Gaudete Brass - sevenfive: The John Corigliano Effect

Gaudete Brass, a quintet devoted to presenting serious brass chamber music and commissioning new work, brings a fresh perspective to the music of John Corigliano with an inventive album of brass works by the prolific American composer and his prot�g�s. �The excellent Gaudete Brass� (Gramophone) honors Corigliano, winner of Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Pulitzer Prize, with world-premiere recordings of his groundbreaking Fanfares to Music for on- and off-stage brass choirs, his stately Antiphon for double brass quintet, and a new arrangement of the Rossini-esque Overture from his popular Gazebo Dances. Gaudete commissioned the title track, Steven Bryant�s sevenfive, in honor of Corigliano�s 75th birthday, and the numbers seven and five figure prominently in its musical architecture. David Sampson�s boisterous Entrance opens the program, while his surprisingly restrained Still is luxuriously lyrical. Jonathan Newman�s Prayers of Steel evokes the Midwest landscapes in Carl Sandburg�s poetry. Jeremy Howard Beck�s ROAR exploits the brasses� ability to do just that. Conrad Winslow�s The Record of a Lost Tribe summons an imaginary, bygone civilization. All except Entrance receive their world-premiere recordings on the album.