RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES:
MUSIC BY VICTOR EWALD & OSKAR BÖHME

Release date: 27th of October, 2017 on Resonus Classics.

The Prince Regent's Band (Richard Fomison, Richard Thomas, Fraser Tannock, Anneke Scott, Phil Dale, Emily White, Jeff Miller)

Russian Revolutionaries: Ewald & Böhme marks both the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the launch of period instrument ensemble The Prince Regent’s Band’s (PRB) survey of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Russian brass chamber music.

PRB perform two of the revolutionary Victor Ewald Quintets in their original instrumentation along with works by the versatile composer and cornettist Oskar Böhme, a German émigré to Russia who was caught up in the turmoil of the fall out of the revolution and executed by the Soviet regime.

RICHARD FOMISON: soprano cornet-à-piston in E-flat, cornet-à-piston in B-flat & rotary valve trumpet in B-flat.
RICHARD THOMAS: cornet-à-piston in B-flat & rotary valve trumpet in B-flat. 
FRASER TANNOCK: cornet-à-piston in B-flat & rotary valve trumpet in B-flat.
ANNEKE SCOTT: rotary valve althorn in E-flat & rotary horn in E-flat
PHIL DALE: rotary valve tenorhorn in B-flat, baritone in B-flat, rotary valve tenor trombone & slide trombone.
EMILY WHITE: tenor slide trombone.
JEFF MILLER: bass slide trombone in B-flat/F & rotary valve bass tuba in F

TRACK LISTING:

• Oskar Böhme (1870–1938): Trompeten Sextett, es-Moll, Op. 30 for cornet in B-flat, two trumpets in B-flat, althorn in E-flat, tenorhorn in B-flat and tuba.
• Oskar Böhme: Rokoko Suite, Op. 46 for two cornets in B-flat, althorn in E-flat and baritone in B-flat.
• Oskar Böhme: Nachtmusik, Op. 44 for two cornets and three trombones.
• Victor Ewald (1860–1935) Quintet, es-Dur, Op. 6 for two cornets in B-flat, althorn in E-flat, tenorhorn in B-flat and tuba.
• Oskar Böhme: Zwei Dreistimmige Fugen, Op. 28 for cornet in B-flat, althorn in E-flat and trombone.
• Oskar Böhme: Fantasie über russische Volksklänge, Op. 45, No. 1.
• Oskar Böhme: Zwei Dreistimmige Fugen, Op. 28 for trumpet B-flat, horn in E-flat and tenor trombone.
• Victor Ewald: Quintet, b-Moll, Op. 5 for two cornets in B-flat, althorn in E-flat, tenorhorn in B-flat and tuba.