Bruckner, Bernstein, Serebrier, Bartók: Mosaic / A4 Brass Quartet

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Label
SOMM Recordings
Release Date
September 3, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      A4 Brass Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Smith, Bates, Cavanagh, Robertson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 03, 2021
    • UPC
      748871063822
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SOMMCD 0638
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Meditacion

      Composer: José Serebrier

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    2. II. Danza

      Composer: José Serebrier

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    3. III. Cancion

      Composer: José Serebrier

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    4. IV. Ronda

      Composer: José Serebrier

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    5. Candide: Overture (arr. D. Thomas for brass quartet)

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    6. Toccata 2

      Composer: Jonathan Bates

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    7. Locus iste, WAB 23 (arr. C. Robertson for brass quartet)

      Composer: Anton Bruckner

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    8. No. 1. Jocul cu bata (Stick Dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    9. No. 2. Braul (Sash Dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    10. No. 3. Pe loc (In One Place)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    11. No. 4. Buciumeana (Horn Dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    12. No. 5. Poarga Romaneasca (Romanian Polka) - No. 6. Maruntel (Fast Dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    13. Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) (arr. J. Bates for brass quartet)

      Composer: Joseph Kosma

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    14. No. 1. Lr - A chirpy lark

      Composer: Christian Overhead

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    15. No. 2. Im - A rhythmic Interlude

      Composer: Christian Overhead

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    16. No. 3. Ej - A boisterous fugue

      Composer: Christian Overhead

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    17. Molly on the Shore (arr. J. Bates for brass quartet)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    18. The Black Dahlia

      Composer: Daniel Hall

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    19. Tsunangari (arr. J. Bates for brass quartet)

      Composer: Kentaro Sato

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    20. I. In strict laid back time …

      Composer: Bramwell Tovey

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    21. II. Brazen

      Composer: Bramwell Tovey

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    22. III. Adagio: "The Silent Voices …"

      Composer: Bramwell Tovey

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    23. IV. Very Fast Indeed

      Composer: Bramwell Tovey

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet

    24. Salut d'amour (Liebesgrüss), Op. 12 (arr. J. Bates for brass quartet)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet


SOMM Recordings is thrilled to announce the release of Mosaic featuring the label debut 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.