Track Listing

1. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Zarathustra Fanfare
2. Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major, RV 537: l. Allegro
3. Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major, RV 537: ll. Largo
4. Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major, RV 537: lll. Allegro
5. Canzon No. 1, for 5 parts
6. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ('Alla Turca') K. 331 (K. 300i): Turkish Rondo (Rondo alla Turca)
7. Fugue for organ in G minor ('Little'), BWV 578 (BC J66)
8. Beale Street Blues, song
9. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Largo al factotum
10. Serenade No. 10 for winds in B flat major ('Gran Partita'), K. 361 (K. 370a): Theme, Interludes and Re-variations
11. The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
12. Virgen de la Macarena
13. Kanonen Song (Cannon Song, Army Song), for voice & piano (from 'Die Dreigroschenoper')
14. Amazing Grace
15. Tuba Tiger Rag
16. Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37)
17. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 2 in C minor (WTC I/2), BWV 847 (BC L81): Prelude No.2: Be-hop Bach
18. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 8 in E flat minor (WTC I/8), BWV 853 (BC L87): Prelude No.8: Blue Bach
19. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 2 in C minor (WTC I/2), BWV 847 (BC L81): Prelude No.2: Dixie Bach
20. Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement
21. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: The Saints' Hallelujah

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29019 in Music
• Brand: Philips
• Released on: 1992-08-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Best "Best of" the Canadian Brass
If you buy one Canadian Brass CD, buy this one. It contains the widest variety of musical eras and styles. Our favorite CB song, Beale Street Blues is hard to find, but on this CD. There are serious, classical selections and fun songs such as the "Tuba Tiger Rag" and "Flight of the Tuba Bee". This is Brass Quintet music at its best!

Essential CD
If you like the sound of brass and if your tastes run the gamut from Gabrieli to Handy, with stops hither and yon, this CD is essential to your collection. In it, the Canadian Brass demonstrate their amazing ability to play the early Baroque masters right along side the early jazz masters -- and make it seem perfectly natural! In the process, a bit of Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart and Lord knows what gets thrown in for good measure. Plus, they play a rousing rendition of Bach's "Little Fugue in G Minor." If the music on this CD doesn't get you going, you need to immediately go to the ER at the nearest hospital!

wow
This CD is amazing. It's a shame more people don't know about this incredible group. I'm a brass player and I just learned of these guys a few months ago. If you like classical music or brass music, this is a must own!