Brass, Nikolaus

Nikolaus Brass: Songlines

1 CD / Neos Production / 2010-03-03

Works: Nikolaus Brass: Songlines, for strings
Performers: Werani, Klaus-Peter [Viola]

Various moods are encountered here, each strophe of a demonstrably vocal part reaching ever upwards into the jubilant light and descending into the shadows. Helge...continue...
Recording information: Studio 3, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich....continue...

Nikolaus Brass: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Nikolaus Brass: Void, for piano; A due, music for accordion & violin; Piano Trio
Performers: Becker, Kristi; Guggenberger, Roman; Noth, Hugo; Schutz, Susanne; Stohr, Monica; Wharton, Geoffrey

Nikolaus Brass: String Quartets, Vol. 1

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Nikolaus Brass: Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Erinnern und Vergessen"); Quartet for Strings no 2; Ohne titel, music for string quartet

Brass: Orchestral Works Vol 1 / Huber, Kluttig, et al

1 CD / Neos Production / 2007-10-01

Works: Nikolaus Brass: Void 2
Performers: Armbruster, Sascha; Kobler, Benjamin; Pons, Pascal
Conductors: Kluttig, Roland
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

It is rare to find composers who can use sounds to tell stories of absolute void and who manage, conversely, in passages of virtual silence...continue...