The Lucerne Festival Orchestra brass players perform a broad spectrum of brass music. The ensemble's repertoire includes early polyphonic and Venetian antiphonal masterpieces, Classical and Romantic works, and pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries by composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina, Wolfgang Rihm, Galina Ustwolskaja, and Einojuhani Rautavaara. The group also performs arrangements of well-known piano or orchestral works, often transcribed especially for them. The forces of the ensemble vary according to the demands of the pieces, ranging from solos and duets to a full wind ensemble. The group is also regularly augmented by other members of the festival orchestra, particularly the percussionists. The concerts of the Brass Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra are a popular and indispensable element of the festival's summer programs.

Tracklist:

A Night on Bald Mountain
Kalybel'naja (Lullaby)
Serenada
Trepak
Palkavodets (The Field Marshal)
Promenade 1
The Gnome
Promenade 2
The Old Castle 1
Promenade 3 1
Tuileries Gardens (Children's Quarrelling at Play) 1
Bydlo 1
Promenade 4 1
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 1
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 1
Promenade 5 1
The Market at Limoges (The Big News) 1
Catacombs (The Roman Tomb) 1
With the Dead in a Dead Language 2
The Hut on Chicken's Legs (Baba-Yaga) 2
The Great Gate of Kiev

UPC: 4260234830460
Label: Accentus
Release Date: 10.29.13
Format: CD

Mussorgsky / Brass Ensemble Of Lucerne Festival - Pictures at An Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain (CD)