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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass: Live; Works by Walton, Gabrieli, Grainger, etc.Chicago Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, Riccardo Muti Conductor
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has long been renowned for the sound of its brass section. This CD features the symphony's brass in a selection of pieces that span almost 250 years, including some works originally written for brass and some transcriptions of works for keyboard, orchestra, or band. It's a diverse and appealing program that effectively shows off the players' virtuosity and should interest any fans of brass. The three Renaissance antiphonal pieces by Giovanni Gabrieli are especially successful highlighting their agility; their very clean handling of the music's rapid-fire pyrotechnics is hugely impressive. The various voices of Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor shine out with absolute clarity in this arrangement that projects the work's contrapuntal complexities with gleaming clarity. In contrast to the refined elegance of the Bach is the brutal aggressiveness of Silvestre Revueltas' powerful Sensemaya, originally for orchestra, which has a rhythmic propulsiveness reminiscent of The Rite of Spring. Pieces like Walton's Crown Imperial and Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy let the listener hear the radiance and Romantic warmth the players can produce. In some of the pieces, the brass ensemble is augmented by percussion, string bass, and clarinet. Much credit goes to the various arrangers, whose skill and imagination make these pieces sound as if they had originally been conceived for brass ensemble. The sound of the album on CSO, the Chicago Symphony's own label, is clean and bright, but it also has plenty of warmth. The spatial separation of the players in the Gabrieli is handled especially well. This is a recording that fans of brass will not want to miss. © Stephen Eddins, Rovi
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William Walton ComposerCrown Imperial (coronation march) Work |
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| 1 | Crown Imperial (coronation march) | 6:07 |
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Giovanni Gabrieli ComposerSacrae symphoniae, GG.171-185 Work
9:17
John Hagstrom Trumpet,
Riccardo Muti Conductor,
Christopher Martin Trumpet,
Mark Ridenour Conductor,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
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| 2 | Canzon septimi et octavi toni (a8) | 4:50 |
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| 3 | 10.Canzon duodecimi toni (a10, No.1) | 4:27 |
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Giovanni Gabrieli ComposerSacrae symphoniae II Work |
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| 4 | Canzon septimi toni (a8) | 3:09 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach ComposerPassacaglia and Fugue in C-, BWV582 Work |
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| 5 | Passacaglia and Fugue in C-, BWV582 | 13:07 |
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Percy Grainger ComposerLincolnshire Posy, folk song suite (BFMS 34) Work
15:21
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| 6 | 1.Lisbon (Sailor's Song) | 1:26 |
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| 7 | 2.Horkstow Grange (The Miser and his Man: A Local Tragedy) | 3:09 |
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| 8 | 3.Rufford Park Poachers | 3:43 |
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| 9 | 4.The Brisk Young Sailor | 1:41 |
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| 10 | 5.Lord Melbourne (War Song) | 3:03 |
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| 11 | 6.The Lost Lady Found (Dance Song) | 2:19 |
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Silvestre Revueltas ComposerSensemaya Work
Riccardo Muti Conductor,
Michael Mulcahy Conductor,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Orchestra,
Anthony Kniffen Tuba
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| 12 | Sensemaya | 7:08 |
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Sergey Prokofiev ComposerRomeo and Juliet (ballet) Op.64 Work
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| 13 | The Montagues and the Capulets | 5:11 |
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| 14 | Dance | 2:01 |
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| 15 | The Death of Tybalt | 3:28 |
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