Vienna Instruments: Brass 1

Trumpet - Viennese horn - Trombone - Tuba - Trumpet ensemble (3 players) - Horn ensemble (4 players) - Trombone ensemble (3 players)

Vienna Instruments: Brass combines the basic brass instruments as solo instruments and the corresponding ensembles. The four soloists are masters of their trade. Trumpet player Freddy Staudigl, hornist Marcus Schmidinger, and trombone player Johann Schodl all are foundation members of the renowned ensemble “Brassissimo” and are not only active with their quintet but also as soloists and orchestral musicians on an international level. The tubist Christoph Kiene is also internationally known as a lecturer.

Apart from the existing articulations of the Pro Edition, Vienna Instruments: Brass also provides fast Interval Performances in legato and marcato, Performance Trills, arpeggios (major, minor, and diminished in legato and staccato) and mordents. Trumpet and trombone now offer the complete playing techniques, muted not only as solo instruments, but also in the ensembles. Among the specialties are the trumpet ensemble’s “out of tune” sustains, as they happen now and then in real orchestral situations. The three trumpet players don’t hit the note exactly at the beginning – a beat frequency ensues which is corrected as the tone progresses, eventually resulting in a clean homophony. Furthermore, the trumpets feature “rips & falls”. And the trombone ensembles, too, offer a specialty; clusters of three notes with half tone intervals are available in staccato (two variations), sustained, crescendo und diminuendo (in two tone lengths), sforzato, and even as Repetition Performances.

Vienna Instruments: Brass - Articulations - Full Library (Standard + Extended Libraries)

Vienna Instruments: Brass Performances:
• Interval Performances: legato, marcato; slow & fast
• Horns, tenor trombone: Interval Performance Glissandos
• Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo
• Performance Repetition upbeats: slow, medium, fast
• Performance Trills
• Solo instruments – Grace Note Performances: minor and major 2nd, up and down
• Trumpets: runs
• Trumpets, horns, trombones – arpeggios: major, minor, diminished triads; staccato, medium & fast
• Solo trumpet – mordents: legato, 12 variations
• Trumpets, horns, trombones – muted/stopped:
            - Interval Performances
            - Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato
            - Fast Repetitions
            - Upbeats

Vienna Instruments: Brass Single notes:
• Short notes: staccato and portato with various attacks and note lengths
• Long notes: sustains with various attacks and vibratos
• Horns: blared sustains
• Dynamics: crescendo & diminuendo in various note lengths, various vibratos; fp, sfz, sffz, pfp
• Solo instruments – trills: half tone, whole tone; crescendo & diminuendo
• Flutter tongues: normal and crescendo variations
• Trumpets, horns, trombones – muted/stopped:
            - Short notes: staccato, short portato, medium portato
            - Sustains and dynamics in various note lengths
            - Flutter tongues
• Trumpet ensemble: out-of-tune-sustains, rips & falls
• Trombone ensemble: clusters

Vienna Instruments: Brass - Minimum System Requirements

Apple G4 800 MHz (G5 recommended) with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. AU or VST host program.
PC Intel/AMD 2 GHz (3++ GHz recommended) with Windows XP. VST host program.