How Trombonists Do It is an excellent reference book on Trombone legato, lip flexibilities, warm-ups, and studies, as written by Eric Crees and Peter Gane. The exercises and study notes provided in th...
Despite having essentially a 'minor' feel this is one of most brilliant three choir canzonas. Dur 3'
Scored for two six-part choirs and with only one treble part in each, this piece achieves a richness and solemnity that even surpass the better known eight-part Sonata Pian e Forte.
This eight part canzona really sparkles ~ wonderful repartee between the two choirs. Dur 2'
A much more formal work than normal, with the second group copying the first some four times. Finally the first imitates the second before a short coda for all the players.
Another major key for two five-part choirs beginning with stately counter- point. The lower second choir takes on a more subdued role before a triple time section and a grand ending. Dur 2'45'
A book about trombone legato with lip flexibilities, 'warm-ups' and studies.
Scored for 5 trumpets (+flugelhorn) / 4 horns / 3 trombones / 3 tubas / timpani and percussion Including optional ladies choirs A brilliant brass arrangement of this flamboyantly exotic score by Denma...
This ten part canzona is a classic ~ a calm opening precedes a short cross-rhythmic 3/4 section followed by an extraordinary common time section which combines ingenious counterpoint and crisp rhythms...
In florid and stunning counterpoint throughout, the one near rhythmic unison towards the middle comes as a real shock. A work showing extraordinary technique. Dur 2'45'
Exchanging the familiar antiphonal effects for skilful counterpoint, this canzona manages to successfully combine both grandeur and extreme virtuosity for the principal players of each of the two choi...
Following a grand opening tutti for the two equal choirs of five voices, Gabrieli crafts an ingenious work where every aspect of echo effect is explored.
A work which clearly looks towards the baroque concerto grosso with its repeated ritornello and its virtuoso writing for two soloists.
The predominant feature in this one-choir work is solemn counterpoint, largely in the soprano and alto register.
Characteristic rhythms and triple times for each four-part choir separately, followed by a glorious combination of all three choirs with some wonderfully incisive rhythmic passages. Dur 3'30'
Scored for three, four-part choirs this canzona is the most fanfare-like and brilliant of Gabrieli's entire output and all based on a simple arpeggio figure. Dur 2'15'
A grand majestic three choir piece firmly in the major key. Dur 3'30'
Scored for three four-part choirs this is an extraordinary work where each choir literally copies the first in succession for much of the time. With carefully distanced groups the effect can be stunni...
Found in the Kassel regional library in Germany, this piece divides the players into three unequal choirs of four, three and five. The three groups are completely integrated throughout, giving a rich...
This fourteen part sonata is not only one of Gabrieli's largest ensembles ~ including a 'coro grave' or low choir ~ but also the most harmonically daring of all his instrumental works. And yet after s...
Conceived for three large groups of five players apiece, this sonata combines grandeur and virtuosity for the three principal players of each choir.
A lavish instrumental work in the 1597 collection. Fifteen voices lying almost exclusively in the alto to bass registers.
This sonata scored for twenty two parts is the most lavish of all Gabrieli's instrumental works. Sonorous affect rather than musical argument is clearly the intention.
Simple yet characterful four-part canzonas found in Raverii's 1608 collection.
A fairly conservative work in five parts, but not without deft harmonic and rhythmic touches which point towards the imagination of later works.
A six part canzona which opens with one of Gabrieli's most characteristic rising themes and goes on to embrace attractive three-part writing, flourishes, scale passages and a brief triple-time section...
The opening theme of this six part work retains the canzona rhythm, but also uses the unusual intervals of diminished fourth and fifth. The overall effect is of a certain angularity and rusticity.
This 6 part canzon is the first to seriously explore Gabrieli's fascination with opposing rhythms. The essentially lyrical duple time music is punctuated four times by a bold triple-time ritornello.
This seven part canzona is one of the most unusual and daring rhythmic pieces with overlapping 3/4 and 6/8 plus a grand coda with dotted rhythms and fast scale passages. Dur 3'45'
An assertive single note call on the familiar canzona rhythm leads to superbly mature seven part contrapuntal writing containing immense rhythmic and textural variation.
The splendidly bright opening and confident major feel of this seven part canzona all point to a work written for a joyous rather than a formal occasion.
This eight part canzona is unusual in having a 'high' and a 'low' choir and also a recurring 'motto' theme. Dur 4'15'
This eight part canzona is subtitled 'Fa Sol La Re' which is a reference to the bass line, repeated in a bright triple time over thirty times finally expanding for the brilliant finish. Dur 3'30'
This eight part canzona is one of the most harmonically advanced, building from a stately opening to increasingly complex rhythms and harmonies. Dur 4'15'
An eight part canzona mainly in triple time and in the major key with extended passages for two separate choirs. Dur 3'
The deceptively calm opening of this eight part work gives way to bouncy 3/4 rhythms and a virtuoso coda. Dur 2'15'
This eight part sonata is perhaps the best known of Gabrieli's instrumental compositions as it was one of the first pieces to specify dynamics and instrumentation. A magnificently aristocratic work. D...
This eight part canzona is one of the most serious of all . Not even the usually bright 3/4 sections can overcome the sombre mood. Dur 3'
A light and entertaining work for two-four part choirs. The music shifts effortlessly from common to triple time. Dur 1'30'
A vigorous piece for two four-part choirs characterised by dotted and cross rhythms as well as forceful syncopations.
Based on the rhythm and rising scale, the opening theme is worked into a delightful rhythmical interplay between the two groups.
A cheerful motif pervades the antiphonal exchange between the two four-part choirs before a resplendent finish.
scored for trumpet 1 in Bb (piccolo trumpet), trumpet 2 in D, trumpet 3 in Bb, trumpet 4 in Bb, trumpet 5 in Bb, flugelhorn in Bb, horn 1 in F 1, horn 2 in F, horn 3 in F, horn 4 in F, trombone 1, tr...
scored for trumpet 1 in Bb (piccolo trumpet), trumpet 2 in Eb, trumpet 3 in Bb, trumpet 4 in Bb, trumpet 5 in Bb, flugelhorn in Bb, horn 1 in F, horn 2 in F, horn 3 in F, horn 4 in F, trombone 1, trom...
Scored for 6 trumpets - 4 horns - 3 trombones - 2 tubas + euphonium - percussionLiszts organ masterpiece is brought to life in this incredibly colourful brass rendition.
Having made a stunning arrangement for symphonic brass (cat nr 9103) Eric Crees has taken this and expanded it in a colourful and virtuosic way for brass band, which with nine extra players is perhaps...
A Book of Trios and Studies for three Trombones. Dennis Wick Trombone Ensemble Album.
Edited by Philip Jones & Elgar Howarth. The Just Brass series is regarded by brass players worldwide as the most important brass ensemble series available. There are more than 100 titles subdivided in...
Besetzung: 4 Trompeten, Horn, 3 Posaunen, Tuba, Pauken ad lib
The zarzuela is a kind of popular Spanish operatta but is scarcely known in this country. This fiery intermezzo from the Spanish master Giminez and first encountered by Eric Crees as an orchestral enc...
This haunting melody, popularised by Simon and Garfunkel is here given an imaginative treatment in a popular idiom. The kernel of the arrangement is based on a track from the early 70s ground-breaking...
The great waltz composer, Waldteufel, turns his hand to a delightful concert polka, originally for cornet and orchestra, and here beautifully transcribed for cornet and brass band. Written for and fir...
Für 9 und mehr Blechbläser.
Besetzung: Pikkolotrompete in B, Pikkolotrompete in Es oder D, 3 Trompeten, Flügelhorn, 4 Hörner, 3 Posaunen, Euphonium, 2 Tuben, Pauken, Drumset
scored for trumpet 1 in Bb (piccolo), trumpet 2 in Bb, trumpet 3 in Bb, flugelhorn or trumpet 4 in Bb, horn in F, trombone 1, trombone 2, trombone 3, bass trombone, tuba parts for horn in Eb, trombon...
scored for six trumpets and 6 trombones in three choirs
scored for trumpet 1/piccolo in Bb, trumpet 2 in Eb, trumpet 3 in Bb, flugelhorn in Bb, horn 1, horn 2, horn 3, horn 4, trombone 1, trombone 2, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion 1, percussion 2
scored for piccolo trumpet in Bb, trumpet 1 in Bb (alternative part in Eb), trumpet 2 in Bb, flugelhorn in Bb, horn 1, horn 2, horn 3, horn 4, trombone 1, trombone 2, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, per...
scored for piccolo trumpet in Bb, trumpet 2 in Eb (doubling trumpet in Bb), trumpet 3 in Bb, trumpet 4 in Bb (doubling flugel horn), horn in F, trombone 1, trombone 2, trombone 3, bass trombone, tuba...
scored for trumpet 1 in Bb/piccolo, trumpet 2 in Eb, trumpet 3 in Bb, flugelhorn in Bb, horn 1 in F, horn 2 in F (alternative for trombone 1), trombone 1 (alternative for horn 2), trombone 2, trombone...
scored for trumpet 1 in Bb/piccolo, trumpet 2 in Bb, trumpet 3 in Bb, flugelhorn in Bb, horn 1 in F, horn 2 in F (alternative for trombone 1), trombone 1 (alternative for horn 2), trombone 2, trombone...
