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Festmusik: A Legacy
A recording project of music for brass, inspired by a family's hidden
collection of letters
premiere recordings (except track 1)
RICHARD STRAUSS
1.
Festmusik der Stadt Wien, TrV 286 (1942-43) *
10:48
(Festive Music for the City of Vienna)
for Brass and Timpani
Der Gemeinde Wien gewidmet
Allegro moderato - A tempo (feierlich bewegt) -
Tempo I - Etwas ruhig - Lebhaft - Poco tranquillo -
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Impromptus über ein Thema von Clara Wieck, Op.5 (1833)
19:44
(Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck)
in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur
for Solo Piano
First Version
Friedrich Wieck gewidmet
Arranged 2020 by Amos Miller and Tim Jackson
2.
1
Un poco Adagio - Romanza -
1:37
3.
2
[ ] -
0:32
4.
3
Espressivo -
0:46
5.
4
[ ] -
1:00
6.
5
[ ] -
1:37
7.
6
[ ] -
1:36
8.
7
Presto -
1:06
9.
8
[ ] -
0:54
10.
9
[ ] -
1:36
11.
10
[ ] -
1:10
12.
11
Allegro con brio -
2:41
13.
12
Vivace
5:05
JOHANNES BRAHMS
14.
Ich schwing' mein Horn ins Jammertal, Op.41 No.1 (1861-62)
2:22
( I blow my horn in the vale of sorrow)
in B flat major • in B-Dur • en si bémol majeur
from Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor
(Five Songs for Four-part Male Chorus)
Arranged 2020 by David Gordon-Shute
Andante (Alla breve)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
15.
Die Frauen und die Sänger (1845)
3:30
(The Women and the Singers)
in B flat major • in B-Dur • en si bémol majeur
for Six-part Mixed Chorus
Arranged 2020 by David Gordon-Shute
Paul Lambert bass trombone
Allegro con grazia
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
16.
Nocturne, Op.71 No.1 (1867)
5:50
in A flat major • in As-Dur • en la bémol majeur
from Trois Morceaux
(Three Pieces)
for Solo Piano
Dédié à Mademoiselle Adèle de Danzas
Arranged 2020 by David Gordon-Shute
Andante
ROBERT FRANZ
17.
Frühlingsblick, Op.52 No.6 (1884)
2:27
(First Glimpse of Spring)
from Sechs Gesänge
(Six Songs)
for Voice and Piano
Arranged 2020 by Niall Keatley
Andantino con moto
RICHARD STRAUSS
Swei Gesänge, Op.34, TrV 182 (1897) *
22:00
(Two Songs)
for Sixteen-part Mixed Choir
Arranged 2020 by David Gordon-Shute and Matt Smith
18.
Der Abend (Evening). Meinem Freunde Julius Buth gewidment.
10:22
Sehr ruhig - Etwas lebhafter - Wieder ruhiger - Etwas beschleunigen -
Erstes Zeitmaß - Immer ruhiger
19.
Hymne (Hymn). Meinem Freunde Philipp Wolfrum gewidmet.
11:37
Bewegt - Erwas gemäßigteres Zeitmaß - Noch etwas ruhiger -
Etwas bewegter - Etwas breiter werdend - Etwas ruhiger -
Etwas lebhafter - Ruhig gehendes Zeitmaß
Total time: 66:36
Chamber: Onyx Brass
Niall Keatley trumpet
Alan Thomas trumpet
Andrew Sutton French horn
Amos Miller trombone
Daiv Gordon-Shute tuba
Conductor:John Wilson *
Notes
Described as ‘easily the classiest brass ensemble in Britain’ by BBC Music Magazine, Onyx Brass continues to be the leading light in establishing the brass quintet as a medium for serious chamber music, presenting it in the entertaining and articulate style that has become the group’s trademark. For this, its third recording for Chandos, Onyx Brass presents a programme steeped in the German romantic tradition. Arrangements for small ensemble of works by Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Rubinstein, and Franz demonstrate the musicality and virtuosity of the group, as well as a wide expressive and textural range. The programme opens and closes with three large-scale works by Richard Strauss, in which the quintet is joined by a host of other top UK brass players and the conductor John Wilson. Festmusik der Stadt Wien for brass and timpani, written for the city of Vienna, is the only original composition: all the others are arrangements made by members of the group. Captured in Surround Sound and available as a hybrid SACD, this is a must have album for brass music enthusiasts and fans of chamber music alike.
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Reviews
Winner of Band & Ensemble CD of the Year 2021
British Bandsman – December 2021
“…The program opens with a spectacular reading of Strauss’s Festmusik der Stadt Wien (1943), the Onyx players augmented by the Septura Brass… The lyrical passages are heartfelt, and each fanfare section is more thrilling than the previous… The program ends with Strauss’s remarkable Zwei Gesange (1897), originally for 16-part mixed choir. It would take a superb vocal ensemble to pull this difficult work off. These brass players handle its demands with ease.”
Barry Kilpatrick – American Record Guide – September/October 2021
Performance ***** Recording ****
“… The quintet arrangements are … ingenious in rendering the piano textures of Schumann’s inventive Impromptus on a theme of Clara Wieck, and of the Rubinstein Nocturne, thanks to Onyx’s deftness of articulation. Again, the Festal Music for the City of Vienna may not be top-drawer Strauss, but its sequence of fanfares and hymnodies are more cogent and less inflated than many of his ceremonial pieces, and performed here with crackling attack. And the playing in the arrangements of the Two Songs is extraordinary… in Chandos’s typically full recorded acoustic, the sheer glory of sonority in the climaxes of the more eventful Hymne is quite overwhelming.”
Bayan Northcott – BBC Music magazine – July 2021
“… John Wilson leads a vivid performance with attractive lyrical byways and a rousing conclusion … The recording made in the Church of St Augustine in Kilburn, captures all the performances with demonstration-quality levels of transparency, richness and presence.”
Christian Hoskins – Gramophone magazine – June 2021
“A rare, late outing into brass music by Richard Strauss partnered with an intriguing programme of arrangements on this imaginative new disc.” ****
Robert Hugill – PlanetHugill.com – 8 June 2021
“… this is a must have album for brass music enthusiasts and fans of chamber music alike.”
Graham Williams – HRAudio.net – 4 May 2021
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