Canadian Brass; Soaring 2 CD Pkg (includes Takes Flight & Perfect Landing)

Soaring represents the character of Canadian Brass. The ensemble is renowned for its unprecendented achievements in the classical and crossover music scenes.  The two discs in this set showcase the Brass' diverse repertoire and highlight the exceptional talent of the ensemble's musicians. Tubist Chuck Daellenbach, Trombonist Achilles Liarmakopoulos and Trumpeter Chris Coletti are joined by Trumpeters Caleb Hundson & Brandon Ridenour, and by Hornists Eric Reed & Bernhard Scully.

Contents include:

Takes Flight

1.  Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

2.  Killer Tango by Sonny Kompanek

3.  Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 "Little G minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach

4.  Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 905 by Johann Sebastian Bach

5.  Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 17, Come againe, sweet love doth now envite by John Dowland

6.  Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 21, Galliard battaglia à 5 by Samuel Scheidt

7.  Golyardes' Grounde by Malcolm Forsyth

8.  La cumparsita by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez

9.  Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i): 3rd movement, Rondo alla turca by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

10.  Brandon's Lament by Brandon Ridenour

11.  Chorale Preludes (11) for Organ, Op. 122: no 10, Herzlich tut mich verlangen by Johannes Brahms

12.  Canzoni et sonate (21): Canzon I a 5 by Giovanni Gabrieli

13.  Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air by Johann Sebastian Bach

14.  Quintet for Brass by Michael Kamen

15.  Carnival of Venice by Howard Cable

16.  Saints Hallelujah by Luther Henderson

17.  Tuba Tiger Rag by Luther Henderson

18.  Just a Closer Walk by Don Gillis

Perfect Landing

1. Perfect Landing (based on Brandenburg Concerto #5) (JS Bach-Brandon Ridenour) 1:04

2. Brandenburg Concerto #2. Third Movement (JS Bach-Arthur Frackenpohl) 2:43

3. Spring Quartet, K. 387 (WA Mozart/Caleb Hudson) 4:20

4. Dixie Bach (Luther Henderson) 1:56

5. Vals Peruano (Enrique Crespo/Lydke Musikverlag) 3:37

6. White Rose (Caleb Hudson) 5:55

7. Muy Linda (John Holborne/WF Mills) 1:04

8. Cool Bach (Luther Henderson) 2:26

9. Granada (Augustin Lara/Don Bagley) 3:59

10. Shalom aleichem (Traditional/Boris Pigovat) 2:37

11. Bebop Bach (Luther Henderson) 2:08

12. El Relicario (Jose Padilla/Don Bagley) 3:18

13. Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tarrega/Don Bagley) 4:29

14. Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (JS Bach/Neil Balm) 12:04