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"Musical Shades of Emotion ... The 5 Browns ... Sony Classic

J. Lovins | Missouri-USA | 12/06/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Sony Classics presents "Browns In Blue" --- The Many varied and emotional musical shades of "Blue" color this album --- Highlights includes Gershwin's "Jazzy Home Blues" and "Embraceable You" --- inclusive to the classical mood of a Chopin's "Nocturne" and Debussy's "Claire de Lune" --- Makes this an outside the general genre realm which works perfectly.



The 5 Browns is a classical piano musical group consisting of five siblings --- In descending order of their age, the Browns are Desirae (28), Deondra (26), Gregory (24), Melody (23), and Ryan (21) --- All have studied the piano from three years of age, and they were the first group of five siblings to attend premiere musical conservatory Juilliard, which they attended simultaneously for five consecutive years --- They are signed with the RCA Red Seal label --- They recently made their Canadian debut at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, performing at the studios of CBC Radio Two and at the festival's Piano Gala (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)



Browns in Blue - (Track Listings)



Browns in Blue

1. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), in A minor for piano & orchestra, Op. 43: 18th Variation [3:09]

Composed by Sergey Rachmaninoff

Performed by The 5 Browns



2. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: Aquarium [3:02]

Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns

Performed by Gil Shaham, Deondra Brown and Desirae Brown



3. L'histoire du tango, tango cycle for flute & guitar: Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi [3:03]

Composed by Astor Piazzolla

Performed by Ryan Brown [violin]



4. Suite bergamasque, for piano, L. 75: Claire de Lune [5:05]

Composed by Claude Debussy

Performed by Deondra Brown, Desirae Brown and Melody Brown



5. Aunt Hagar's Children (a.k.a. "Aunt Hagar's Blues") [3:11]

Composed by W.C. Handy

Performed by Gregory Brown



6. Suite No. 2 for 2 pianos in C major, Op. 17: Romance [6:50]

Composed by Sergey Rachmaninoff

Performed by Deondra Brown and Desirae Brown



7. Intermezzo for piano in A major, Op.118/2 [5:53]

Composed by Johannes Brahms

Performed by Melody Brown



8. Gretchen am Spinnrade (I & II), transcription for piano (after Schubert, D. 118), S. 558/8 & S. 558bis/8 (LW A42/8) [3:33]

Composed by Franz Liszt

Performed by Ryan Brown [violin]



9. Reflections on Shenandoah, for 5 pianos [6:52]

Composed by John Novacek

Performed by The 5 Browns



10. Embraceable You, song (from Girl Crazy, musical) [3:20]

Composed by George Gershwin

Performed by Desirae Brown



11. Nocturne for piano No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48/1, CT. 120 [6:09]

Composed by Fryderyk Chopin

Performed by Gregory Brown



12. Fantasia on "Dives and Lazarus", for 5 pianos (after Ralph Vaughan Williams and Jean Sibelius) [9:12]

Composed by Greg Anderson

Performed by The 5 Browns



13. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Swan [2:13]

Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns

Performed by Melody Brown



14. Jeg elsker dig (I Love Thee), song transcription for piano, Op. 41/3 [3:14]

Composed by Edvard Grieg

Performed by Deondra Brown



15. An American in Paris, tone poem for orchestra: Home Blues [8:06]

Composed by George Gershwin

Performed by Chris Botti and The 5 Browns



16. Everybody Loves Somebody, song [3:10]

Composed by Irving Taylor

Performed by The 5 Browns, Gregg Field, Dean Martin and Paul Morin



Hats off to Sony Classics --- strongly recommend this CD to all music lovers and others who need to hear some great classical, Jazz and American Standards music --- The 5 Browns, please stand up and take a bow for this well deserved rare gem you've given us --- this is a keeper!



Total Time: 73 mins on 16 Tracks ~ Sony Classics ~ (10/02/2007)"