Ensemble(s): Septura
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: 20th Century; Baroque; Contemporary; Renaissance; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.573719
Barcode: 747313371976
Release Date: 11/2016

Brass Septet Music - BACH, J.S. / HANDEL, G.F. / RACHMANINOV, S. / WARLOCK, P. (Christmas with Septura)

Brass instruments are almost a Christmas cliché: synonymous with the celebration, but perhaps not with the wealth of great music that it has inspired. Septura sets out to rectify this, re-imagining for brass septet the Christmas offerings of the greatest composers of the past 450 years. Pushing the combinations and colours of the septet to the limits, the result is a virtuosic and varied selection of festive favourites.

Tracklist

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

Total Playing Time: 01:03:02