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This re-release on Capriccio contains music picked by HR-brass. As with most brass band ensembles, they stand in the old tradition of music with ‘trumpets and drums’. HR-brass has taken a stand with their own CD on the subject of marches. This disc includes a varied programme from 10 Marches to miss the victory by Mauricio Kagel and demilitarised zone by HK Gruber to Beethoven’s Marschlied from “Egmont” and Wagner’s Funeral March from “Götterdämmerung”.
Sergey Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33bis: III. March (arr. F. Tull)
The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33bis: III. March (arr. F. Tull for brass ensemble)
Kurt Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), Act I: Kanonen-Song (Cannon Song) (arr. D. Purser for brass ensemble
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), Act I: Kanonen-Song (Cannon Song) (arr. D. Purser for brass ensemble
Emmanuel Chabrier: Joyeuse marche (arr. A. Tarkmann)
Joyeuse marche (arr. A. Tarkmann for brass ensemble)
Marcel Dupre: Poeme heroique, Op. 33
Poeme heroique, Op. 33
Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84: March Song (arr. A. Tarkmann)
Egmont, Op. 84: March Song (arr. A. Tarkmann for brass ensemble)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen (The Ruins of Athens), Op. 113: Marcia alla turca (arr. A. Tarkmann)
Die Ruinen von Athen (The Ruins of Athens), Op. 113: Marcia alla turca (arr. A. Tarkmann for brass ensemble)
Richard Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act III: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (arr. A. Tarkmann)
Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act III: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (arr. A. Tarkmann for brass ensemble)
Heinz Karl Gruber: Demilitarized Zones
Demilitarized Zones
Wolfgang Rihm: Abschiedsmarsch
Abschiedsmarsch
Mauricio Kagel: 10 Marsche um den Sieg zu verfehlen (10 Marches to miss the Victory)
10 Marsche um den Sieg zu verfehlen (10 Marches to miss the Victory)
Giacinto Scelsi: Riti: i funerali d'Achille
Riti: i funerali d'Achille
Abe Holzmann: March, Op. 103, "Feuert los" (arr. F. Bummerl)
March, Op. 103, "Feuert los" (arr. F. Bummerl for brass ensemble)
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March, Op. 228 (arr. for brass ensemble)
Radetzky Marsch, Op. 228 (arr. for brass ensemble)
Scott Joplin: Scott Joplin's New Rag (arr. A. Tarkmann)
Scott Joplin's New Rag (arr. A. Tarkmann for brass ensemble)
28th October 2012
“This brass-band sequence is at once a relishing of the sonorous medium and a sly critique. HR Brass is the brass section of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, fine players alert to sophisticated repertory.”
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