The Heavy Metal brigade began it's triumphant progress alongside the magicians of tone colour and orchestration Hector Berlioz and Richard Strauss. Jazz and light music also contributed to the emancipation brass players. "Brilliant Brass" inspiringly depicts this via the repertoire of the brass quintet. First with two "classics" by Victor Ewald and Malcolm Arnold (unforgettable as the composer of the music for the film "The Bridge over the River Kwai"), then with works from Austria: a transcription of the melodious "Steyrische Taenze" by Joseph Lanner, "Flotter 5er" by Thomas Gansch, and the Suite "L'homme au Marteau dans la Poche" ("The Man with a Hammer in his Pocket") - two sparklingly witty works of breathtaking virtuosity performed con brio and con moto in such a way that Heavy Metal should now be renamed Heavenly Metal.

Tracklist:

Flotter 5er
Brass Quintet No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 5: I. Moderato
Brass Quintet No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 5: II. Adagio - Allegro Vivace - Adagio
Brass Quintet No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 5: III. Allegro Moderato
Steyrische Tanze, Op. 165 (Arr. M. Bruckner For Brass Quintet)
Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73: I. Allegro Vivace
Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73: II. Chaconne
Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73: III. Con Brio
L'homme Au Marteau Dans La Poche: I. A Bientot Quatre-Vingt-Dix-Neuf
L'homme Au Marteau Dans La Poche: II. Un Cadeau Pour Godard
L'homme Au Marteau Dans La Poche: III. Optimissimo
L'homme Au Marteau Dans La Poche: IV. Monsieur Et Madame Pinter
L'homme Au Marteau Dans La Poche: V. Rennweg-Promenade Et Painter Pinter
L'homme Au Marteau Dans La Poche: VI. Les Oiseaux Extraordinaires Dans Les Bureaux
L'homme Au Marteau Dans La Poche: VII. L'homme Au Marteau Dans La Poche

UPC: 812973012016
Label: Tudor
Release Date: 10.9.15
Format: CD

Arnold / Tarkovi / Jehl / Jobstl / Kublbock - Brilliant Brass (CD)