AMERICAN BRASS! (COPLAND, BERNSTEIN, BARBER, IVES, COWELL) - LONDON SYMPHONY BRASS, ERIC CREES

American Brass ! Copland * Bernstein * Barber * Ives * Cowell

London Symphony Brass;
Director: Eric Crees

“The very best in brass playing, brass-arranging, and brass-recording….players display every possible skill in the handling of the superlative arrangements by Eric Crees….music which lends itself ideally; ..West Side Story and El salón México …come up in places shining in a burnished brass colouring more effective than the originals. There remains the Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs…. Has a new masterpiece been born?” (c) Gramophone

Aaron Copland (1900-90)
[1] Fanfare for the Common Man 3:07

Leonard Bernstein (1918-90)
Suite from “West Side Story” (arr. Eric Crees)
[2] Prologue 4:17 [3] Something’s coming 2:55
[4] Mambo 2:24 [5] Maria – Cha cha 1:18
[6] Scherzo 1:53 [7] America
2:40
[8] Cool – Fugue 3:55 [9] Somewhere 4:23

Aaron Copland (1900-90)
[10] El Salon Mexico (arr. Eric Crees) 11:07

Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
[11] Fanfare for the Latin American Allies (arr. Eric Crees) 1:49

Samuel Barber (1910-81)
[12] Mutations from Bach 4:50

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
[13] Variations on “America” (arr. Eric Crees) 7:17

Aaron Copland (1900-90)
[14] Ceremonial Fanfare 3:52

Leonard Bernstein (1918-90)
[15] Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (arr. Eric Crees) 7:44