Transatlantic

$21.99
Label
Chandos
Release Date
August 1, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Onyx Brass, Viv McLean
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 01, 2025
    • UPC
      0095115239926
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20399
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Roaring Fanfare

      Composer: William Walton

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

      Conductor: John Wilson

    2. China Gates (arr. D. Gordon-Shute for brass quintet)

      Composer: John Adams

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    3. Funeral March (1938, fragment, completed by B. Hughes)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

      Conductor: John Wilson

    4. I. Tempo moderato

      Composer: Florence Beatrice Price

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

      Performer: Viv McLean

      Conductor: John Wilson

    5. II. Andante cantabile (with much expression)

      Composer: Florence Beatrice Price

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

      Performer: Viv McLean

      Conductor: John Wilson

    6. III. Tempo moderato

      Composer: Florence Beatrice Price

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

      Performer: Viv McLean

      Conductor: John Wilson

    7. I. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    8. II. Chaconne: Andante con moto

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    9. III. Con brio

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    10. Novelette in Fourths (arr. T. Jackson for brass quintet)

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    11. A Fanfare for June 30th 1970

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

      Conductor: John Wilson

    12. Prelude

      Composer: Gordon Langford

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    13. Polonaise

      Composer: Gordon Langford

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    14. Promenade

      Composer: Gordon Langford

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    15. Flourish on the Morris Call (arr. C. Gordon for brass band)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

      Conductor: John Wilson

    16. I. Soubrette Song: Allegretto

      Composer: Joseph Horovitz

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    17. II. Trick-Cyclists: Vivace

      Composer: Joseph Horovitz

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    18. III. Adagio-Team: Lento Moderato

      Composer: Joseph Horovitz

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    19. IV. Soft-Shoe-Shuffle: Moderato ma giacoso

      Composer: Joseph Horovitz

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    20. V. Les Girls: Allegro vivace ma comodo

      Composer: Joseph Horovitz

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    21. I. Dancisca (for Antony)

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    22. II. Waltz (for Agnes)

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    23. III. Bi-Tango (for Misha)

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    24. IV. Two-Step (for Mr. B)

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass

    25. V. MTV (for Jerry)

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Ensemble: Onyx Brass


This album combines pieces for the core quintet of Onyx Brass with works for extended brass forces, plus piano in the case of Florence Price's Octet for Brasses and Piano. The majority of the pieces here receive their first commercial recording, the two Britten premieres bringing two long-forgotten pieces out of the Britten Pears Archive, in Aldeburgh, into the sunlight. Alongside these new discoveries are performances of established favourites by Sir Malcolm Arnold and Joseph Horovitz, staples of the brass chamber repertoire for more than half a century. The selection of composers spanning most of the twentieth century, and from both sides of the Atlantic, gives the album a refreshing contrast of musical traditions and styles. Founded in 1993, and initially inspired by the pioneering early years of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Onyx Brass remains a leading light in cementing the place of the brass quintet as a medium for serious chamber music. To this end, the group has commissioned and performed the world premieres of more than 200 new works; many more are in the pipeline for performance and recording.