The title of Canadian Brass' album Brahms on Brass might strike fear in the hearts of purists, but it needn't. The keyboard works selected are stylistically appropriate for arrangement for brass ensemble, and actually fit smoothly into the standard types of music for brass ensemble. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw numerous popular dances for brass or wind ensemble, and the 16 Waltzes, Op. 39, are not stylistically that far removed from what one might have heard a brass band playing at the turn of the 20th century ...
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The title of Canadian Brass' album Brahms on Brass might strike fear in the hearts of purists, but it needn't. The keyboard works selected are stylistically appropriate for arrangement for brass ensemble, and actually fit smoothly into the standard types of music for brass ensemble. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw numerous popular dances for brass or wind ensemble, and the 16 Waltzes, Op. 39, are not stylistically that far removed from what one might have heard a brass band playing at the turn of the 20th century. What does set these pieces apart (far apart!) from the run-of-the-mill brass music of the time is their quality. The waltzes are beautifully crafted, elegant, witty, and for all their apparent simplicity and immediate appeal, musically sophisticated. No. 6, for instance, is so rhythmically clever that it seems to be in shifting complex meters instead of triple time, but it is indeed a 3/4 waltz. The album's other major offering, 11 Chorale Preludes for organ, Op. 122, also fits...
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