American Visions

The new recording features significant, twenty-first-century quintets by Samuel Adler, Robert Beaser, and Melinda Wagner along with Andrew Thomas’ Consonanze Stravaganti (1982), William Schuman’s American Hymn (in a new ten-part version by ABQ trumpeter Kevin Cobb).

Track List

1. Melinda Wagner: Brass Quintet
   • I. Maestoso
   • II. Ethereal, disembodied
   • III. Alternately stately and lilting, frantic
2. Thomas: Consonanze Stravaganti
3. Beaser: Brass Quintet
   • Little Requiem with Fanfares
   • Fanfare with Alleluias
4. Adler: Be Not Afraid: the isle is full of noises
5. Tower: Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
6. William Schuman: American Hymn

Recording Members

Trumpets: Raymond Mase & Kevin Cobb
Horn: David Wakefield
Trombone: Michael Powell
Bass Trombone: John D Rojak