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AriaThis generous holiday release (it clocks in at close to an hour) from the Motor City Brass Quintet features concise yet airy instrumental arrangements of several seasonal favorites, both sacred and secular, like "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Carol of the Bells," "Sleigh Ride," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," among others, and closes out with the recorded debut of John Harbison's impressive "Christmas Vespers," which follows the flow of a vespers service for some 24 minutes, with trumpet, trombone, French horn, and tuba each given thematic personification and each taking its own turn in the enactment. The whole piece, and the whole album for that matter, has a wonderful seasonal glow about it. ~ Steve Leggett
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Traditional, Christmas : Angels We Have Heard on High - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Christmas
- Written: circa 1840
Gauntlett, Henry John : Once in Royal David's City, carol - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: circa 1850
Leontovych, Mykola : Carol of the Bells - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Christmas
- Written: 1910
Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 3 min. sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1906-1908
Handel, George Frideric : Joy to the World (theme by Handel) - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Christmas
- Written: 1742
Praetorious, Michael : Musae Sioniae - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1600
Traditional, Christmas : Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night") - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Post-Romantic
- Form: Christmas
- Written: by 1892
Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Aria - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 8 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1741
Herbert, Victor : Toyland, for orchestra (from "Babes in Toyland") - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Vocal
Anderson, Leroy : Sleigh Ride - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1948
Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane : Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis) - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Christmas
- Written: circa 1944
Harbison, John : Christmas Vespers, for brass quintet & narrator - Performer: Jason Gittinger (Percussion)
- Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet
- Running Time: 4 min. sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Form: Christmas
- Written: 1988
