‘Fascinating … the most interesting and enterprising brass collection I have yet encountered … first rate, and very realistic recording … the brass playing throughout is vividly expert and the recording is splendidly real’ (Gramophone)
‘From the very opening track the
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble demands close attention. All say
something that makes you want to listen’ (BBC Music Magazine)
‘A real gem of a disc. The performances are excellent … This was both an education and an entertainment’ (Classic CD)
‘Performances
are ideal. The British have given us a thoroughly American disc of
extraordinary beauty; for which, many thanks!’ (Fanfare, USA)
Reviews
Charles Ives– From The Steeples And The Mountains 4:24
Samuel Barber– Mutations From Bach (For Brass Choir And Timpani) 5:41
Roy Harris– Chorale For Organ And Brass 12:49
Virgil Thomson Family Portrait (For Brass Quintet)(11:29)
Henry Cowell– Grinnell Fanfare 3:05
Henry Cowell– Tall Tale 4:19
Henry Cowell Hymn And Fuguing Tune No 12 (For Three Horns) (4:27)
Henry Cowell– Rondo 4:45
Philip Glass Brass Sextet (7:27)
Carl Ruggles– Angels (For Muted Brass)3:06
Elliott Carter– A Fantasy About Purcell's Fantasia Upon One Note 3:15
Charles Ives– Processional: Let There Be Light 2:42
Conductor – Christopher Larkin