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Is the Frackenpohl arrangement for BQ the only complete version?

I'm pretty sure that Ralph Sauer also did an arrangement. We had it in the library when I was in college... the arrangements were quite good.

Also, Kyle Krejci recently worked the entire set for tuba quartet. We have only read a couple, but Kyle does good work!

Hope this helps!
Best,
DZ

I'll second the Ralph Sauer recommendation. It's much better than the Frackenpohl, but at four times the price.

It can be found here.

http://www.wimbtri.com/brass.html#Quart ... rangements

I don't know if its the Ralph Sauer arrangement, but the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass made a recording of it that is absolutely spectacular. Available on Four Winds Records, I believe.

According to WIM/Trigram the recording was made of the Sauer set. Both are available on my BVD Press site. I can't say I have played through either set, but if price is not an issue the Sauer is $295.00.

I have tried to work with the publisher on lowering the price, but they will not even consider lowering it. I am sure it would sell many more copies if it were set at a reasonable rate.

I would have to second an earlier comment about the Pittsburgh Brass (quintet plus bass trombone), it is really something

Even though the picture on the front has Sumner with his bare brass HB6, I asked him what horn he used, only because there was a ton of edge in his low register . He mentioned that he used his 186 CC, the same one that he recorded his '24 Vasiliev Etudes' on. He also said he used a 1970's helleburg mouthpiece on the 186.

He mentioned the arrangements were 'in house' and weren't available...

I personally like their arrangements, because having the bass bone cover some of the mid-range tuba stuff, so in some parts the bass bone took over the tuba line, but in some of the 'impact moments' the tuba doubled it an octave down.

I really like the traditional BQ, but sometimes adding another voice really opens up some options (Bach, Gabrielli, etc)...