Winning Artists Series (MAE)

Meridian Arts Ensemble – 1991

Channel Classics – CCS 2191
Re-released in 2011 and renamed as GO!

Richard Kelley, trumpet
Jon Nelson, trumpet
Daniel Grabois, horn
Benjamin Herrington, trombone
Raymond Stewart, tuba

Program

Mini OvertureWitold Lutoslawski
MorgenmusikPaul Hindemith
Armenian Scenes ~ Alexander Arutiunian
Brass QuintetIra Taxin
LaudesJan Bach
Quintet for Brass InstrumentsAlvin Etler

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

American Visions (ABQ)

American Brass Quintet – 2003

Summit Records – DCD 365

Kevin Cobb, trumpet
Raymond Mase, trumpet
David Wakefield, horn
Michael Powell, trombone
John D. Rojak, bass trombone

Program

Brass Quintet No. 1Melinda Wagner
Consonanze Stravaganti ~ Andrew Thomas
Brass QuintetRobert Beaser
Be Not Afraid: the isle is full of noisesSamuel Adler
Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman ~ Joan Tower
American Hymn ~ William Schuman

Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

Premier! (ABQ)

American Brass Quintet – 1996

Summit Records – DCD 187

Chris Gekker, trumpet
Raymond Mase, trumpet
David Wakefield, horn
Michael Powell, trombone
John D. Rojak, bass trombone

Program

Brass Quintet No. 2Gunther Schuller
Distant VoicesDavid Sampson
Brass QuintetDan Welcher
TriptychJan Bach

Other Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

New American Brass (ABQ)

American Brass Quintet – 1992

Summit Records – DCD 133

Chris Gekker, trumpet
Raymond Mase, trumpet
David Wakefield, horn
Michael Powell, trombone
John D. Rojak, bass trombone

Program

Colchester FantasyEric Ewazen
Morning Music ~ David Sampson
TriskelionBruce Adolphe
Blackbird VariationsRobert Dennis
Dance MovementsDavid Snow

Other Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

Albany Brass Ensemble (1981)

Albany Brass Ensemble – 1981

Self -produced

Paul Archibald, trumpet
Graham Ashton, trumpet
James Handy, horn
Daniel Whitson, trombone
James Gourlay, tuba
Charles, Fulbrook, percussion

Program

Dances of Terpsichore (t) ~ Michael Praetorius
Brass Quintet No. 2, Opus 6Victor Ewald
Finale from William Tell Overture (t) ~ Giocchino Rossini
Suite from the Water Music (t) ~ George Frederic Handel
Capriccio for Brass QuintetLeonard Salzedo

Adelaide Brass Quintet (1984)

Adelaide Brass Quintet - 1984

Sarec Records – ACR 1004

James Dempsey, trumpet
Glenn Madden, trumpet & cornet
Nelson Green, horn
Howard Parkinson, trombone & euphonium
Peter Whish-Wilson, tuba

Program

Quintet for BrassPeter Webb
Miniature SuiteWilliam Lovelock
Two Folk SongsDavid Stanhope

Aarhus Brass Quintet (1994)

Aarhus Brass Quintet - 1994

Paula Records – PACD 82

Per Morten Bye, trumpet & cornet
Martin Rolf Schuster, trumpet & cornet
Klaus Gottlieb, horn
Rolf Sandmark, trombone & euphonium
Niels-Ole Bo Johansen, euphonium, trombone, bass trombone
Hans Andersen, tuba

Program

Syn VisionPer Nørgård
Four, Five for Brass QuintetKarl Aage Rasmussen
Three Studies for Brass QuintetAnders Nordentoft
Intrada for Brass Ensemble ~ Bent Lorentzen
Round and In-Between ~ Hans Abrahamsen
Windscape for Brass QuintetSvend Nielsen

Other Recordings by the Aarhus Brass Quintet

1989 – Aarhus Brass Quintet

Brass Circus (Custom BQ)

Custom Brass Quintet – 2005

CAFUA Records – CACG 0063

Buddha Saki Chio, trumpet
Yoshiaki Fukada, trumpet
Yutaka Matsuzaki, horn
Akira Kuwata, trombone
Isao Watanabe, tuba

Program

A Western FanfareEric Ewazen
ExhibitionFisher Tull
Marche Heroique (t) ~ Telemann, G. P.
The Blue Bells of Scotland (t) ~ Pryor, Arthur
Carnival of the Animals; V. The Elephant (t) ~ Saint-Saëns, Camille
Funeral March of a Marionette (t) ~ Gounod, Charles-François
Effie Suite; IV. Effie Joins a Carnival (t) ~ Alec Wilder
La Virgen de la Macarena (t) ~ Mendez, Raphael
Variations on a JokePeter Schickele
Kinderzirkus, Opus 79bJan Koetsier

Other recordings by Custom Brass Quintet

Brass Cantabile (Custom BQ)

Custom Brass Quintet – 2008

CAFUA Records – CACG 0123

Buddha Saki Chio, trumpet
Yoshiaki Fukada, trumpet
Yutaka Matsuzaki, horn
Akira Kuwata, trombone
Isao Watanabe, tuba

Program

Suite after Igor StravinskyArthur Frackenpohl
Brass Quintet No. 2, Opus 6Victor Ewald
Suite for Brass QuintetJukka Linkola
Armenian ScenesAlexander Arutiunian
Satirical Dance from the Bolt (t) ~ Shostakovich, Dmitri
Andante from String Quartet No. 1, Opus 11 (t) ~ Tchaikovsky, Pyotr

Other recordings by Custom Brass Quintet

Brass Calendar (Custom BQ)

Custom Brass Quintet – 2001

CAFUA Records – CACG 0020

Buddha Saki Chio, trumpet
Yoshiaki Fukada, trumpet
Yutaka Matsuzaki, horn
Akira Kuwata, trombone
Isao Watanabe, tuba

Program

Colchester Fantasy ~ Eric Ewazen
Brass CalendarPeter Schickele
Three Dance Impressions ~ Morley Calvert
Suite Americana No. 1 ~ Enrique Crespo
Three Preludes (t) ~ Gershwin, George

Other recordings by Custom Brass Quintet