Imperial Fanfares - Release Date: 07/15/2003 Label: NAXOS Catalog #: 8555879
Another very original idea from Naxos: a collection of micro-miniatures of keen interest to brass musicians and their admirers. Salieri. Lully. PezeL Biber. Schmelzer. Ignatius. Philidor. Zelenka. and Linek are among the known composers of this selection of ceremonial flourishes from the 17th to 19th centuries. The longest clocks in at 2 minutes.14 seconds. and the briefest at a mere 22 seconds. The quick deHvery of clarion gusts makes interesting. if perhaps not ideally straight-through. listening. After all. surely Betko's Signature Tune for the Old Town of Bratislava is overdue for an airing. In case it is too much of a good thing. The Art of the Trumpet offers its own contemporaiy fanfare works composedby Leeb. Modart andBolten.The ensemble consists of two dozen trumpets. one trombone and two sets of tymps and they play superbly. At seventy-six cue points. the disc may be in line for a Guinness Book of World Records entry. At the very least. it will establish whether your CD player can count. (La Scena Musicale critics details.W.S. Habington)
Mitwirkende: Sepp BAMMER, Michael BEDNARIK, Tibor CSIK, Simon ERTL, Michael GÖNITZER, Helmut HACKNER, Eva HAIDEN, Normen HANDROW, Claus HUBER, Gernot KAHOFER, Laszlo KOVACZ, Gerhard KREUZER, Claudia KRONES, Leonhard LEEB, Susanne LEITNER, Christian LÖW, Ulrich RAMHARTER, Johannes RIEDL, Paul RINTELEN, Eva-Maria SCHLANDER, Michael STEINLECHNER, Jürgen SURANYI, Simone THIEL, Christof ZELLHOFER; TROMBONE: Stefan SINGER, TIMPANI: Maria MELLER, Thomas SCHINDL
Credits: Otto Nopp (Engineer), Milos Betko (Producer), Keith Anderson (Liner Note Translation), Laco Krajcovic (Editing), Leonhard J. Leeb (Liner Notes, Artistic Director), The Art of Trumpet (Ensemble)