I invite you to come and join me for a trip around the brass music I like to listen too. I will include classical and jazz repertoire, in an attempt to make this session more eclectic.
This is a recording of the horn octet "Farewell to the Red Castle" by Kerry Turner, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Horns. I like this recording because of the sound quality of the Vienna horns, having a very pure and vocal characteristic.
This next one is a recording of "Maria de Buenos Aires" by Astor Piazzolla, performed by the brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Here they have a great rendition of this piece arranged for two trumpets, two horns, two trombone, a tuba and two percussions.
This is a recording of "Choros 4" by Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was performed by the brass of the . This piece was written for three horns and one trombone and is in one movement. Choro is a traditional Brazilian musical style that has developed mostly in the late 1800 across mid 20th century. It has also partially contributed to the development of samba.
This video is of "Turmalina" by Gilson Santos, berformed by the This group was born at OSUSP, one of the big orchestras in Brazil, and is composed by Vitor Ferreira on horn (also a former teacher of mine), Amarildo Nascimento on Trumpet and Carlos Freitas on trombone. The piece they are performing was written for them.
This is a recording of "Mood in Motion" by Julius Watkins. This is part of a record Julius Watkins produced with percussionist Mat Matthews. Featuring David Amram, Fred Klein and Tony Miranda, Watkins made the first (and possibly only) jazz horn quartet album, featuring his compositions arranged for four horns, bass, drums, guitar and accordion.
This is the Horn Big Band performing an arrangement prepared by Dr. Steve Schaughency of the tune "A Little Minor Booze", by Willie Maidens. The piece features 12 horns and a rhythm section and an improvised solo section. The horn group is composed by Geof Winter, Kerry Turner, Kristina Mascher-Turner, Jeff Snedeker, Steve Schaughency, Kate Pritchett, Andrew Young, Josh Williams, Josiah Bullach, Linus Bernoulli, Alex Shuhan, Denise Tryon and Arkady Shilkloper.
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Great presentation! Always love listening to Farewell to Red Castle, though I’m not convinced of the slower tempo to start.
ReplyDeleteAlso really enjoyed the Julius Watkins track, I hadn’t heard of it before!
Man, I really enjoyed this presentation! That Maria de Buenos Aires was powerful, executed masterfully in front of a live audience, I have gone back and listened a few times since. I also always enjoy listening to jazz horn, I would have never sought out that genre if I had not met you, it's killer!
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