• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

(1685-1750)

1. Fugue, BWV 846 In C major

from The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I - 1:59

Arranged by David Gordon Shute



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

(1906-1975)

2. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 1 in C major

"Moderato" - 2:48

Arranged by Amos Miller



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

3. Fugue, BWV 541 'Great' in G major - 3:57

Arranged by James Maynard



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

4. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 3 in G major

"Allegro molto" - 2:08

Arranged by Andrew Sutton



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

5. Fugue, BWV 855 in E minor

from The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I - 1:40

Arranged by Amos Miller



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

6. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 4 in E minor - 5:01

Arranged by Niall Keatley



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

7. Fugue, BWV 850 in D major

Pomposo, all 'Overtura francese from The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I - 2:03

Arranged by Niall Keatley



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

8. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 5 in D major

"Allegretto" - 2:02

Arranged by Amos Miller



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

9. Fugue, BWV 869 in B minor

from The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I - 5:19

Arranged by Niall Keatley



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

10. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 6 in B minor

"Moderato" - 5:00

Arranged by Amos Miller



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

11. Fugue, BWV 863 in G sharp minor

"Andante cantabile"from The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I - 2:42

Arranged by Timothy Jackson



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

12. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 12 in G sharp minor

"Allegro" - 4:21

Arranged by Timothy Jackson



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

13.Fugue, BWV 891 in B flat minor

from The Well-tempered Clavier, Book II - 3:30

Arranged by David Gordon Shute



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

14. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 15 in D flat major

"Allegro molto" - 2:03

Arranged by Brian Thomson



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

15. Fugue, BWV 862 in A flat major

from The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I - 1:52

Arranged by David Gordon Shute



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

16. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 17 in A flat major - 3:49

Arranged by Brian Thomson



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

17. Fugue, BWV 542 'Great' in G minor - 5:25

Arranged by Simon Wright



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

18. Fugue, Op. 87 No. 22 in G minor

"Moderato" - 4:16

Arranged by Andrew Sutton



• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

19.Chromatic Fuge, BWV 903 in D minor - 5:29

Arranged by Amos Miller



• DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH

20.Fugue, Op. 87 No. 24 in D minor

"Moderato - Più mosso - Maestoso" - 6:27

Arranged by Brian Thomson




Total Time: 73:37

The highly acclaimed brass quintet Onyx Brass make its debut on Chandos with premier recordings of brass ensemble arrangements of fugues by Bach and Shostakovich. ‘Easily the classiest brass ensemble in Britain’, wrote BBC Music magazine recently.

Individually, the members hold permanent principal positions in major orchestras and have come together as Onyx Brass to fill a gap in the market for performances of serious yet approachable music for brass quintet.

Why Bach and Shostakovich? Well, although 200 years of history stand between the two they have much in common. Indeed, Shostakovich is reputed to have memorised Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier by the age of fifteen, and composed his own set of twenty-four preludes and fugues round the time of the Bach bicentenary in 1950.

Both sets have been transcribed for many different instruments over the years but they are particularly suited to the homogenous sound of a brass ensemble. Onyx Brass will perform this music at St Bride’s Church on Friday 6 June.

• Niall Keatley: Trumpet
• Brian Thomson: Trumpet
• Amos Miller: Trombone
• Andrew Sutton: French horn
• David Gordon Shute: Tuba
• Label: CHANSOS
• Catalogue Number: CHAN 10462