Christmas with Septura

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 11, 2016
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CORNELIUS DARKE GRUBER
    • PERFORMER
      Septura
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 11, 2016
    • UPC
      747313371976
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573719
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 369-397: No. 17. Das Wort ward Fleisch, SWV 385 (arr. S. Cox for brass septet)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Septura

    2. Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part I: Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Septura

    3. Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133: Ich freue mich in dir (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Septura

    4. Part I: Wie soll ich dich empfangen

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Septura

    5. Part VI: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Septura

    6. In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Harold Darke

      Ensemble: Septura

    7. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. S. Cox for brass septet)

      Composer: Michael Praetorius

      Ensemble: Septura

    8. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. S. Cox for brass septet)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Septura

    9. The Crown of Roses, Op. 54, No. 5, "Legend" (arr. S. Cox for brass septet)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Septura

    10. Shchedryk (Epiphany Carol), "Carol of the Bells" (arr. S. Cox for 3 trumpets and valve trombone)

      Composer: Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych

      Ensemble: Septura

    11. Capriol Suite: V. Pied-en-l'air (adap. A. Carter as Lullaby my Jesus) (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Ensemble: Septura

    12. Benedicamus Domino (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Ensemble: Septura

    13. Bethlehem Down (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Ensemble: Septura

    14. Motets for 5-8 Voices, Book 2 for 5, 6 and 8 Voices: Canite tuba (arr. S. Cox for 3 trumpets and 2 trombones)

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Septura

    15. Ave Maria (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Robert Parsons

      Ensemble: Septura

    16. Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Septura

    17. Slava v vïshnikh Bogu (Glory to God in the Highest)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Septura

    18. Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8: No. 3. Die Konige (The 3 Kings) (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Peter Cornelius

      Ensemble: Septura

    19. Part III: The Trumpet Shall Sound

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Septura

    20. Part III: Worthy is the Lamb

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Septura

    21. Part III: Amen Chorus

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Septura

    22. Stille Nacht (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)

      Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

      Ensemble: Septura


With this recording Septura answers the question, “what if the greatest Christmas music had been written for brass?” In arrangements that go far beyond Yultide clichés, Septura has carefully crafted a programme that explores virtuosity and festive celebration in pieces such as the Christmas Suite with music by J.S. Bach, rapturous serenity from the likes of Robert Parson´s beautiful Ave Maria, and nostalgic favourites such as the ravishingly polyphonic The Three Kings by Peter Cornelius. Septura pushes its colours and combinations to the limit in re-imagining this varied selection of sublime Christmas music from the past 450 years.

REVIEW:

The English brass septet Septura's ensemble work is unimpeachable, but where they break new ground is in their arrangements, which both draw on a slightly wider range of sources than usual and have a more varied selection of textures. The program starts off normally enough with Schütz, Bach, and Praetorius, but brings some delightful surprises in the middle parts, such as arrangements of two sections from Rachmaninoff’s Vespers. There’s nothing to make this collection unsuitable for festive holiday listening, and indeed it will fill the bill elegantly in that regard.

-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)