The Essential Canadian Brass

Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Giovanni Gabrieli (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), W.C. Handy (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Composer), Traditional (Composer), Kurt Weill (Composer), John Newton (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Canadian Brass (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Canadian Brass
• Composer: Richard [1] Strauss, Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, et al.
• Audio CD (August 11, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00000413N
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,628 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Keyboard > Organ
  • #6 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Renaissance (c.1450-1600) > Composers
  • #11 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Hymns

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best "Best of" the Canadian Brass, October 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential Canadian Brass (Audio CD)

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!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential CD, December 11, 2000

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"steggy" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Canadian Brass (Audio 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!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow, July 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential Canadian Brass (Audio CD)

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!