Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfares (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfares (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:59 minutes | 907 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos

Among all the many Chandos brass recordings, each release having played a major role in the labels successful history, this one may well be the loudest.

In the vast acoustic of St Judes Church, London, rendered in surround-sound, and in the largest ensemble format to which it has ever expanded, Onyx Brass, under the energetic direction of John Wilson, brings together four dozen fanfares by fourteen British composers of the past century and a half.

Including works by Arnold, Bax, Bliss, Imogen Holst Ketèlbey, and Tippett with numerous premiere recordings, this album is an unmissable celebration of stirring, brilliant, joyous, exciting, varied, sometimes military, and always optimistic music.

Recording of the Month: “This really is a superb disc – a veritable box of delights or a horn(!) of plenty… John Wilson proves himself to be a deft and intelligent interpreter of this music which he allows to push on in flamboyant display or swagger with burnished grandeur as the mood demands. The playing of the expanded Onyx brass is of exactly the right kind of easy virtuosity and blazing brilliance. As mentioned, the liner is full of useful and valuable information about both composers and music. St Jude-on-the-hill is an ideal recording venue lending the ensemble richness without undue resonance. The Chandos SA-CD 5.0 engineering (I listened in SA-CD stereo) is very good, being truthful without any added excess glamour. For admirers of British brass writing and performing this will be a reference disc for many years to come. Yes, of course, this is something of a niche programme – and thank you to Chandos for filling that niche, but it is certainly one of the highlights of my listening year to date.” (Nick Barnard, MusicWeb-International)

“… As you would expect from an ensemble of the kudos and personnel of Onyx Brass, the playing is exemplary throughout, as are Chandos’s customary superb production standards allied to a vibrant recorded sound, beautiful presentation and highly informative liner notes. John Wilson’s first foray conducting brass musicians also emerges as a great success… a vital testimony of a significant, yet neglected creative art form that is unique to the world of brass… not to be missed.” (Christopher Thomas, Brass Band World magazine)

Tracklist:
01. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for Schools (Arr. for Brass Ensemble & Percussion) (00:54)
02. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Festival Fanfare (01:15)
03. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Kingston Fanfare (00:33)
04. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – A Richmond Fanfare (00:33)
05. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Railway Fanfare (01:32)
06. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for a Royal Occasion (01:22)
07. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare to Precede the National Anthem (00:31)
08. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – God Save the Queen (Arr. A. Bliss for Brass Ensemble) (00:55)
09. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – The Right of the Line Fanfare (01:26)
10. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for the Princess Anne (00:59)
11. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – High Sheriff’s Fanfare (00:28)
12. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – A Salute to Painting Fanfare (01:20)
13. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Research Fanfare (01:32)
14. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Peace Fanfare (00:38)
15. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Let the People Sing Fanfare (00:22)
16. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Brilliant Fanfares: No. 1 “Fanfare for a Dignified Occasion” (00:28)
17. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for Heroes (01:46)
18. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Homage to Shakespeare Fanfare (01:07)
19. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood (01:20)
20. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare No. 3 (00:57)
21. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare No. 4 “The Wolf Trap Fanfare” (01:14)
22. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for 4 Trumpets (00:25)
23. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare No. 1 (00:24)
24. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare No. 2 (00:38)
25. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Brilliant Fanfares: Fanfare No. 3 (00:47)
26. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Fanfares (Arr. M. Roberts): No. 1, Con spirito (00:20)
27. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Fanfares (Arr. M. Roberts): No. 2, Moderato (00:21)
28. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Fanfares (Arr. M. Roberts): No. 3, Moderato (00:23)
29. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Fanfares (Arr. M. Roberts): No. 4, Moderato (00:23)
30. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Fanfares (Arr. M. Roberts): No. 5, Moderato (00:29)
31. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Fanfares (Arr. M. Roberts): No. 6, Con spirito e ritmico (00:26)
32. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for Thaxted (03:02)
33. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for the Grenadier Guards (02:25)
34. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Leiston Suite: I. Entry Music. Brilliant & Energetic (00:44)
35. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Leiston Suite: II. Jig. Quick & Light (00:41)
36. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Leiston Suite: III. Interlude. Cheerful & Energetic (00:56)
37. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Leiston Suite: IV. Slow Air. Very Slow & Expressive (02:00)
38. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Leiston Suite: V. March, to the Tune of Kettle-Drum. Cheerful & Energetic (01:55)
39. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Coronation Fanfare (00:50)
40. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for a Naval Occasion No. 1 (00:58)
41. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for a Naval Occasion No. 2 (00:36)
42. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for Victory (01:17)
43. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for the Royal Artillery (00:54)
44. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Short Fanfare for the Air Force (00:33)
45. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for a Ceremonial Occasion (01:01)
46. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare (00:25)
47. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Brilliant Fanfares: No. 5 “Fanfare for a Merry Occasion” (00:22)
48. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Brilliant Fanfares: No. 6 “Westminster” (00:43)
49. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 6 Brilliant Fanfares: No. 4, — (00:28)
50. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for a Festival (04:25)
51. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Hosting at Dawn Fanfare (Arr. G. Parlett for Brass Ensemble) (00:36)
52. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Fanfare for a Cheerful Occasion (00:51)
53. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 2 Fanfares for Show Business: No. 1, Moderato – Allargando (00:54)
54. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – 2 Fanfares for Show Business: No. 2, Con brio (00:27)
55. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Royal Wedding Fanfares: No. 1, Con brio (00:49)
56. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Royal Wedding Fanfares: No. 2, Moderato (01:30)
57. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Salute to Sydney (01:15)
58. Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Graduation Fanfare No. 2 (02:09)

Personnel:
Onyx Brass
John Wilson, conductor

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