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Music for Brass Ensemble

10/31/1995, 19 Tracks, 1:06:43

Featuring

  • Urban Eriksson
  • Kent Jonsson
  • Anders Garpered
  • Christian Lindberg
  • Christer Palm
  • Swedish Brass Quintet
  • Malmö Brass Ensemble
  • Victor Evald
  • Eugène Bozza
  • Vagn Holmboe
  • Malcolm Arnold
  • Gail Kubik
  • Raymond Premru
  • Christer Hermansson

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Composer Biography

Gail Kubik, an American composer, won numerous awards including the Jascha Heifetz Award for the best violin concerto by an American composer.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Eugène Bozza's Sonatine for brass quintet was written in 1951 for members of the famous band of the Garde républicaine, a French military band.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Vagn Holmboe's Quintet, Op. 79, and Sir Malcolm Arnold's Quintet were both composed in 1961 for the New York Brass Quintet, following a commission.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Sir Malcolm Arnold, born in Northampton, England, became principal trumpet with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at age twenty before dedicating himself to composing and conducting.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Victor Evald, a professor at the College of Technology in St. Petersburg, was a cellist and a member of an influential string quartet that included music publisher Belyayev.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Swedish Brass Quintet won first prize in the TIJI international chamber music competition in Bratislava in October 1983.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The Swedish Brass Quintet prepared for their recordings on this disc in Los Angeles during the first half of 1983.

Source: Booklet

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