Symphonic Brass Ensemble Series (Rekkenze Brass)

Dieses Choralpräludium von Johann Pachelbel ist ein ausgezeichnetes Beispiel für die Kompositionstechniken und Behandlungen, die auch Bach später mit großem Erfolg anwenden sollte. Peter Knudsvig bear...

This suite from the ?Water Music? contains five movements from the famous incidental music that Handel wrote, probably to accompany a royal trip up the Thames in July 1717. Although the piece is best...

For this arrangement of Wiegenlied, Johan Brahms? famous melody was used as the starting point and combined with an alpine horn call. The intention here is not to undermine the original but to pay hom...

Vivaldi was hugely successful as a composer in his day and amassed a fortune as many of his works were published during his lifetime. His works remain popular today and the three movements in this sui...

Johann Sebastian Bach composed a large quantity of music of unparalleled greatness and his works are still much performed today. This Prelude is deceptive. It is built on very few ideas and has none o...

Michael Praetorius was one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance Period. He is remembered today for two reasons ? his massive number of compositions and his remarkable treaties entitled Syntagm...

This magnificent Galliard by 15th Century German composer Samuel Scheidt demonstrates his great ability to create music of great interest whilst adhering to the straightforward restraints of music fro...

These four short pieces are from a collection of Madrigals by the English organist Thomas Weelkes. This arrangement by Peter Knudsvig works well for brass quintet and will bring a bit of Renaissance g...

Leichte Kavallerie ist eines von Suppés berühmtesten Werken. Den besten Tipp zur Aufführung von Peter Knudsvigs gelungener Bearbeitung der Ouvertüre dieser Operette gibt schon der Titel: leicht!

These three pieces were originally written for piano but have echoes of Mussorgsky?s most famous work ? Pictures at an Exhibition. The intention is to use each instrument in a virtuosic and solo-like...

Stephen Foster could well ber considered America's first famous composer. Althoyugh his music consists mostly of simple melodies and could in no way be compared to the music of such contemporaries as...

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This song without words probably does not rank among Wagner?s most well-known works, however it exhibits the unmistakable controversy which propelled music forward in the second half of the 19th Centu...

Diese Pastorale des italienischen Barock-Komponisten Manfredini stammt aus einem Weihnachts-Concerto für Streicher. Peter Knudsvig vom Blechbläserquintett Rekkenze Brass bearbeitete sie für variables...

The madrigal was a musical art form which originated in Italy but which migrated to England where English composers enthusiastically took up the genre. Adew, Sweet Amarillis is a superb example of the...

These charming Ländler Tänze (KV 606) were written only months before Mozart?s death in 1791. They should be played like a slow waltz ? with bounce but also with elegance.

This short work entitled Le Basque (the Basque) was often used by the late great horn virtuoso Dennis Brain as an encore piece. Peter Knudsvig has adapted it for solo horn and quartet accompaniment.

The famous Largo from his opera Xerxes is a fine example of Handel?s gift for beautiful melody. Keeping those long, spiralling lines intact is the real challenge in performing Largo.

This exciting suite draws on music from three masters of the early 17th century, John Bull, Isaac Posch and Paul Peuerl. Variations by John Bull should be played in strict tempo while the Intrada by I...

This prelude and fugue by Dietrich Buxtehude, one of the great composers of the early Baroque era, has been expertly arranged for brass by Peter Knudsvig. It was originally in G minor, however, has be...

Franconian Suite is a set of four dances based upon traditional folk melodies from a region in Germany called Frankenland (Franconia). The composer has tried to do more than simply state the melodies...

John Blow (1649-1708), English composer and organist was Henry Purcell?s teacher for a time, although he was Purcell?s senior by only ten years. Today, Blow?s reputation is still overshadowed by Purce...

What Child Fantasy uses two traditional Christmas melodies: the English folk song What Child is This? (Greensleeves) and the Russian Bell Song. Both are tunes written in the minor key, which is somewh...

Kaitlyn?s Jingles is a set of four variations based upon the Christmas classic Jingle Bells. Each variation represents a different stage of the arranger?s wife?s pregnancy and subsequent birth of thei...

Besetzung: - 2 x Trompete in B - 1 x Horn in F - 1 x Posaune - 1 x Tuba - 1 x Orgel (opt.)