Gabrieli / National Brass Ensemble / Bilger - National Brass Ensemble - Music & Performance - SACD

The National Brass Ensemble is comprised of the finest brass players in major orchestras across the United States. There are twenty-six members most of whom currently hold principal positions in the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  Repertoire includes excerpts from Giovanni Gabrieli's innovative Sacrae symphoniae (1597), arranged for this ensemble by San Francisco Symphony trombonist Tim Higgins, and the debut of Music for Brass, a new work by celebrated film composer John Williams. Generously supported by Oberlin alumnus Dr. Joseph Markoff and his wife Phyllis, the recording has been inspired by an historic, Grammy Award-winning recording, The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli, featuring the legendary brass ensembles of the Chicago Symphony and the Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras. It has been long admired as the definitive modern performance of Giovanni Gabrieli's works. National Brass Ensemble: Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone, New York Philharmonic David Bilger, Principal Trumpet, The Philadelphia Orchestra Jeffrey Curnow, Associate Principal Trumpet, The Philadelphia Orchestra Marc Damoulakis, Principal Percussion, The Cleveland Orchestra Nitzan Haroz, Principal Trombone, The Philadelphia Orchestra Randall Hawes, Bass Trombone, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Tim Higgins, Principal Trombone, San Francisco Symphony Thomas Hooten, Principal Trumpet, Los Angeles Philharmonic Mark J. Inouye, Principal Trumpet, San Francisco Symphony Richard King, Principal Horn, The Cleveland Orchestra Massimo La Rosa, Principal Trombone, The Cleveland Orchestra Adam Luftman, Principal Trumpet, San Francisco Opera and Ballet orchestras James Markey, Bass Trombone, Boston Symphony Orchestra Chris Martin, Principal Trumpet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Michael Martin, Trumpet, Boston Symphony Orchestra Jennifer Montone, Principal Horn, The Philadelphia Orchestra Michael Mulcahy, Trombone, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Gene Pokorny, Principal Tuba; Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thomas Rolfs, Principal Trumpet, Boston Symphony Orchestra Mike W. Roylance, Principal Tuba, Boston Symphony Orchestra Michael Sachs, Principal Trumpet, The Cleveland Orchestra James Sommerville, Principal Horn, Boston Symphony Orchestra Yasuhito Sugiyama, Principal Tuba, The Cleveland Orchestra Robert Ward, Principal Horn, San Francisco Symphony Gail Williams, former Associate Principal Horn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Paul Yancich, Principal Timpani, The Cleveland Orchestra