German Brass celebrating Wagner

Release Date: 24th Jun 2013
Catalogue No: 0300533BC
Label: Berlin Classics
Length: 50 minutes

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Wagner: Tannhauser (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Work length8:28

$2.00

$2.60

German Brass
Recorded: 23-25 September 2012 / 16-17 December 2012
Recording Venue: Stadtkirche, Schwaigern, Germany

Act II: Entrance of the Guests

Track length4:25

$1.00

$1.30

Act III: Introduction, "Tannhauser's Pilgrimage"

Track length4:03

$1.00

$1.30

Wagner: Die Walkure (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Work length3:06

$1.00

$1.30

German Brass
Recorded: 23-25 September 2012 / 16-17 December 2012
Recording Venue: Stadtkirche, Schwaigern, Germany

Die Walkure, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Track length3:06

$1.00

$1.30

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Work length4:36

$1.00

$1.30

German Brass
Recorded: 23-25 September 2012 / 16-17 December 2012
Recording Venue: Stadtkirche, Schwaigern, Germany

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Selig wie die Sonne (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Track length4:36

$1.00

$1.30

Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Work length3:46

$1.00

$1.30

German Brass
Recorded: 23-25 September 2012 / 16-17 December 2012
Recording Venue: Stadtkirche, Schwaigern, Germany

Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman), Act II: Spinnerlied (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Track length3:46

$1.00

$1.30

Wagner: Parsifal (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Work length4:20

$1.00

$1.30

German Brass
Recorded: 23-25 September 2012 / 16-17 December 2012
Recording Venue: Stadtkirche, Schwaigern, Germany

Parsifal, Act I: Transformation Music (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Track length4:20

$1.00

$1.30

Wagner: Lohengrin (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Work length15:29

$3.00

$3.90

German Brass
Recorded: 23-25 September 2012 / 16-17 December 2012
Recording Venue: Stadtkirche, Schwaigern, Germany

Act III: Prelude

Track length3:03

$1.00

$1.30

Act II: Zug Zum Munster

Track length6:11

$1.00

$1.30

Act III: Reitermarsche

Track length6:15

$1.00

$1.30

Excerpt, Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (5)

Work length5:49

$1.00

$1.30

German Brass
Recorded: 23-25 September 2012 / 16-17 December 2012
Recording Venue: Stadtkirche, Schwaigern, Germany

5 Gedichte fur eine Frauenstimme, "Wesendonck Lieder": No. 3. Im Treibhaus (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Track length5:49

$1.00

$1.30

Wagner: Polonaise in D Major, Op. 2 (arr. M. Hofs for brass ensemble)

Work length4:33

$1.00

$1.30

German Brass
Recorded: 23-25 September 2012 / 16-17 December 2012
Recording Venue: Stadtkirche, Schwaigern, Germany

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With Richard Wagner's bicentenary coming up on May 22, there are all kinds of sounds in the air and words to be read about the great Romantic music dramatist. But where among all this Wagneriana are we to find the truly original messages? Some of them are to be encountered right here, because when GERMAN BRASS tackles Wagner, expectations are always high. The brass ensemble is justly regarded as one of the world's finest, consisting of the best musicians from Germany's leading orchestras (including Bayreuth's!), so this is a special event, music made, played and recorded with total commitment.We still come back to the question: Wagner for brass – how is that going to sound? It seems a bold idea at first sight, but as soon as you hear it, it turns out to be a stroke of genius: Wagner was no stranger to fullbodied brass sound, and the musicians of GERMAN BRASS succeed brilliantly in coaxing the complex timbres of Wagner's mixed sounds from their instruments. This is due as much to their virtuosity as to the creative arrangements of their artistic director Matthias Höfs. The verve of the "Ride of the Valkyries" will astound the listener as much as the alternating blocks of sound at the start of the "Pilgrims' Chorus" from Tannhäuser, where original and arrangement seem to keep changing places. Familiar passages come over as well known and yet subtly different – a stimulating experience!

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