From the Steeples and the Mountains
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From the Steeples and the Mountains
The London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble / Christopher Larkin (conductor)
[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 January 2001
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'The brass playing throughout is vividly expert and the recording is splendidly real' (Gramophone)
'Performances are ideal. The British have given us a thoroughly American disc of extraordinary beauty; for which, many thanks!' (Fanfare, USA)
'Fascinating... the most interesting and enterprising brass collection I have yet encountered... first rate, and very realistic recording' (Gramophone)
'The brass playing throughout is vividly expert and the recording is splendidly real' (Gramophone)
'From the very opening track the London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble demands close attention. All say something that makes you want to listen' (BBC Music Magazine)
'A real gem of a disc. The performances are excellent ... This was both an education and an entertainment.' (Classic CD)
Tracks:
Charles Ives From the Steeples and the Mountains [4'24]
Samuel Barber Mutations from Bach [5'41]
for brass choir and timpani
Roy Harris Chorale for Organ and Brass [12'49]
Virgil Thomson Family Portrait
for brass quintet
A Fanfare: Robin Smith [0'41]
At Fourteen: Annie Barnard [2'18]
Digging: A Portrait of Howard Rea [3'18]
A Scherzo: Priscilla Rea [2'55]
Man of Iron: Willie Eisenhart [2'17]
Henry Cowell Grinell Fanfare [3'05]
Henry Cowell Tall Tale [4'19]
Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No 12
for three horns
Hymn [2'24]
Fuguing Tune [2'03]
Henry Cowell Rondo [4'45]
Philip Glass Brass Sextet
Hymn [2'09]
Ballad [3'14]
Finale [2'04]
Carl Ruggles Angels [3'06]
for muted brass (1938 version)
Elliott Carter A Fantasy about Purcell's Fantasia upon One Note [3'15]
Charles Ives Processional: Let There be Light [2'42]
