Harmon: Sacred Circle; Vivaldi, Walton, Duruflé, Bernstein, etc / Monumental Brass Quintet

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Album Summary

Performers

• Patrick Whitehead (Trumpet)
• Michael Parker (Tuba)
• Nicolas Lowe (French Horn)
• Michael Lowe (Trumpet)
• Gregory Freeman (Trombone)

Ensemble

• Monumental Brass Quintet

Composers

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Claude Le Jeune (circa 1528 - 1600)
• Bix Beiderbecke (1903 - 1931)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Craig Arnold
• William Byrd (1543 - 1623)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
• Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
• William Bradbury
• Paul Mares (1900 - 1949)
• John Harmon
• William Walton (1902 - 1983)
• W.C. Handy (1873 - 1958)
• James Mattern (1936 - )

Notes & Reviews:

The Monumental Brass Quintet is a prizewinning ensemble of the International Brass Quintet Festival, the Rafael Mendez Competition, and the Baltimore Chamber Music Competition. The MBQ brings its own brand of spirited virtuosity to concert halls across America, and has made numerous radio and television broadcasts. From the works of Vivaldi to Bernstein's historic 'Mass' and John Harmon's "The Sacred Circle" (composed specifically for the MBQ), this recording's diversity is held together by the group's remarkable synergistic energy. Soaring melodies and complex harmonies, together with distinctive texture and brilliant color, are blended in precise balance for powerful performances.

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Mares, Paul : Tin Roof Blues

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Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"

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Harmon, John : Quintet for Brass "Sacred Circle"

• Performers: Michael Lowe (Trumpet); Nicolas Lowe (French Horn); Michael Parker (Tuba); Patrick Whitehead (Trumpet); Gregory Freeman (Trombone)
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Duruflé, Maurice : Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10 :: no 1, Ubi caritas

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Beiderbecke, Bix : Davenport Blues

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