Music for Brass Quintet

Recorded in stereo in 1965 in New York by The American Brass Quintet, Music for Brass Quintet features two trumpets, tenor and bass trombones, and French horn performing seven chamber music compositions dating from the mid-15th to the mid-20th century. This inaugural recording by the Quintet was followed in 1967 by Music of the Renaissance and Baroque, also on Folkways. The Quintet celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2010. The liner notes include thumbnail biographies of the five instrumentalists and brief descriptions of each of the seven chamber music pieces.

Track Listing

101	Vive le Roi (Long Live the King) (Arr. For Brass Quintet by The American Brass Quintet) The American Brass Quintet	01:29
102	Canzona "La Spiritata" (Arr. For Brass Quintet by The American Brass Quintet) The American Brass Quintet	02:32
103	Desperavi (I Have Despaired) (Arr. For Brass Quintet by The American Brass Quintet) The American Brass Quintet	04:03
104	Triptych for Brass Quintet: I. Rotational Games (Scherzo) The American Brass Quintet	05:34
105	Triptych for Brass Quintet: II. Sustenuto - III. Elegy (In Memory of Anton Webern, 1883-1945) - IV. Canonic Fanfares The American Brass Quintet	09:58
201	The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus No. 3 (Arr. For Brass Quintet by The American Brass Quintet) The American Brass Quintet	04:06
202	Brass Quartet: I. Fantasia - II. Arioso - III. Toccata The American Brass Quintet	08:35
203	Suite of Elizabethan Dances (From “Pavans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, London 1599) (Arr. For Brass Quintet by The American Brass Quintet) The American Brass Quintet	08:49