Fine Arts Brass Ensemble are one of Britain’s leading brass groups who have broadcast and performed all over the world. This album features the lighter side of their repertoire and, as such, is highly entertaining and approachable.
1 Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
2 Pavane, for Orchestra & Chorus Ad Lib in F Sharp minor, Op. 50
3 Nellie’s Nutcracker, for Brass Quintet (After Tchaikovsky)
4 Pieces (2) (‘Chanson de Matin’ & ‘Chanson de Nuit’), for Violin & Piano (Later Orchestrated), Op. 15: Chanson de Matin
5 Puttin’ on the Ritz, Song (From ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’)
6 Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, Song (From ‘Top Hat’)
7 Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Song
8 Te Deum, Motet for 8 Voices, Chorus & Orchestra, H. 146: Prelude
9 Brass Quintet (Divertimento No. 5), Op. 67: Fanfares & Questions
10 Brass Quintet (Divertimento No. 5), Op. 67: Lament & Hymn
11 Brass Quintet (Divertimento No. 5), Op. 67: Scherzino
12 Brass Quintet (Divertimento No. 5), Op. 67: Funeral March
13 Brass Quintet (Divertimento No. 5), Op. 67: Quodlibet en Rondeau
14 Cantata No. 147, ‘Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben,’ BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
15 The Washington Post, March for Band