Brass Tacks: Music For Brass
Navona, 2022
8/10
Listen to Brass Tacks: Music For Brass
A charming listen that pay homage to legendary classical and romantic composers, the work of Brian Belet, Nathan Wilson Ball, Janice Macaulay, L Peter Deutsch and Andrew Lewinter is highlighted here with profound attention to detail.
“Three By Five" leads the listen with the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava Brass Quintet meshing their brass in bright, dynamic and highly meticulous ways across the 3 chapters, and “Nocturne” follows with the quintet taking a much more cautious approach that allows their sublime horns to emit much intimacy.
Elsewhere, “Tuba Contra Mundum” allows Jobey Wilson’s elegant and unpredictable tuba skills to shine in the bare climate, while “Twilight Waltz”, by Deutsch, showcases the profound beauty of the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava Brass Quintet’s trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba in a very stirring, cinematic fashion.
The final piece belongs to James Wilson’s horn and Katherine Ciscon’s piano, where the pair interact playfully and with much warmth across “Sonata For Horn And Piano”.
A rich affair that welcomes plenty of solos and utilizes odd time meters, blues notes and meticulous brass writing, the talent here is exceptional and the vision timeless.
Travels well with: Georges Raillard- Fading Sounds; Jeffrey Derus- From Wilderness