Swedish Brass Quartet

The music on this CD consists of older concert repertoire and light music, a repertoire traditionally associated with this form of ensemble which the quartet has also developed with the help of contemporary arrangements.

The main reason for the formation of the quartet was the discovery in the city of Gothenburg, of an old collection of hand-written part-books for brass quartet from the end of the 19th century. Five of Sweden’s foremost wind players, Mark Schrello, cornet, Christer Torgé, tenor bassoon, Aldo Johansson, tuba and Gunnar Wennberg and Hans Larsson, alto horn, present an interpretation of a high artistic standard, making this recording far more than documentary.

Among the pieces on this CD we hear Bridal March from Gotland, the Song to the Evening Star from Tannhäuser, the Canzona from Rigoletto and a potpourri of Bellman tunes.