Modern Times with London Brass [Import]

Benjamin Britten (Composer), Gordon Crosse (Composer), Witold Lutoslawski (Composer), Poul Ruders (Composer), Carl Ruggles (Composer), Toru Takemitsu (Composer), Michael Tippett (Composer), Iannis Xenakis (Composer), David Purser (Conductor), London Brass (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: London Brass
• Conductor: David Purser
• Composer: Benjamin Britten, Gordon Crosse, Witold Lutoslawski, Poul Ruders, Carl Ruggles, et al.
• Audio CD (May 7, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Teldec
• ASIN: B000009INV
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,166 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Praeludium, for brass, bells & percussion

2. Garden Rain, for 10 brass instruments

3. Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & piano

4. Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury, for trumpets in multiples of 3

5. Peace for brass, Op 53

6. Break Dance for brass & piano

7. Angels, for 4 trumpets & 3 trombones

8. Variations on a theme of Paganini, for piano & orchestra

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice brass selection except for "Eonta", February 15, 2002

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This review is from: Modern Times with London Brass (Audio CD)

Overall, a diverse and well-performed selection. I recommend almost all the pieces, and am particularly fond of the Ruggles. But if you're a hard-core modern music enthusiast, don't get this disc for the Xenakis - the performance of Eonta is strangely flabby and punchless, kind of a "Xenakis Lite" (I've heard an excellent live performance, which was nothing like this recording). If not for the substandard Eonta, I'd have given the disc four stars.