5 Stars: Favorites from the 5 Browns

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Album Summary

Performers

• Ryan Brown (Piano)
• Chris Botti (Trumpet)
• Gregory Brown (Piano)
• Melody Brown (Piano)
• Deondra Brown (Piano)
• Desirae Brown (Piano)

Ensemble

• The 5 Browns

Composers

• Aaron Jay Kernis (1960 - )
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Earl Wild (Piano) (1915 - 2010)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Ernesto Lecuona (Composer) (1895 - 1963)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Ignaz Friedman (1882 - 1948)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• W.C. Handy (1873 - 1958)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Chris Botti (trumpet); Ryan Brown , Deondra Brown, Melody Brown, Gregory Brown (piano).

5 Stars: Favorites from the 5 Browns collects 16 classical pop cuts from the five ivory-tapping siblings, including public domain classics like "Flight of the Bumble Bee," "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini/18th Variation," "Rhapsody in Blue," "Clair de Lune," and "Scenes from West Side Story." All of the pieces are capably performed, but with only three albums under their belt, it hardly seems enough to warrant a "greatest-hits" collection. ~ James Christopher Monger

Includes simple gifts (copland) / going home (dvorak) by various composers.

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Works Details

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Flight of the Bumblebee

• Performers: Gregory Brown (Piano); Melody Brown (Piano); Deondra Brown (Piano); Desirae Brown (Piano); Ryan Brown (Piano)
• Ensemble: The 5 Browns
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901

Bernstein, Leonard : West Side Story :: Scenes

• Performers: Deondra Brown (Piano); Ryan Brown (Piano); Melody Brown (Piano); Gregory Brown (Piano); Desirae Brown (Piano)
• Ensemble: The 5 Browns
• Notes: Composition written: 1955-57.
• Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1955-1957

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Morceaux (6), for piano, 4 hands, Op. 11 :: 4. Valse

• Performers: Deondra Brown (Piano); Desirae Brown (Piano); Melody Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1894

Friedman, Ignaz : Music Box, Op. 33 no 3

• Performer: Melody Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Grieg, Edvard : Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song transcription for piano, Op. 41/3

• Performer: Deondra Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1884

Piazzolla, Astor : Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi, tango

• Performer: Ryan Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1969

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performers: Melody Brown (Piano); Deondra Brown (Piano); Desirae Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Gershwin, George : An American in Paris :: Home Blues

• Performers: Melody Brown (Piano); Gregory Brown (Piano); Deondra Brown (Piano); Desirae Brown (Piano); Ryan Brown (Piano); Chris Botti (Trumpet)
• Ensemble: The 5 Browns
• Notes: Composition written: 1928.
• Running Time: 8 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1928

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

• Performer: Melody Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Handy, W.C. : Aunt Hagar's Children Blues

• Performer: Gregory Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1920

Wild, Earl [Piano] : Embraceable You, etude for piano (Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs)

• Performer: Desirae Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1973

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

• Performers: Gregory Brown (Piano); Melody Brown (Piano); Desirae Brown (Piano); Deondra Brown (Piano); Ryan Brown (Piano)
• Ensemble: The 5 Browns
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Lecuona, Ernesto : Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española) :: Malagueña

• Performers: Gregory Brown (Piano); Ryan Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: circa 1927

Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue

• Performers: Ryan Brown (Piano); Desirae Brown (Piano); Deondra Brown (Piano); Gregory Brown (Piano); Melody Brown (Piano)
• Ensemble: The 5 Browns
• Running Time: 9 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924

Kernis, Aaron Jay : Superstar Etude no 1, for piano

• Performer: Gregory Brown (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary