ONYX BRASS

Recordings

5* review for Transatlantic

Great to see Transatlantic receive another glowing review, this time from the specialist brass website, 4 Bars Rest. The review is punctuated with fantastic descriptions of the music and of the interpretations that we brought to the recording. A favourite is; His [Joseph Horovitz] subtle characterisations of the skills of the dance hall performers and…

Holocene Live Recording Released

16th July 2025 sees the release of NMC Recordings’ live recording of Holocene, our New Music Biennial 2025 collaboration with Ailís Ní Ríain. Recorded live at Bradford Cathedral, Ní Ríain describes it as ‘an evocative and unconventional work for professional brass quintet, community brass and bowed cymbals, weaving raw and intricate soundscapes that push the…

Transatlantic Reviewed in Gramophone

Its always good to receive reviews from the press and we are especially humbled to receive glowing praise from the Gramophone Magazine, one of the premier music publications.

Transatlantic Arrives on 27th June

We are pleased to announce that our latest collaboration with Chandos Records and John Wilson, Transatlantic will release on 27th June. Composers featured are John Adams, Sir Malcolm Arnold, Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, George Gershwin, Joseph Horovitz, Gordon Langford, Florence Price, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir William Walton. As is always our focus, many of…

Onyx to Perform at 2025 Aldeburgh Festival

As part of the celebration and launch of our latest recording in 2025, we are pleased to announce that the group will be making its debut at the Aldeburgh Festival. Central to our visit to Snape Maltings on the 29th June, will be the performance of two neglected works by Benjamin Britten that are on…

The Sun is Free to Flow with the Sea Released

Our tenth studio recording celebrating our thirtieth birthday, The Sun is Free to Flow with the Sea, is available now on general release. For the best listening experience we recommend you go to the record company, NMC, and either purchase a CD or a super high quality FLAC-24 download to immerse yourself in all the…

5 Star Reviews for Festmusik

Great to see that Festmusik: A Legacy is getting a lot of notice from the music press. Hot on the heels of the exemplary review from BBC Record Review, both Classical Music Magazine and the specialist brass website, 4Barsrest.com, awarded our Chandos recording 5 stars. Both reviews are very complementary about the title track with…