This is a mega-bundle of the two books of essential brass quintet repertoire; it comprises both volumes making a total of 52 pieces in total and over 720 pages of music. When you consider that this also includes the following, which are classed as '1 piece each': 15 Christmas Carols, a complete Brandenburg Concerto, a complete string quartet, a complete piano suite and 12 Variations on 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', the value for money is excellent. The arrangements are well-written and impressive to listen to.
Difficulty levels range from intermediate to advanced, and provide something for everyone to enjoy. A score and full sets of parts are provided for each piece, and the repertoire covers Christmas music, wedding music (and Jewish wedding music), slow melodies, traditional Welsh melodies, baroque classics, famous symphonic melodies, piano works and other popular pieces. This is the full list:
Volume 1:
1. Wedding March (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) (Mendelssohn)
2. Wedding March (Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin) (Richard Wagner)
3. 9 Popular Hymn Tunes
4. Amazing Grace (Newton)
5. Triumphal March (Karg-Elert)
6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach)
7. Prelude in C (Bach)
8. Canon (Pachelbel)
9. Let The Bright Seraphim from ‘Samson’ (Handel)
10. Fanfare from ‘Water Music’ (Handel)
11. La Réjouissance from ’Music for the Royal Fireworks’ (Handel)
12. Rondo from ‘Abdelazer’ (Purcell)
13. Largo from ‘Xerxes’ (Handel)
14. Ar Lan y Môr (Welsh trad.)
15. David of the White Rock (Welsh trad.)
16. Myfanwy (Welsh trad.)
17. Suo Gan (Welsh trad.)
18. Piano Sonata No.8 Op.13 ‘Pathétique’ - 2nd mvt. (Beethoven)
19. 12 Variations on ’Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ (Mozart)
20. Borghild’s Dream from ‘Sigurd Jorsalfar’ (Grieg)
21. Pizzicati from ‘Sylvia’ (Delibes)
22. Prelude in C minor (Chopin)
23. Concerto for Mandolin and Strings - 1st mvt. (Ugolino)
24. Gymnopédie No.1 (Satie)
25. Gnossienne No.1 (Satie)
26. American Patrol (Meacham)
27. Happy Birthday
28. 15 Christmas Carols
29. Deck The Halls With Catchy Rhythms! (Welsh trad.)
30. Ding Dong Bing Bong! (French trad.)
31. Jingle Those Bells! (Pierpoint)
32. O Christmas Tree
33. Silent Night (Gruber)
34. Joy To The World (Mason)
Volume 2:
1. Nessun Dorma (Puccini)
2. The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba (Handel)
3. Prelude from ‘Te Deum’ (Charpentier)
4. Six Christmas Pieces, Op.72 (Mendelssohn)
5. String Quartet in F – Mvt.1 (Ravel)
6. Three Preludes (Gershwin)
7. Golliwogg’s Cakewalk (Debussy)
8. Siman Tov Mazel Tov (Jewish trad.)
9. Chosen Kale Mazel Tov (Jewish trad.)
10. Hatikvah (S. Cohen)
11. Yedid Nefesh (Jewish trad.)
12. Lecha Dodi (Jewish trad.)
13. Oif'n Pripetshok (Warshawski)
You can see a sample score here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSfBnHM1jpg |