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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. © SOMM Recordings
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Cuarteto (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (José Serebrier)
José Serebrier, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
José Serebrier, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
José Serebrier, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
José Serebrier, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Candide (Leonard Bernstein)
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Toccata II (Jonathan Bates)
Jonathan Bates, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Locus iste, WAB 23 (Arr. C. Robertson for Brass Quartet) (Anton Bruckner)
Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. C. Robertson for Brass Quartet) (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Bela Bartok, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Bela Bartok, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Bela Bartok, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Bela Bartok, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Autumn Leaves (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (Joseph Kosma)
Joseph Kosma, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
5 Miniatures (Excerpts) (Christian Overhead)
A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Overhead, Composer
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Overhead, Composer
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Overhead, Composer
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Molly on the Shore (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (Percy Grainger)
Percy Grainger, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
The Black Dahlia (Daniel Hall)
Daniel Hall, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Tsuna'ngari (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (Kentaro Sato)
Kentaro Sato, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Street Songs (Bramwell Tovey)
Bramwell Tovey, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Bramwell Tovey, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Bramwell Tovey, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Bramwell Tovey, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Salut d'amour, Op. 12 (Arr. J. Bates for Brass Quartet) (Edward Elgar)
Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - A4 Brass Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
Album review
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. © SOMM Recordings
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:46
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: A4 Brass Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
(C) 2021 SOMM Recordings (P) 2021 SOMM Recordings
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