Class Brass - On The Edge

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Album Summary

Performers

• Andrew Roe (Trumpet)
• Frank Epstein (Xylophone)
• Timothy Morrison (Trumpet)

Ensemble

• Empire Brass

Composers

• George Enescu (1881 - 1955)
• Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)

Notes & Reviews:

"The quality of the Empire Brass ensemble is immaculate each player demonstrates considerable sensitivity as chamber musicians as well as breathtaking virtuosity and purity of tone. - CD Review

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Works Details

Khachaturian, Aram : Gayaneh :: Sabre Dance

• Performer: Frank Epstein (Xylophone)
• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Danse Bacchanale

• Performer: Timothy Morrison (Trumpet)
• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 7 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859-1877

Bizet, Georges : L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2

• Performer: Andrew Roe (Trumpet)
• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1876

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Festive Overture, Op. 96

• Performer: Timothy Morrison (Trumpet)
• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1954

Bizet, Georges : Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1 :: Aragonaise

• Performer: Timothy Morrison (Trumpet)
• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875

Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhaylovich : Caucasian Sketches, suite for orchestra, Op. 10 :: Procession of the Sardar

• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1894

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: Pié Jesu

• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Enescu, George : Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1

• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 11 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 08/14/1901

Prokofiev, Sergei : Love for Three Oranges :: March

• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1919

Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928) : Sinfonietta :: Allegretto

• Performer: Timothy Morrison (Trumpet)
• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1926

Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956) : The Red Poppy, ballet, Op. 70 :: Russian Sailors' Dance

• Performer: Timothy Morrison (Trumpet)
• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1928

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird

• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1933

Bernstein, Leonard : Candide

• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1956

Copland, Aaron : Rodeo :: Saturday Night Waltz

• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Cancan

• Ensemble: Empire Brass
• Notes: Berkshire Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA (08/29/1992-08/30/1992)
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1858