If you read German Brass, you know what to expect: here every tonal coloration, volume and pitch, however finely graduated, is extracted from sheets of various sizes and shapes that can only be obtained somehow. Clearly: German Brass stands for highest brass quality made in Germany - a pioneer of the brass scene (Concerti Magazine). Her last album dealt with festive anticipation, happy customers and everything around Bach, Telemann and H?ndel. With Brass Hommage they turn thematically by 180 degrees. It becomes colourful, it becomes rhythmic, it becomes exotic. After the pompous introduction with Strauss So sprach Zarathustra goes south and west with sun hat and sunglasses: two CDs feature classics from Black Bottom Stomp, Quien Sera, As Time Goes By, Tico Tico or Oye Como va. The perfect program for hot days and mild nights. With their virtuosity, their brilliant musicality and their very own charm they have decisively influenced the brass culture. The large-volume and multi-coloured sound of an organ is their declared goal. He inspires arrangers and members of German Brass to the sound that has made this top ensemble unmistakable for decades. The ensemble has been writing German brass history for over 40 years. They were established in 1974, but have not aged a day since. This can be seen not least in the full concert calendar of the ensemble. The fact that the musicians are recruited from the best orchestras in Germany ensures the necessary quality, their decades of cooperation for the raised corners of the mouth and the open eyes of the audience. Those who know German Brass will be aware that they do not limit themselves to classic brass music along the lines of the trumpet fanfare. This is an ensemble which blends great virtuosity and sparkling musicality with more than a dash of wit and charm. Their concerts are pure entertainment, spanning the genres from pop through classics and jazz to film music. The success of this approach can be judged by the four decades of the ensemble’s history. The musicians – ten soloists and college professors – have always succeeded in creating a completely new sound of their own for each of their projects, reinventing and rediscovering it in every concert and on every recording. German Brass does more than produce a sound, it celebrates that sound and makes it an experience for each new audience.
