American Brass ! Copland * Bernstein * Barber * Ives * Cowell
London Symphony Brass;
Director: Eric Crees
“The very best in brass playing, brass-arranging, and brass-recording….players display every possible skill in the handling of the superlative arrangements by Eric Crees….music which lends itself ideally; ..West Side Story and El salón México …come up in places shining in a burnished brass colouring more effective than the originals. There remains the Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs…. Has a new masterpiece been born?” (c) Gramophone
Aaron Copland (1900-90)[1] Fanfare for the Common Man 3:07
Leonard Bernstein (1918-90)
Suite from “West Side Story” (arr. Eric Crees)[2] Prologue 4:17 [3] Something’s coming 2:55[4] Mambo 2:24 [5] Maria – Cha cha 1:18[6] Scherzo 1:53 [7] America
2:40[8] Cool – Fugue 3:55 [9] Somewhere 4:23
Aaron Copland (1900-90)[10] El Salon Mexico (arr. Eric Crees) 11:07
Henry Cowell (1897-1965)[11] Fanfare for the Latin American Allies (arr. Eric Crees) 1:49
Samuel Barber (1910-81)[12] Mutations from Bach 4:50
Charles Ives (1874-1954)[13] Variations on “America” (arr. Eric Crees) 7:17
Aaron Copland (1900-90)[14] Ceremonial Fanfare 3:52
Leonard Bernstein (1918-90)[15] Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (arr. Eric Crees) 7:44