Catalogue | Brass

Thanks to new developments in valve technique, the ranges of the original, natural brass instruments were expanded during the first half of the nineteenth century. The customary "brass harmonic sound", originally very simple, was now available at once for fully fledged solos for these instruments within the orchestral context. Classical and romantic composers eagerly expanded their expressive palettes with this new acquisition. Nonetheless, virtuosos of the up-and-coming generation playing these new instruments were relatively rare at first, despite the existence of many good, even prominent brass players. Composers thus wrote correspondingly few solo and chamber works in this genre. This situation underwent a fundamental change during the twentieth century. The trailblazing successes of soloists and ensembles encouraged the development of young talent. This resulted in an increasing expansion of the repertoire, tending away from the arrangement of popular works of
the baroque and classical eras and towards the composition of original works.

The present selection of compositions by John Cheetham, Eugène Bozza, Vincent Persichetti, Leonard Bernstein, Witold Lutoslawski, André Previn and Kerry Turner, performed by the Brass Quintet München offers an interesting and entertaining glimpse into the modern brass repertoire.

This first-class ensemble (Hannes Läubin, trumpet - Thomas Kiechle, trumpet - Luiz García, horn - Thomas Horch, trombone - Alexander von Puttkamer, tuba), made up of solo brass players from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and other renowned German orchestras, guarantees musical enjoyment on the very highest level.

• American Record Guide | Kilpatrick | January 5, 2006

  A very good brass quintet playing a solid program of modern works. I always appreciate it when a group can make complex music sound logical, make...

• Audiophile Audition | John Sunier | August 15, 2006

  Exciting playing of original works composed for brass quintet
  This is definitely not the sort of brass program you would hear from The Canadian Brass. But neither does that mean it is too academic, atonal,...

• Bayerischer Rundfunk | Fridemann Leipold | September 13, 2005

  Erstklassige Blechbläser-Ensembles gibt es seit der Pionierarbeit von Philip Jones mittlerweile eine ganze Reihe - das Publikum liebt seine...

• Das Orchester | Michael Schmidt | January 3, 2006

  Kann man dem Publikum zeitgenössische Originalkompositionen für...

• Der neue Merker | Dorothea Zweipfennig | January 1, 2008

  Bläser-Musik nicht nur zu Weihnachten mit dem Münchner Posaunen Quartett, das sich aus 4 illustren Herren zusammensetzt, Musikern der Münchner...

• Der neue Merker | Dorothea Zweipfennig | January 12, 2005

  Im Jahr 2003 initiierte der Posaunist Thomas Horch das Brass Quintett München, bestehend aus Blechbläsern des Sinfonieorchesters des BR: Hannes...

• Ensemble - Magazin für Kammermusik | Oliver Kersken | January 11, 2005

  Fabelhaft
  Musik für Blechbläser verbindet man häufig mit Bearbeitungen anderer Originalwerke, man denke an Maurice André, der sich in den 60ern mit...

• Gramophone | Jonathan Freeman-Attwood | January 2, 2006

  A luminous disc of brass quintet classics proves a revelation
  The quintet medium has never quite established itself as the solid-state default for composers wishing to write for brass but it’s as close as it...

• Les Années Laser | January 4, 2007

  Audite
  Alors que d'autres déclarent forfait, cet éditeur allemand mise sur le format hybride CD/SACD pour tous ses nouveaux titres. À l'écoute tic son...

• Pizzicato | Rémy Franck | January 12, 2005

  Und zum Abschluss Kerry Turner
  Das Münchner Brass Quintet spielt auf dieser CD nicht nur ausschließlich Originalkompositionen für Blechbläserquintett, es wählte auch sehr...