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Brass Too: RCO Brass

Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Brass and Strings of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivan Meylemans, Kurt Masur

Brass Too: RCO Brass
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

I. Overture
Track length3:17
V. Barrel-Organ Waltz
Track length2:15
VI. Galop
Track length1:49
VIII. Romance
Track length3:16
XII. Finale
Track length3:21
No. 1. Annunciation
Track length2:10
No. 2. Evangile
Track length3:31
No. 3. Apocalypse
Track length3:19
No. 4. Procession du Vendredi-Saint
Track length9:19
Yo Soi Maria - Balada para un Organito Loco - Habanera
Track length6:20
Fuga y Misterio
Track length4:32
Part I: Massig schnell, mit Kraft - Sehr breit, aber stets fliessend
Track length8:06
Part II: Lebhaft - Langsam - Im ersten Zeitmass
Track length8:03

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.
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