Bach for Brass - Läubin Brass Ensemble

"Bach never heard his music played in this way but it is hard to imagine that he would have found the experience unacceptable. The original works from which this programme is drawn are all instrumental and, since the essence of the music is in the lines and their interplay, there is no obvious reason why they should not be entrusted to the matched sounds of a brass ensemble. Indeed, as the annotator points out, no particular instrument(s) is/are specified in the case of Die Kunst der Fuge, so these items cannot even be termed arrangements; the rest are taken from the organ works. The Laubin Brass Ensemble, impeccably accurate in all respects, makes a majestic (if minimally varying) sound, a finely balanced fabric in which each individual thread is easily traceable if one so chooses…This is a very acceptable and revealing way of listening to this music and even if you are not a brass enthusiast you may care to add BWV541, 598 and 631 to your Bach stock, for there is no other present recording of them on CD—and this one is lifelike in the extreme."

Track list:

1. Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1723; ?Weimar, Germany

2. Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739; Leipzig, Germany

3. Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739; Leipzig, Germany

4. Orgelbüchlein: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1713-1717; Weimar, Germany

5. Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708-1717; ?Weimar, Germany

6. Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552 "St Anne" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1739; Leipzig, Germany

7. Canzona in d, BWV 588 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715; Weimar, Germany

8. Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus no 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1745-1750; Leipzig, Germany

9. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538 "Dorian" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Walter Hilgers (Tuba), Erhard Wetz (Trombone), Volker Schmitz (French Horn),
Bernhard Läubin (Trumpet), Hannes Läubin (Trumpet)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708-1717; Weimar, Germany

10. Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus no 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1745-1750; Leipzig, Germany

11. Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus no 4 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1745-1750; Leipzig, Germany

12. Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus no 7 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1745-1750; Leipzig, Germany

13. Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus no 11 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Laubin Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1745-1750; Leipzig, Germany