‘Fascinating … the most interesting and enterprising brass collection I have yet encountered … first rate, and very realistic recording … the brass playing throughout is vividly expert and the recording is splendidly real’ (Gramophone)
‘From the very opening track the London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble demands close attention. All say something that makes you want to listen’ (BBC Music Magazine)
‘A real gem of a disc. The performances are excellent … This was both an education and an entertainment’ (Classic CD)
‘Performances are ideal. The British have given us a thoroughly American disc of extraordinary beauty; for which, many thanks!’ (Fanfare, USA)
1
From the Steeples and the Mountains[4’24]Charles Ives (1874-1954)
2
Mutations from Bach[5’41]Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
3
Chorale for Organ and Brass[12’49]Roy Harris (1898-1979)
Family Portrait for brass quintet, 4&7 Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)
4
A Fanfare: Robin Smith[ 0’41]
Family Portrait for brass quintet 5 Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)
5
At Fourteen: Annie Barnard[2’18]
Family Portrait for brass quintet 6 Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)
6
Digging: A Portait of Howard Rea [3’18]
Family Portrait for brass quintet, 4&7 Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)
7
A Scherzo: Priscilla Rea[2’55]
Family Portrait for brass quintet 8Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)
8
Man in Iron: Willie Eisenhart [2’17]
9
Grinnell Fanfare [3’05] Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
10
Tall Tale [4’19] Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
Hymn and Fuguing Tune No 12 for three horns [4’27] Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
11
Hymn [2’24]
12
Fuguing Tune [2’03]
13
Rondo[4’45] Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
Brass Sextet[7’27] Philip Glass (b1937)
14
Hymn[2’09]
15
Ballad[3’14]
16
Finale[2’04]
17
Angels for muted brass 1938 version [3’06] Carl Ruggles (1876-1971)
18
A Fantasy about Purcell’s Fantasia upon One Note [3’15] Elliott Carter (1908-2012)