ESCENAS CONTEMPORÁNEAS
"As a composer I can not ask for more and I'm thrilled with the result" (Gustavo Díaz-Jerez)
"It's an absolutely amazing performance. So accurate but so completely understanding what the work is about. I really never expected to hear the piece played, let alone so superbly." (Derek Bourgeois)
Escenas Contemporáneas is the
most ambitious project that Proemium Metals has undertaken. From a
conceptual point of view, the goal of this recording is to present
different perspectives of contemporary music, where the brass quintet
conveys different contemporary musical expression styles, showing the
richness of colors, technical resources and nuances that a chamber music
group of this nature can achieve. With this aim, the hallmark of
Proemium Metals is embodied: the firm commitment to the innovation and
the enrichment of the brass quintet repertoire in language, color,
topics and forms. Being interdisciplinary and working closely with
composers. Nevertheless, the linking idea between these contemporary
scenes lies in that all the pieces collected here are neither
participants nor heirs of the avant-garde or the neo avant-garde
movements. Accordingly, all of them have in common the rejection of a
merely experimental language and instead move towards being lawbreaking,
anti-academic and disruptive in spirit. Whilst maintaining, beauty,
emotion and the connection with the psychology of the listener that the
tradition historically has created.
This
recording is divided into two parts of approximately half an hour each:
the first one is three works for solo brass quintet and orchestra. The
second one is two pieces for Brass Quintet alone. The relevance of
Escenas Contemporáneas lies in several points. Firstly, all the works
presented here have been premiered by Proemium Metals and, crucially,
four of them have been especially composed for this project. Secondly is
the historical contribution made by means of this project to the
repertoire of the brass quintet repertoire. On the one hand, due to the
shortage of works for soloist brass quintet and orchestra in the
repertoire, the three pieces offered here involve a prominent input. On
the other hand, because of their originality, their highest
compositional quality and the very high technical difficulty posed for
their performance, the pieces for solo brass quintet presented here
entail the incorporation of two outstanding works to the general
repertoire of this kind of music chamber group. Among others, these are
the reasons that make Escenas Contemporáneas to be a noteable recording
within the discography for brass quintet.
Petite Suite for Brass Quintet and String Orchestra (2015), José González Granero (1985)
- Overture 1:49
- Valse 4:21
- March 2:57
- Interlude 4:07
- Finale 2:48
7. Escenas de "Campana y Piedra" para quinteto de metales solista y orquesta (2015), Nemesio García Carril (1943) 7:38
8. Anemoi, for Brass Quintet (2014), Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (1970). 12:31
9. Allegro enérgico 4:35
10. Adagio 6:17
11. Allegro vivace
5:39