Review of Royal Brass by The Empire Brass Quintet

Artists:  Empire Brass Quintet.
Album:  Royal Brass - Music from the Renaissance and Baroque.
Recording House:  Telarc.
Recording Date:  1990.

Mouret (1682-1738) - Rondeau
Holborne (d. 1602) - Five Pieces
                                - Elizabethan Dance Suite
Palestrina (1525-1594) - Riceracr del primo tuono
Scheidt (1586-1654) - Canzona bergamasca
Anonymous - Two 15th Century Fanfares
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - March from Cantata 207a
                                      - Trio Sonata in G major
                                      - Fugue from Trio Sonata in C major
Albinoni (1671-1751) - Suite in G major
Handel (1685-1759) - Aria
Froberger (1616-1667) - Toccata
Pezel (1639 - 1694) - Sarabande
D. Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Sonata No. 49

Overview:  This is a glorious CD of Baroque and Renaissance brass by the Dallas based Empire Brass Quintet.  They are as good as the Canadian Brass CD I own.  It's a good sampling of the Renaissance and Baroque composers.  Highly recommended.
  

Sarah Chang/Vivaldi/The Four Seasons

Artist:  Sarah Chang.
Album:  The Four Seasons.
Recording Studio:  EMI Classics.
Recording Date:  2007.

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Concerto No. 1 in E
Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Concerto No. 3 in F
Concerto No. 4 in F minor
Concerto in G minor

Sarah Chang recorded Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in 2007.  The production is a bright, crisp recording.  Though The Four Seasons have been recording many times by different artists, I enjoyed Ms. Chang's rendition of it.  I got a chance to see her live once.  And I've followed her career since.

Recommended.