Angeles Brass Quintet

The Los Angeles Brass Quintet (1967)

Los Angeles Brass Quintet – 1967

Crystal Records – M 102 & S 102

Mario Guarneri, trumpet
Thomas Stevens, trumpet
Ralph Pyle, horn
Miles Anderson, trombone
Roger Bobo, tuba

Program

Five Dances ~ Johann Pezel
Three Caprices ~ Nicolai Paganini
Suite from “For Children” ~ Bela Bartok
Brass Quintet No. 1Alec Wilder
MorgenmusikPaul Hindemith

Other Recordings by the Los Angeles Brass Quintet

The Los Angeles Brass Quintet (1968)

Los Angeles Brass Quintet – 1968

Crystal Records – S 602

Mario Guarneri, trumpet
Thomas Stevens, trumpet
Ralph Pyle, horn
Miles Anderson, trombone
Roger Bobo, tuba

Stanley Chaloupka, harp

Program

Fantasy in C major ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Irving Rosenthal)
Air pour les trompettes ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Irving Rosenthal)
Prelude & Fugue in E minor ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Irving Rosenthal)
Variations on an African-American Folk SongWilliam Schmidt
Concertino for Harp and Brass Quintet ~ Rayner Brown
Scherzo ~ John Cheetham

Other Recordings by the Los Angeles Brass Quintet

Vancouver Brass Quintet (VBQ)

Vancouver Brass Quintet – 1974

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – SM 252

Jerold Gerbrecht, trumpet
Ray Kirkham, trumpet
Bruce Dunn, horn
William Trusell, trombone
Dennis Miller, tuba

Program

Two Ayres for Cornetts and Sagbuts ~ John Adson
Paduana ~ Benedictus Grep
Canzona Bergamasca ~ Samuel Scheidt
Centone No. V ~ Samuel Scheidt (Verne Reynolds)
Three Pieces ~ Anthony Holborne
Revecy venir du printans ~ Claude le Jeune
Suite from the Monteregian Hills ~ Morley Calvert
Scherzo ~ John Cheetham
Quintet for Brass Instruments (Finale only) ~ Earl Zindars

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