The album was recorded at the Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, on April 6 and 7, 2017.
Performer Biography
Onyx Brass, the brass ensemble on this recording, is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2018 and is known for establishing the brass quintet as a serious chamber music medium.
Recording & Production
The recording uses 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
Album & Artwork
The album's title, 'Fanfares', was chosen with forethought by Leigh Henry, editor of a 1921 musical periodical, to suggest something optimistic and unmistakably British.
Recording & Production
This album features many premiere recordings of fanfares, with only a few exceptions marked by an asterisk.
Composition History
Many composers in Britain, a nation that still appoints a Master of the Queen's Music, have long considered fanfares part of their job description.
Historical Context
The art of the fanfare in Britain is essentially cheerful, tied to theatre since Shakespeare's time and woven into British pageantry.
