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Fred Mills & The Pentabrass Quintet

3/6/2013, 15 Tracks, 54:36

Featuring

  • Ivano Buat
  • Marco Rigoletti
  • Ugo Favaro
  • Vincent Lepape
  • Colusso Rudy
  • Frederick Mills
  • Pentabrass Quintet
  • David Short
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Claude Bolling
  • Davide Sanson
  • Herman Bellstedt
  • George Gershwin
  • Robert Farnon

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in June 2003 in the Baroque Hall in Ivrea, Italy.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Fred Mills was a member of the Canadian Brass for 24 years, performing over 3500 concerts and recording 43 CDs with them.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

All members of Pentabrass, as well as Fred Mills, exclusively play Yamaha instruments.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Pentabrass, the Italian brass quintet on this album, was founded in 1998 by professional musicians from major European orchestras, including La Scala and the Paris Opera.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Fred Mills, the trumpet soloist on this album, was a founding member of the American Symphony Orchestra formed by Leopold Stokowski in New York City.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The arrangement of Hummel's Trumpet Concerto on this album uses a modern Eb trumpet for the soloist, with flugelhorns handling the original violin parts to create a distinct color contrast.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

All members of Pentabrass are first-chair players in the Teatro Regio Orchestra of Turin.

Source: Booklet

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