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The 5 Browns, piano-playing siblings from Utah, suggested comparisons to the Osmonds or the Jackson 5 when they came on the scene in the early 2000s. Juilliard trained, they have approached their careers seriously. They have commissioned and performed a concerto for five pianos by Nico Muhly, and their celebrity has survived the wearing-off of the initial novelty, and also a sexual abuse trial that has seen their father imprisoned for ten years. In 2013, they were signed to the Steinway & Sons label, which specializes in recordings that evoke the golden age of pianism; while this kind of piano quintet has no precedent, piano spectaculars were part and parcel of that golden age. Christmas with the 5 Browns is an enjoyable example of their style. Here, as typically, they don't play every piece with five pianos; each member of the quintet gets the spotlight for a time, and there are pieces with smaller groupings. Here these include Carl Czerny's delightful arrangement of "For Unto Us a Child Is Given" from Handel's Messiah, HWV 56. The full group opens the show with excerpts from The Nutcracker and reunites for a spectacular Carol of the Bells at the end. Along the way, there are popular pieces like Waldteufel's Skaters' Waltz and forgotten scraps like the finale of Victor Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony. The program ebbs and flows satisfyingly, and it's accessible without being overdone. Recommended.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35 (Excerpts Arr. J. Shumway for 5 Pianos) (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Jeffrey Shumway, Arranger
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The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Jeffrey Shumway, Arranger
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The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Jeffrey Shumway, Arranger
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The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Jeffrey Shumway, Arranger
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Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Harold Bauer, Arranger - Ryan Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Messiah, HWV 56 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Deondra Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Desirae Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Melody Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Carl Czerny, Arranger
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Deondra Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Desirae Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adolphe Adam, Composer - Jeffrey Shumway, Arranger
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The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Leroy Anderson, Composer - Greg Anderson, Arranger
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The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Melody Brown, Arranger - Mack Wilberg, Composer
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Melody Brown, Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, Composer
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The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Max Reger, Composer
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Gregory Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Reger, Composer
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The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Emile Waldteufel, Composer - First Piano Quartet, Arranger
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Elegien, BV 249 (Ferruccio Busoni)
Melody Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferruccio Busoni, Composer
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Carol Symphony (Victor Hely-hutchinson)
The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, Composer - Kevin Olson, Arranger
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The 5 Browns, Ensemble, MainArtist - Mykola Leontovych, Composer - Jeffrey Shumway, Arranger
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Album review
The 5 Browns, piano-playing siblings from Utah, suggested comparisons to the Osmonds or the Jackson 5 when they came on the scene in the early 2000s. Juilliard trained, they have approached their careers seriously. They have commissioned and performed a concerto for five pianos by Nico Muhly, and their celebrity has survived the wearing-off of the initial novelty, and also a sexual abuse trial that has seen their father imprisoned for ten years. In 2013, they were signed to the Steinway & Sons label, which specializes in recordings that evoke the golden age of pianism; while this kind of piano quintet has no precedent, piano spectaculars were part and parcel of that golden age. Christmas with the 5 Browns is an enjoyable example of their style. Here, as typically, they don't play every piece with five pianos; each member of the quintet gets the spotlight for a time, and there are pieces with smaller groupings. Here these include Carl Czerny's delightful arrangement of "For Unto Us a Child Is Given" from Handel's Messiah, HWV 56. The full group opens the show with excerpts from The Nutcracker and reunites for a spectacular Carol of the Bells at the end. Along the way, there are popular pieces like Waldteufel's Skaters' Waltz and forgotten scraps like the finale of Victor Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony. The program ebbs and flows satisfyingly, and it's accessible without being overdone. Recommended.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:52
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The 5 Browns
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Steinway and Sons
- Genre: Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
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