QUALITY MUSIC FOR BRASS

Royal Brass

Music from the Renaissance and Baroque

1. Rondeau - [1:26]
2. Five Pieces - [9:12]
3. Ricercar del primo tuono - [2:20]
4. Canzone seconda a 6 - [2:41]
5. Paduana & Galliard - [3:43]
6. Elizabethan Dance Suite - [5:59]
7. Canzona bergamasca - [4:07]
8. Two 15th Century Fanfares - [1:28]
9. March from Cantata 207a - [1:27]
10 - 12. Suite in G major - [5:16]
13 - 15. Trio Sonata in G major - [9:53]
16. Aria - [3:52]
17. Toccata - [5:08]
18. Fugue from Trio Sonata in C major - [2:55]
19. Sarabande - [2:03]
20. Sonata No. 49 - [2:31]

EMPIRE BRASS

ROLF SMEDVIG - Solo Trumpet
JEFFREY CURNOW - Trumpet
ERIC RUSKE - Horn
SCOTT A. HARTMAN - Trombone
J. SAMUEL PILAFIAN - Tuba

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RICHARD JENSEN - Percussion

          The Empire Brass enjoys an international reputation as North America's finest brass quintet, renowned for its virtuosity, charisma, and the unparalleled quality and diversity of its repertoire. Winner of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the quintet performs over one hundred concerts a year in such cities as New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Oslo and Tokyo. The Empire Brass has introduced an even larger audience worldwide to the excitement of brass music through its radio and televised appearances and its best-selling recordings.