State of the Art: The ABQ at 50 – American Brass Quintet

Catalog number: 553

Tracks:

	1-01 Copperware comp: Joan Tower
	1-02 Il Ritorno - Mvt. I. Prelude and Marches comp: Robert Dennis
	1-03 Il Ritorno - Mvt. II. Song and Lullaby
	1-04 Il Ritorno - Mvt. III. Processions at Tivoli
	1-05 The Three Tenses - Mvt. 1. I comp: Huang Ruo
	1-06 The Three Tenses - Mvt. 2. II
	1-07 The Three Tenses - Mvt. 3. III
	1-08 Reflecting Light comp: Adam Schoenberg
	1-09 GLAST Prelude comp: Nolan Gasser
	1-10 Cornopean Airs comp: Paul Moravec
	2-01 Two Elements - I. Water comp: Billy Childs
	2-02 Two Elements - II. Fire
	2-03 Brass Quintet - Mvt. 1. I comp: Gordon Beeferman
	2-04 Brass Quintet - Mvt. 2. II
	2-05 Brass Quintet - Mvt. 3. III
	2-06 A Sense of Space comp: Robert Maggio
	2-07 Blue and Gold Music comp: Justin Dello Joio
	2-08 Chants and Flourishes - I. Chants comp: David Sampson
	2-09 Chants and Flourishes - II. Flourishes

A Special Two-CD Set Produced by Judith Sherman in her Grammy winning year of Classical Producer of the Year!

In celebration of their 50th anniversary, the ABQ releases a milestone recording The State of the Art: The ABQ at 50. The eleven works that make up this recording…all written for the ABQ since the year 2000…epitomize the work of this legendary ensemble in promoting serious brass chamber music for a half century

The American Brass Quintet is:
Raymond Mase, trumpet
Kevin Cobb, trumpet
David Wakefield, horn
Michael Powell, trombone
John D. Rojak, bass trombone

Here is the GLAST prelude set to video and performed by the American Brass Quintet.