Contemporary Music for Percussion and Brass (ABQ)

American Brass Quintet – 1974

Composers Recordings, Inc. – CRI SD 327

Raymond Mase, trumpet
Louis Ranger, trumpet
Edward Birdwell, horn
Herbert Rankin, trombone
Robert Biddlecome, bass trombone

Program

Brass Quintet ~ Irwin Bazelon
Propulsions (for percussion ensemble) ~ Irwin Bazelon

Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

Music for Brass 1500 – 1970

American Brass Quintet – 1969

Desto Records – DC 6474 – 6477

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

Program

Record 1 (DC 6474)
Ricercar Sopra il Primo Tuono ~ Palestrina, Giovanni
Baroque Suite ~ Reiche, Gottfried
Four Dances ~ Dowland, John
Five Flemish Dances ~ Susato, Tielmann
Desperavi ~ East, Michael
Triumphavi ~ East, Michael
Six 17th Century Dances ~ Pezel, Johann

Record 2 (DC 6475)
Quartet in the form of a Sonatine, Op. 23 ~ Simon, Anton
Quintet No. 1, Opus 5 ~ Victor Ewald
In Modo Religioso ~ Glazounov, Alexandre

Record 3 (6476)
Sonata for Trumpet, Horn, and Trombone ~ Francis Poulenc
MorgenmusikPaul Hindemith
Suite for Brass Quartet ~ Bergsma, William
Music for Brass InstrumentsIngolf Dahl
Five Miniatures ~ Starer, Robert

Record 4 (6477)
Improvisations and Patterns for Brass Quintet and Tape ~ Tanenbaum, Elias
Quadruplum ~ Manzoni, Giacomo
Kriki for Brass Quintet, Voice, and Tape ~ Bozic, Darijan
Triptych for Brass QuintetCharles Whittenberg

Other Recordings by the American Brass Quintet

An Exhibitionist at the Pictures

Stockholm Brass Quintet – 2021

Classica Records –

John Axelsson, trumpet
Filip Draglund
. trumpet
Johan Ahlin
, horn
Mats Agnelid
, trombone
Karl-Johan Elf
, tuba

 

 

Program

A Winter in Mallorca ~ Jan Sandström
La Fugitive ~ Britta Byström
Swedish Oak ~ Hans Ek
Music for Brass, Sacred and Profane ~ George Walker
Ballade ~ Sébastién Boren
An Exhibitionist at the Pictures (Tarantino Suite) ~ David Björkman

Recordings by the Stockholm Brass Quintet

Infrastruktur

Stockholm Brass Quintet – 2015

Classica Records –

John Axelsson, trumpet
Filip Draglund
. trumpet
Johan Ahlin
, horn
Mats Agnelid
, trombone
Karl-Johan Elf
, tuba

 

 

Program

Wendepunkt ~ Bo Nilsson
Endepunkt ~ Bo Nilsson
Infrastruktur ~ Bo Nilsson
Jublet ~ Jasper Nordin
Amatista per madre Tua Maria ~ Bo Nilsson
Carte Postale à Sten Frkberg ~ Bo Nilsson

Recordings by the Stockholm Brass Quintet

Musik für Blechbläser (Prisma)

Ensemble Prisma – Vienna Brass Quintet – 1978

Preiser Records – SPR 3296

Hans Gansch, trumpet
Gottfried Gindlhumer
, trumpet
Robert Lorenzi
, horn
Horst Kübelböck
, trombone
Klaus Schafferer
, tuba

Program

Suite ~ Johann Pezel
Three Courtly Masquing Ayres ~ John Adson
Almand & Gaillard ~ William Brade
Air pour les trompettes ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G minor ~ ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus IX from the Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
Brass Quintet, Opus 105 ~ Alexander Tcherepnin
Scherzo ~ John Cheetham
Come Sunday ~ Duke Ellington
Suite from West Side Story ~ Leonard Bernstein
Dance ~ Wilke Renwick

Other Recordings by the Ensemble Prisma - Vienna Brass Quintet

Koperensemble Theo Mertens

Theo Mertens Brass Ensemble – 1975

Eufoda – 1029

Theo Mertens, trumpet
François van Kerckhoven
, trumpet
André van Driessche
, horn
François Bastaens
, trombone
Josef Pauwels
, tuba

 

Program

Allegro Offertorio ~ Domenico Zipoli
Contrapunctus IX  ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 2 ~ Luigi Churubini
Satirical Dance from the Bolt ~ Dmitri Shostakovich
ScherzoJohn Cheetham
De viucht van de hommel ~ Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov
Alva’s Inticht te Brussel ~ Peter Benoit
Viaamse dans Nr. 5 ~ Jan Blockx
Broeder Jacob ~ Daniel Sternefeld
Fantasie over “Zeg Kwezelke Wilde Gij Dansen” ~ Peter Cabus

Recordings by the Theo Mertens Brass ENSEMBLE
  • 1975 – Koperensemble Theo Mertens
  • 1978 – 20 Jaar Kammerkoperkwintet
  • 1983 – Little Pearls of the Great Masters
  • 1990 – Virtuoso Miniatures

Empire Brass (1988)

Empire Brass Quintet – 1988

Telarc – CD 80159

Jeffrey Curnow, trumpet
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
Martin Hackleman, horn
Scott Hartman, trombone
Samuel Pilafian, tuba

Bill Washer, guitar
Barry Gordon, keyboards
David Finck, bass
Brian Brake, drums

Program

Suite from West Side Story ~ Leonard Bernstein
Selections from Porgy & Bess ~ George Gershwin
Selections from Mass ~ Leonard Bernstein
Street Song ~ Michael Tilson Thomas

Other Recordings by the Empire Brass Quintet

Empire Brass Quintet (1980)

Empire Brass Quintet – 1980

Digitech – DIGI 105

Charles Lewis, trumpet
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
David Ohanion, horn
Donald Sanders, trombone
Samuel Pilafian, tuba

Program

Sharagan and Fugue ~ Alan Hovhaness
Acht Stucke ~ Paul Hindemith
Sextet for Brass, Op. 30 ~ Oskar Böhme
Two Waltzes, Op. 54 ~ Antonin Dvorak

Other Recordings by the Empire Brass Quintet

Superlatives (EBQ)

Eastern Brass Quintet – 1972

Concord Recordings – CR 1001

Richard Green, trumpet
William Wich
, trumpet
Charles Baxter
, horn
Robert Fanning
, trombone
Tucker Jolly
, tuba

 

Program

Three Dances ~ Johann Pezel
Brass Quintet No. 1, Opus 73 ~ Sir Malcolm Arnold
Two Madrigals ~ Claudio Monteverdi
Die mit Tranen saen ~ Johann Schein
Scherzo ~ John Cheetham
Contrapunctus IX from the Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 ~ Bach, Johann Sebastian
Suite from the Monteregian HillsMorley Calvert
Three Pieces ~ Anthony Holborne
Morgenmusik ~ Paul Hindemith

Other Recordings by the Eastern Brass Quintet