Victorian Christmas for Brass

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Release Date: 29th Oct 2007
Catalogue No: C689061A
Label: Orfeo
Length: 64 minutes

Sullivan, A: Bells of St Andrew's Church, Christmas Bells at Sea (Opening)

Work length3:19

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Sullivan, A: Hearken unto Me, My People

Work length5:47

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's city

Work length2:48

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Sandys: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Work length1:51

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Mendelssohn: Hark the Herald Sing

Work length2:33

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Excerpt, Handel: Messiah

Work length8:17

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Sinfonia (Arr. for Brass Quintet)

Track length3:43

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And He Shall Feed His Flock

Track length4:34

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Excerpt, Handel: Acis and Galatea

Work length4:32

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

O Ruddier Than the Cherry

Track length4:32

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Redner: O little town of Bethlehem (St Louis)

Work length2:25

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful

Work length2:22

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Leontovich: Carol of the Bells

Work length1:31

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Purcell: Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193 "An Evening Hymn On a Ground"

Work length3:46

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Adam: O Holy Night

Work length3:45

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Passion des Cuivres

Sullivan, A: It came upon the midnight clear

Work length3:30

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Mason, L: Joy to the World

Work length1:24

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Constanze Backes
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anon.: Coventry Carol

Work length2:43

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Holst: In the Bleak Mid-winter (Cranham)

Work length3:04

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

anon.: Veni, veni, Emanuel

Work length1:46

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Cornelius: The Three Kings

Work length3:35

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Sullivan, A: Care is All Fiddle-De-Dee

Work length1:45

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

Sullivan, A: Bells of St Andrew's Church, Christmas Bells at Sea (Closing)

Work length3:39

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Constanze Backes
Passion des Cuivres

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The wind quintet Passion de Cuivres was formed in 2003 and has already been praised by Nikolaus Harnoncourt for its authentic use of period instruments in reviving this 200-year-old tradition of performing chamber music written for brass ensembles. In general, the music-making of Passion des Cuivres is marked by lighter timbres than those produced by modern instruments.The sound spectrum of the present CD is further extended by the soprano Constanze Backes and by the bells of St Andrew's Church, Sonning near Reading, which have been cast over a period of three centuries, their sounds guaranteeing an atmospheric beginning and end to this musical journey.

In addition to traditional carols by William Sandys (1792-1874), Lewis Henry Redner (1830-1908) and Lowell Mason (1792-1872), justice is done to the high standards of amateur groups in the 19th century by including arrangements of Baroque and Romantic choral numbers by composers as diverse as Purcell, Handel and Mendelssohn. In addition to cornets, horns and trombones, the listener will even hear an ophicleide, a kind of bass horn that was a forerunner of the euphonium.

These spirited and frequently refreshingly witty arrangements of popular and - at least outside the UK - less well-known pieces of music are designed, therefore, to warm the cockles of hearts depressed by the thought of Christmas.

Victorian Christmas for Brass

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