Stockholm Chamber Brass

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Stockholm Chamber Brass was founded in 1988 by five young Swedes, originally only to rehearse brass chamber music together. However, with funding from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, SCBrass decided to travel to Narbonne, France, for their first public engagement at the International Competition for Brass Quintets. The group went on to win 1st Prize and so began its nearly 30 year career as one of the leading Brass Ensembles in the world. Very early on in the development of the quintet, SCBrass made the active commitment to seek out commissions from new and established composers alike, in order to enlarge the amount of original repertoire for brass quintet. The first commission was made in 1990 and since then over 40 compositions have been written or the group, with more currently in development! Through the constant programming and recording of these works, many of the SCBrass commissions have gone on to become the most frequently performed original works for brass quintet around the world. Notable composers to write for the group include Anders Hillborg, Sven David Sandström, Karin Rehnquist, Christian Lindberg, Eino Tamberg and Piers Hellawell. To date, the ensemble has recorded 6 critically acclaimed CDs including the classics of the quintet genre, a CD of commissions and their most recent album THEN, a collection of songs and dances from the renaissance era in arrangements by SCBrass members and friends. The American Record Guide wrote of the album Clockwo

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Ewald: Brass Quintets Nos. 1-4

Then: Renaissance Airs & Dances

CLOCKWORKS

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Bach, J., Hindemith, Sandström: Music For Brass Ensemble

Foliations

Then - Renaissance airs and dances

Heavy Metal

Stockholm Chamber Brass: Now

Sounds of St. Petersburg

STRAVINSKY / PREVIN / BERNSTEIN: Music for Brass Ensemble

BACH, J. / HINDEMITH / SANDSTROM: Music for Brass Ensemble

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