A4 Brass Quartet – Mosaic (2021) [FLAC, 24bit, 96 kHz]

A4 Brass Quartet - Mosaic (2021) [FLAC, 24bit, 96 kHz] Download

Artist: A4 Brass Quartet
Album: Mosaic
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:10:57
Total Tracks: 24
Total Size: 1,04 GB

Tracklist:

01. A4 Brass Quartet – Serebrier: Cuarteto (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet): I. Meditación (06:50)
02. A4 Brass Quartet – Serebrier: Cuarteto (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet): II. Danza (01:20)
03. A4 Brass Quartet – Serebrier: Cuarteto (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet): III. Canción (04:06)
04. A4 Brass Quartet – Serebrier: Cuarteto (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet): IV. Ronda (01:49)
05. A4 Brass Quartet – Bernstein: Candide: Overture (Arr. D. Thomas for Brass Quartet) (04:27)
06. A4 Brass Quartet – Bates: Toccata II (02:24)
07. A4 Brass Quartet – Bruckner: Locus iste, WAB 23 (Arr. C. Robertson for Brass Quartet) (02:54)
08. A4 Brass Quartet – Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. C. Robertson for Brass Quartet): No. 1, Joc cu bâtǎ (01:15)
09. A4 Brass Quartet – Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. C. Robertson for Brass Quartet): No. 2, Brâul (00:37)
10. A4 Brass Quartet – Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. C. Robertson for Brass Quartet): No. 3, Pê-loc (01:12)
11. A4 Brass Quartet – Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. C. Robertson for Brass Quartet): No. 4, Buciumeana (00:59)
12. A4 Brass Quartet – Bartók: 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. C. Robertson for Brass Quartet): No. 5, Poargǎ româneascǎ – No. 6, Mǎrunţel (01:32)
13. A4 Brass Quartet – Kosma: Autumn Leaves (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (04:29)
14. A4 Brass Quartet – Overhead: 5 Miniatures (Excerpts): LR [A Chirpy Lark] (02:16)
15. A4 Brass Quartet – Overhead: 5 Miniatures (Excerpts): IM [A Rhythmic Interlude] (02:15)
16. A4 Brass Quartet – Overhead: 5 Miniatures (Excerpts): EJ [A Boisterous Fugue] (02:37)
17. A4 Brass Quartet – Grainger: Molly on the Shore (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (04:05)
18. A4 Brass Quartet – Hall: The Black Dahlia (06:18)
19. A4 Brass Quartet – Sato: Tsuna’ngari (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (03:44)
20. A4 Brass Quartet – Tovey: Street Songs: No. 1, In Strict Laid Back Time (02:27)
21. A4 Brass Quartet – Tovey: Street Songs: No. 2, Brazen (02:35)
22. A4 Brass Quartet – Tovey: Street Songs: No. 3, Adagio “The Silent Voices” (05:07)
23. A4 Brass Quartet – Tovey: Street Songs: No. 4, Very Fast Indeed (02:33)
24. A4 Brass Quartet – Elgar: Salut d’amour, Op. 12 (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (02:55)

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The SOMM debut recording of the A4 Brass Quartet. Formed in 2013 at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music, the quartet comprises principal players from some of the UK’s top brass bands, including Black Dyke, Foden’s and Brighouse & Rastrick. Its unique blend of instruments – cornet (Jamie Smith), tenor horn (Jonathan Bates), baritone horn (Mike Cavanagh) and euphonium (Chris Robertson) – creates a unique sound that stands out from the standard brass quartet.
An exciting kaleidoscope of new music and bespoke arrangements for the ensemble’s distinctive line-up, “Mosaic” makes a bold claim for the vibrancy and variety of contemporary brass music. Its aim, the quartet says, “is to take the listener on a journey in which they are never quite certain what lies around the corner”.

First recordings include Bramwell Tovey’s Street Songs, inspired by photographs of 19th-century Salvation Army bands, three movements from Christian Overhead’s vibrant portraiture in music, 5 Miniatures (both composed for A4 Brass), an arrangement by Jonathan Bates of José Serebrier’s vivacious Cuarteto, Bates’s own virtuosic Toccata 2, and Daniel Hall’s visceral take on a notorious Hollywood murder dubbed The Black Dahlia, which won the A4 Brass Quartet’s inaugural composition competition in 2018.
Lighter fare is provided by Elgar’s perennially popular Salut d’Amour, the ebullient Overture to Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, and three more arrangements by Bates: Percy Grainger’s dancing Molly on the Shore, the lovelorn jazz standard, Autumn Leaves, and Kentaro Sato’s tribute to victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Tsuna’ngari (“connection”).

Euphonium player Chris Robertson provides striking arrangements of Bruckner’s beloved motet Locus iste, and Bartók’s Six Romanian Folk Dances that exploit the quartet’s distinctively individual signature.

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