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Onyx Brass come alive as responsive individuals most readily in the Shostakovich, The G major Fugue is supremely virtuoso, the E minor resplendent and dramatic, the D major questing and deft. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 More…

Release Date: 2nd Jun 2008
Catalogue No: CHAN10462
Label: Chandos
Length: 73 minutes

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16th June 2008

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Work length2:03

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hallows Gospel Oak, London

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length2:03

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length2:53

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 1 in C major (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length2:53

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Bach, J S: Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541: Fugue (arr. J. Maynard)

Work length4:00

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541: Fugue (arr. for brass quintet)

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length2:13

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 3 in G major (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length2:13

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Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846 - 869: Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855 (arr. A. Miller)

Work length1:43

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855 (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length1:43

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length5:06

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 4 in E minor (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length5:06

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Work length2:08

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 850 (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length2:08

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length2:09

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 5 in D major (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length2:09

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Work length5:23

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869 (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length5:23

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length5:05

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 6 in B minor (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length5:05

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Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846 - 869: Fugue No. 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 863 (arr. T. Jackson)

Work length2:46

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 863 (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length2:46

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length4:28

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 12 in G sharp minor (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length4:28

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Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870 - 893: Fugue No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV 891 (arr. D.G. Shute)

Work length3:34

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV 891 (arr. for brass quintet

Track length3:34

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length2:09

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 15 in D flat major (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length2:09

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Work length1:56

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 17 in A flat major, BWV 862 (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length1:56

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length3:54

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 17 in A flat major (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length3:54

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Bach, J S: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542: Fugue (arr. S. Wright)

Work length5:31

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542: Fugue (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length5:31

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length4:21

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 22 in G minor (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length4:21

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Bach, J S: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Work length5:35

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903: Fugue (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length5:35

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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Work length6:29

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Onyx Brass
Recorded: 11-13, 15 June 2007
Recording Venue: All Hollows Gospel Oak, London

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 24 in D minor (arr. for brass quintet)

Track length6:29

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Presto Music Classical Podcast, Episode 43: Sound the trombone! Onyx Brass at 30 with Amos Miller

28th October 2023

As "the classiest brass ensemble in Britain" turns 30, Onyx Brass's trombonist Amos Miller looks back over three decades of brass quintet music-making, with an eye on exploring contemporary repertoire. We discuss the group's latest album, 'The sun is free to flow with the sea', and some of the works featured on it, as well as touching on questions of diversity in classical music.

Recording of the Week, Bach Fugues from Onyx and the Emersons

16th June 2008

A British brass quintet and American string quartet (who recently recorded an impressive account of The Art of Fugue) tackle fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier.

The highly acclaimed brass quintet Onyx Brass makes its Chandos debut with the premiere recording of a collection of fugues by Bach and Shostakovich, arranged for brass ensemble. ‘Easily the classiest brass ensemble in Britain’, wrote BBC Music magazine recently. Individually, the members hold permanent, principal positions in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of English National Opera, English Chamber Orchestra and Royal Ballet Sinfonia. The members came together to fill a gap in the market for serious yet approachable music for brass quintet.

200 years of history stand between the two composers, yet these fugues are very closely linked. The fugues of J.S. Bach have come to be regarded as the supreme examples of the form, inspiring composers right up to the present day. Shostakovich is reputed to have memorised the whole of the Well-tempered Clavier by the time he was fifteen, and his 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 were written following his visit to Leipzig for the bi-centenary celebrations of Bach’s death. His cycle for piano, following the aim of Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier for organ, was written to explore each major and minor key of the chromatic scale. The fugues of both composers have been transcribed for many instrumental combinations, but they are particularly suited to the homogeneous sound of a brass ensemble.

The selection on this recording pairs the composers by key, each pair of fugues showing, even more than usual, the incredible gifts of the composers, as five distinct instrumental timbres beautifully highlight the counterpoint.

Reviews

September 2008

Onyx Brass come alive as responsive individuals most readily in the Shostakovich, The G major Fugue is supremely virtuoso, the E minor resplendent and dramatic, the D major questing and deft.

21st June 2008

Four musicians playing what was conceived for one lessens the impact of the whole but enhances the horizontal line of each of the parts. The brevity of some of the pieces and the brassy timbre makes them sound fanfaronic.
This is more true of the Bach than the Shostakovich, whose sometimes tortured harmony sounds thoughtful and well-suited to these arrangements. Two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba are used. Their tone is clean and the phrasing well shaped, with intelligent application of slurs.

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Presto Music Classical Podcast, Episode 43: Sound the trombone! Onyx Brass at 30 with Amos Miller

Recording of the Week, Bach Fugues from Onyx and the Emersons

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