Holst: The Planets arranged for Brass & Organ by Enrico O. Dastous is an audiophile classic. This recording is not to be missed! Excellent Performance and Sonics!
The music is performed by organist Melanie Barney and the members of the Buzz Brass quintet. This album features an Analog Recording that was made from March 22-26, 2009, at the Saint-Viateur d’Outremont Church in Montreal, Canada. It was nominated for a Classical Album of the Year award at the 2010 ADISQ Gala.
Despite the strong influence of composers from continental Europe in Great Britain, Gustav Holst (1874-1934) developed an entirely original musical style, English if ever there was one, on the fringe of his period’s production. Modifying a work’s instrumentation is a bit like translating a text into another language. One must first understand the composer’s intention, and then find the appropriate vocabulary.
New Planets Discovered With Excellent Performance and Sonics - This recording on tape is not to be missed!
Gustav Holst's The Planets for Brass Quintet and Organ was expertly performed by Melanie Barney and the Buzz Ensemble. In spite of the strong influence of composers from continental Europe in Great Britain, Gustav Holst (1874-1934) developed an entirely original musical style, English if ever there was one, on the fringe of his period's production. By far the best known of all Gustav Holst’s compositions is The Planets, a sequence of seven movements, reflecting the composer’s interest in astrology and the generally attributed qualities of each.
NEW deluxe limited edition numbered box set: Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Planets - Arrangement for Brass and Organ. The recording was made using all-analogue, all-tube (Neumann) microphones, electronics, and a tape recorder, and encoded onto two SM468 RTM analogue tapes.
This recording is not to be missed! Excellent Performance and Sonics! Deluxe Two Tapes Release: A strikingly rich and dramatic new recording of this spectacular original orchestration for brass quintet and organ. The power, energy and depth of field on this recording were obtained placing 2 Neuman U67 microphones on Gemini lifts at a height of 75 ft and recorded on a ¼” AMPEX 354 vacuum tube tape recorder in NAB eq curve.
The music is performed by organist Melanie Barney and the members of the Buzz Brass quintet. This album features an Analog Recording that was made from March 22-26, 2009, at the Saint-Viateur d’Outremont Church in Montreal, Canada. It was nominated for a Classical Album of the Year award at the 2010 ADISQ Gala.
Despite the strong influence of composers from continental Europe in Great Britain, Gustav Holst (1874-1934) developed an entirely original musical style, English if ever there was one, on the fringe of his period’s production.
Modifying a work’s instrumentation is a bit like translating a text into another language. One must first understand the composer’s intention, then find the appropriate vocabulary. So, to create a version for brass quintet and organ of Gustav Holst’s suite for large orchestra The Planets, Enrico O. Dastous needed to engage in an exercise of analysis and reflection.
At the heart of Mr. Dastous’ approach is his respect for the content of the original score, for its mechanics and for its architectural outline. Generally speaking, the musical material of the orchestra’s brass section has been redistributed within the quintet while that of the string quartet and of the woodwinds has been attributed to the organ. By doing so, the arranger has restored the orchestral dialogue among the performers and has thus avoided creating a concerto for brass. Despite the reduction of the timbral palette, Mr. Dastous has reproduced the original contrast effects by resorting to all kinds of instrumental combinations, of which those offered by the organ stops. Among the brass, the use of mutes has partly allowed them to substitute for the woodwinds, notably in Mercury. In regard to the particularity of the orchestral writing and to the use of two women’s choirs in the suite’s last movement, Neptune, the arranger had to take more melodic liberties to recreate the original mood.
Central to Buzz musicians and organist Mélanie Barney’s interpretation of The Planets is their own respect for Mr. Dastous vision of the work. Buzz, mainly known for the quality of its multidisciplinary performances and pedagogical productions, confirms with this third recording. the first to devote itself to a repertory work, the seriousness and the rigor of its approach as well as its intrinsic musical qualities and its artistic sensitivity.
The organ in Montreal’s Saint-Viateur d’Outremont church played by Melanie Barney was made and installed by Canadian builder Casavant in 1913. It comprises thirty-seven stops, three keyboards and a pedal-thirty-seven stops, three keyboards and a pedalboard. It was reconditioned a first time in 1976 and was then fundamentally restored in 1991 as it was fitted with four new stops while some ten original stops underwent modifications.
Musicians:
- Melanie Barney – Organ
- Frédéric Gagnon – Trumpet (principal) & Piccolo Trumpet
- Sylvain Lapointe – Trumpet & Flugelhorn
- Marc-Antoine Corbeil – Horn
- Jason De Carufel – Trombone & Euphonium
- Sylvain Arseneau – Bass Trombone
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This analog recording was made with a ¼” Ampex 354 Analog Tube Tape Recorder in the NAB eq curve mode. Two Neumann U-67 Tube Microphones were utilized in ORTF microphone technique and two omnidirectional B&K 4003-130V microphones were used in A-B microphone technique. To obtain the maximum power of the organ from a natural, proper distance two microphone stands were placed on Gimini lifts at a height of 75 feet. To properly capture the energy and the depth of field that you’re hearing, a custom tube microphone preamplifier was used.
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