Met Opera Brass CD

[Frank Byrne]

Forgive me if this has already been posted -- I searched and did not find it.

ANYWAY - I was at The Met on Saturday night and picked up a copy of their CD of the Metropolitan Opera Brass section playing transcriptions of great operatic literature. This is one amazing CD and I highly recommend it. Chris Hall sounds like a million bucks, as do all his colleagues in the brass section. Most of the tracks are conducted by Mark Gould, former co-principal trumpet at The Met. There are selections by Weber, Richard Strauss, Mascagni, Wagner, and more.

You can order the CD directly from the Met online via their gift shop or you can get it here http://www.poperepair.com/store/index.p ... 21fcff2511 and see a complete listing of the selections.

This is the highest level of musicianship and artistry. Don't miss it!

Frank

[ken k]

Can you tell us who is playing on it?
k

[Frank Byrne]

The personnel are slightly different for each selection but here's a rough list:

HORN
Javier Gandara, Michelle Baker, Barbara Jostlein, Julie Landsman, Joseph Anderer, E. Scott Brubaker, Brad Gemeinhardt, Anne Marie Scharer

TRUMPET
David Krauss, Peter Bond, James Ross, John Sheppard, Raymond Riccomini

TROMBONE
Demian Austin, Tom Hutchinson, Weston Sprott, Denson Pollard, Steve Norrell, Jeff Caswell

TUBA
Chris Hall

TIMPANI
Duncan Patton

[ken k]

Great thanks looks like I have an addition to my xmas list!
k

[Bove]

Audio Samples are available on CDBaby and iTunes, if you would like to take a listen. There is some very nice tuba playing on this disc.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/metrooperabrass
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/metrop ... d336836920