Posted by Michael Eastep on November 19, 2003 at 00:19:57:
In Reply to: German Brass Arrangements posted by Brian Molinar on November 18, 2003 at 15:44:56:
These are outstanding arrangements and compositions. Lydke itself is very difficult to get anything from--my impression is that it's Crespo's personal printer, and it only operates when he has time to answer the phone, which is almost never. However, I have had some success in finding some of his work, including the excellent quintet, Suite Americana #1, the Bruckner Etude for Low Brass, three Bach chorales for large brass, and the Three Milongas for tuba ensemble. All are beautifully edited and printed. My best sources were the German outfit Spaeth/Schmid brass(AT)spaeth-schmid.de and Bob Tucci bobtucci(AT)aol.com. Tucci sees Crespo from time to time and can sometimes arrange to get things from him that are otherwise hard to come by.