Various Composers - Metall (Tetra Brass)

Information

• Leoš Janáček - Auf verwachsenem Pfade, ILJ 17 (arr. Christian Traute)
• Claude Debussy - Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans, CD 99 (arr. Christian Traute)
• Anton Simon - 22 Petits Morceaux D'ensemble, Op. 26

Tetra Brass

    Luca Chiché, cornet & trumpet

    Aljoscha Zierow, flugel & trumpet

    Christian Traute, trombone

    Jakob Grimm, bass trombone

Date: 2025

Label: simoc records

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After three EPs, the Munich brass quartet Tetra Brass is finally releasing its debut album! In 21 miniatures, the four musicians explore the sound of the material they work with every day: Metal. A wealth of sounds is revealed in the small works by Leoš Janáček, Claude Debussy and Anton Simon. "We want to present all the characteristics of our brass instruments on our debut album. The wide range of what we can play with them is often incredibly underestimated," says Christian Traute, who also writes the arrangements for the quartet.

On METALL, Tetra Brass takes on works from 25 years around 1900. "On our album, we looked for the big picture in small pieces: From the original literature to the combination of old and new in Debussy and finally the compositions by Janáček that point far into the 20th century," says Christian Traute. The only difference is that the order on the album is exactly the opposite, starting with Janáček's ‘On an overgrown path’. Initially consisting of just five short pieces for harmonium, the Czech composer (1854-1928) later rewrote them for piano and added a further five works to his cycle by 1908. He was unsuccessful for a long time in his search for a publisher and was not taken seriously as a composer from the countryside in the Prague music scene. He published his work in 1911, and it was not until 1942 that a further five movements were added posthumously.

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