Brass Too: RCO Brass
Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Brass and Strings of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivan Meylemans, Kurt Masur
Does it succeed? Emphatically, yes. The sheer weight and superior blend of these Dutch players is a wonder to behold. However, all that technique doesn’t count for much unless it’s firmly focused...
Brass Too: RCO Brass
Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Brass and Strings of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivan Meylemans, Kurt Masur
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Does it succeed? Emphatically, yes. The sheer weight and superior blend of these Dutch players is a wonder to behold. However, all that technique doesn’t count for much unless it’s firmly focused...
About
After the success of Brass (RCO07002), the first cd from the Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, musicians and audience felt the need for a proper successor. Now, seven years later, RCO Live presents 'Brass Too'. The pun in the title also points to the idea behind this album: the works of Shostakovich and Piazzolla for instance were originally not written for brass and although Hindemith is not known as a composer of brass music he has written for this family of instruments, too. The new work by the RCO's house composer Detlev Glanert proves that brass can sound completely different, too. This album is full of surprises!
Contents and tracklist
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Ivan Meylemans
- Recorded: 14 March 2014
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Ivan Meylemans
- Recorded: 20 December 2013
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Ivan Meylemans
- Recorded: 6 March 2014
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Ivan Meylemans
- Recorded: 27 May 2013
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Kurt Masur
- Recorded: 26-28 January 2011
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Awards and reviews
13th April 2015
Does it succeed? Emphatically, yes. The sheer weight and superior blend of these Dutch players is a wonder to behold. However, all that technique doesn’t count for much unless it’s firmly focused on musical values; happily this artful arrangement ensures those elements are always paramount...Brass playing does not come much better than this.