001.2 - Brass excerpt from Mahler Symphony 2

One of the most beautiful brass excerpt.

New York Philharmonic in A Concert for New York.

[geoffroymb]

Poor tuba and contrabassoon... hidden heroes, not shown but still making it sound glorious as it should!

[MedicMuffin]

the reason low brass doesn't get so much attention is so that excerpts like this are extra special.

[MusicalReporter]

Indeed, the contrabassoon adds awesome depth to the sound of the trombones and tuba!!

[hatorihanzo]

1:37 the teamwork is just amazing. Alternating breathing and still sounds like one.

[lb]

This is what brass playing should sound like. Period.

[lustigiminternet]

I am a trombone player and for me this sounds somehow like heaven on earth

[ThesBoy]

What a fantastic brass sound and why Phil Smith is one of the greatest ever Principal trumpet players.

[AdenosinePush]

Man freaking Phil Smith with his "oh, yeah I'll just play a pp high C for like three bars, no big deal"

[SamuelHikida]

This is the most organ-like performance I’ve heard of this piece. Cant even put it into words…… beautiful

[MrJapanese]

2:51 what a freat tone control and intonation of the trumpet players!

[RafaFernandezMahler]

Mahler is a god for brass! I love his brass excerpts (and all his works)

[CrewsTheWildDawg]

Joe Alessi and David Finlayson:
The two greatest trombones of all time.

[christopherwilhite]

David Finlayson rocks! I was a fellow trombone student with him at the Aspen Music Festival in 1975. It was very clear at the time that he had a bright future as a professional trombonist!

[dylanle]

Not gonna lie, I think is the best performance of this Mahler 2 excerpt I've ever heard.

[Thedriver]

One of the best brass passages you can find.  The first time I listened to Mahler 2 I fell asleep until this part

[jonathans]

Why are the choir frowning behind the trombones? Probably because they're thinking "Man, I wish I picked trombone!"

[rheafoster]

Mr Alessi   you make it seem effortless to play sustained pp in tune and wonderful, great section, great orchestra!

[MarcusHammarberg]

Holy moly - that diminuendo in the high trumpets! Keeping in tune throughout. Wow!

[jasoncostello]

Brass playing so incredible to the point that they make it look easy!

[davidtatro]

My favorite parts about this are 1) How well we can hear the contrabasson in the opening chorale, and 2) how Mr. Alessi and Mr. Findlayson move their slides at such noticeably different times when they are playing in unison, and yet their combined sound and phrasing are so utterly perfect together.

Oh, and that final high C in the trumpets is just ridiculous.