Historic Brass Ensemble Listening

English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

Today in class we listened to a variety of recordings of brass ensemble music written prior to the twentieth century. They were:

1. La Bignani by Giovanni Cavaccio recorded by the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
2. Canzona a 5 by Claudio Merula - recorded by the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
3. Battle Suite: II. Courant by Samuel Scheidt - recorded by the American Brass Quintet
4. Marche Fur Die Arche by C.P.E. Bach - recorded by the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
5. Canzona per sonare No. 27 by Giovanni Gabrieli - recorded by the Brass Sections of the Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Symphony Orchestras.
6. Minuetto from Brass Quintet No. 4 by Jean François Bellon - recorded by the Ewald Brass Quintet
7. Sonata Pian e forte from Sacrae Symphonies by Giovanni Gabrieli - recorded by the brass section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
8. Flensborger March by Jensen recorded by the Copenhagen Brass.
9. Jaegermusik Af "Erik Menveds Barndom" by Frederik Frohlich recorded by the Copenhagen Brass
10. Arie Per Il Balletto A Cavallo by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - recorded by the Brass Ensemble of the Tonkuenstler Orchestra
11. Grund - Richtiger Unterricht Sonata for three trombones by Daniel Speer - recorded by the Brass Ensemble of the Tonkuenstler Orchestra
12. Fanfstimmige Blasende Musick by Johann Pezel - recorded by the Brass Ensemble of the Tonkuenstler Orchestra
13. "A Due" Trompetenduette by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
14. Air for 2 Horns and Organ in F Major, HWV 410 by George Frideric handel - recorded by Deutsche Naturhorn Solisten & Franz Raml
15. Les Honnerus de Pied - recorded by Le Rallye-Cor de Montmélian - Cor de Chasse 
16. Brass Quartet, Op. 38, In Modo Religioso by Alexander Glazunov - Hermann Baumer & Brass Partout