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Christmas with Septura
Naxos

Christmas with Septura

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Details

Composer
CORNELIUS DARKE GRUBER
Artist
Septura
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 11, 2016
Catalog #
8573719
UPC
747313371976

About

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)

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 369-397: No. 17. Das Wort ward Fleisch, SWV 385 (arr. S. Cox for brass septet) 03:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 369-397: No. 17. Das Wort ward Fleisch, SWV 385 (arr. S. Cox for brass septet)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Heinrich Schütz
    Ensemble
    Septura
  2. 2 Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part I: Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 01:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part I: Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Septura
  3. 3 Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133: Ich freue mich in dir (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 04:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133: Ich freue mich in dir (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Septura
  4. 4 Part I: Wie soll ich dich empfangen 01:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Part I: Wie soll ich dich empfangen
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Septura
  5. 5 Part VI: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen 03:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    Part VI: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Septura
  6. 6 In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 05:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Harold Darke
    Ensemble
    Septura
  7. 7 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. S. Cox for brass septet) 02:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. S. Cox for brass septet)
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Michael Praetorius
    Ensemble
    Septura
  8. 8 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. S. Cox for brass septet) 02:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. S. Cox for brass septet)
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Septura
  9. 9 The Crown of Roses, Op. 54, No. 5, "Legend" (arr. S. Cox for brass septet) 02:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Crown of Roses, Op. 54, No. 5, "Legend" (arr. S. Cox for brass septet)
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    Septura
  10. 10 Shchedryk (Epiphany Carol), "Carol of the Bells" (arr. S. Cox for 3 trumpets and valve trombone) 01:17
    Track
    10
    Title
    Shchedryk (Epiphany Carol), "Carol of the Bells" (arr. S. Cox for 3 trumpets and valve trombone)
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
    Ensemble
    Septura
  11. 11 Capriol Suite: V. Pied-en-l'air (adap. A. Carter as Lullaby my Jesus) (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 02:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    Capriol Suite: V. Pied-en-l'air (adap. A. Carter as Lullaby my Jesus) (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Ensemble
    Septura
  12. 12 Benedicamus Domino (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 01:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    Benedicamus Domino (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Ensemble
    Septura
  13. 13 Bethlehem Down (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 03:52
    Track
    13
    Title
    Bethlehem Down (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Ensemble
    Septura
  14. 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) 02:12
    Track
    14
    Title
    Motets for 5-8 Voices, Book 2 for 5, 6 and 8 Voices: Canite tuba (arr. S. Cox for 3 trumpets and 2 trombones)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    Septura
  15. 15 Ave Maria (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 04:37
    Track
    15
    Title
    Ave Maria (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Robert Parsons
    Ensemble
    Septura
  16. 16 Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin) 02:49
    Track
    16
    Title
    Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin)
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Septura
  17. 17 Slava v vïshnikh Bogu (Glory to God in the Highest) 02:18
    Track
    17
    Title
    Slava v vïshnikh Bogu (Glory to God in the Highest)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Septura
  18. 18 Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8: No. 3. Die Konige (The 3 Kings) (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 02:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8: No. 3. Die Konige (The 3 Kings) (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Peter Cornelius
    Ensemble
    Septura
  19. 19 Part III: The Trumpet Shall Sound 04:04
    Track
    19
    Title
    Part III: The Trumpet Shall Sound
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Septura
  20. 20 Part III: Worthy is the Lamb 03:30
    Track
    20
    Title
    Part III: Worthy is the Lamb
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Septura
  21. 21 Part III: Amen Chorus 03:24
    Track
    21
    Title
    Part III: Amen Chorus
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Septura
  22. 22 Stille Nacht (arr. M. Knight for brass septet) 03:08
    Track
    22
    Title
    Stille Nacht (arr. M. Knight for brass septet)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Franz Xaver Gruber
    Ensemble
    Septura