Welcome to the new figarotunes.com! Thank you for your patience as we gradually add our entire catalogue to this new site. Much of our popular holiday music for brass has just been added, and soon there will be more music for strings, voice, and band. So please check back, and if there is anything you are looking for and can't find or if you encounter any problems, please let us know at figaro@figarotunes.com.
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Here are our current top 10 picks. You can't go wrong with these.
But please peruse the entire CATALOG or search for your own favorite. |
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Corde natus ex parentis - Digital DownloadThe 13th century trope sung in English as "Of The Father's Love Begotten." Absolutely gorgeous, shimmering writing which pays homage to this tune's Gregorian roots. One of our best-sellers of all time. Not difficult to perform; no percussion. Also available for British Brass Band and concert band. Digital download version with complete score & parts. Brass Choir Instrumentation: 4431 |
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Kum Ba YahYes, the much-maligned song in a hair-raisingly energetic version audiences absolutely fall in love with.
Brass Choir Instrumentation: 4431P with opt. Euphonium |
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Blackbird - QuartetThe straight-to-the-heart song by Paul McCartney in a simple but moving arrangement. The melody is passed around between trumpet, horn, flugelhorn, and trombone for variety of color. Audiences love this.
Brass Quartet Instrumentation: 211 |
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Ghost Riders in the SkyThe western classic works unbelievably well for brass. I can't tell you how insanely popular this arrangement is. Expect whoops and hollers in response to Stan Jones' 1948 hit. Also available for British Brass Band and trombone octet.
Brass Choir Instrumentation: 4431P with opt. Euphonium |
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Procession to the StakeThe gloriously scary march from Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz. Hearing this version, it's hard to believe Berlioz bothered to include any other instruments in his original. Off with their heads!
Brass Choir Instrumentation: 4431Px2 |
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Santa Claus Is ComingNew New Orleans meets old New Orleans in this high power audience pleaser. The popular holiday song starts and ends with a modern and funky second line brass band vibe and smack in the middle a door opens on a Dixieland breakout.
Brass Choir Instrumentation: 4431P |
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HallelujahLeonard Cohen's iconic 1984 hit gets a big, fat brass makeover complete with a rocking gospel beat and soaring horns.
Brass Choir Instrumentation: 4431P with opt Euphonium |
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Reindeer GamesAs the title track to Clarion's latest CD, Reindeer Games deserves some explanation. We, as orchestral brass musicians, have played a lot of music by the legendary John Williams, who uses brass to great effect in so many memorable movie scores - Star Wars, Superman, Raiders, and much more. This brass players' tribute to Williams captures his style in renderings of two popular Holiday songs and turns Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman into motion picture action heroes.
Brass Choir Instrumentation: 4431P |
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Send In The Clowns - QuartetSondheim set most of the tunes from 'A Little Night Music' in 3, including this famous song, which has been covered by so many incredible artists. So the challenge for a new arrangement was to capture the spirit without resorting to clichés or gimmicks. Changing the time signature to an unequal 5 pattern gives it a magical kaleidoscopic flow and leaves audiences mesmerized.
Brass Quartet: versions for 2110 or 1111 |
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Defying GravityBig brass captures the many mood changes in the soaring tune from 'Wicked' by Stephen Schwartz, making for an epic sonic experience.
Brass Choir Instrumentation: 4431P with opt. Euphonium |