Composer: Detlev Glanert, Paul Hindemith, Astor Piazzólla, Dmitri Shostakovich, Henri Fredien Tomasi
Performer: Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: Ivan Meylemans, Kurt Masur
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: RCO Live
Catalogue: RCO14010
Release: 2014
Size: 989 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Shostakovich: The Gadfly – Concert Suite, Op. 97a
01. I. Overture
02. V. Barrel-Organ Waltz
03. VI. Galop
04. VIII. Romance
05. XII. Finale
06. Glanert: Concertgeblaas
Tomasi: Fanfares liturgiques
07. No. 1. Annunciation
08. No. 2. Evangile
09. No. 3. Apocalypse
10. No. 4. Procession du Vendredi-Saint
Piazzólla: Maria de Buenos Aires
11. Yo Soi Maria – Balada para un Organito Loco – Habanera
12. Fuga y Misterio
Hindemith: Konzertmusik, Op. 50 for strings & brass
13. Part I: Massig schnell, mit Kraft – Sehr breit, aber stets fliessend
14. Part II: Lebhaft – Langsam – Im ersten Zeitmass
After the success of Brass (RCO07002), the first cd from the Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, musicians and audience felt the need for a proper successor. Now, seven years later, RCO Live presents ‘Brass Too’. The pun in the title also points to the idea behind this album: the works of Shostakovich and Piazzolla for instance were originally not written for brass and although Hindemith is not known as a composer of brass music he has written for this family of instruments, too. The new work by the RCO’s house composer Detlev Glanert proves that brass can sound completely different, too. This album is full of surprises!