Title:

British Brass Works: A Historical Sound Document of the New York Brass Quintet 

Artists:
Robert Nagel and Allan Dean, trumpets;
Paul Ingraham, horn; John Swallow, trombone; Thompson Hanks, tuba

Description:
Compact disk. ITG CD-29. 

Recording Information:

Arnold, Quintet No. 1 – Recorded at Rutgers Church, New York, NY, ca. 1970

Hoddinott, Ritornelli 2 – Recorded live at the Manhattan
School of Music, New York, NY, March 12, 1982

Bennett, Commedia IV – Recorded live at the New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, 1980

Atherton, Brass Quintet – Recorded live at the Annual Symposium of Contemporary Music for Brass, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, February 1970

Howarth, Variations for Brass Quintet – Recorded live at the Annual Symposium of Contemporary Music for Brass, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, February 1970

Gregson, Quintet for Brass – Recorded live at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, February 25, 1983

Mastering Engineer: Bruce Whisler

Program Notes: Jason Crafton
Copy Editors: Amber Zoe Smith and Peter Wood
Art Director and Design: Jan Conradi

ITG Recordings Committee: Brian Walker, chair;
C. Ross Ahlhorn; Jason Crafton; Marc Reed; J. Peyden Shelton; and Bruce Whisler

Repertoire:

Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73 (1961), Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)

Ritornelli 2, op.100/2 (1979), Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008)

Commedia IV (1973), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012)

Brass Quintet, Jack Atherton (1909–1983)

Variations for Brass Quintet (1966), Elgar Howarth (b. 1935)

Quintet for Brass (1967), Edward Gregson (b. 1945)

Comments:

This CD was first produced by ITG in 2020 and was free to all members of the ITG during the 2019-2020 membership year.