Holocene, Ailís Ní Ríain
NMC Recordings – 2025
Onyx Brass and the Hammonds Band perform in the live recording from Bradford Cathedral of the New Music Biennial 2025 commission, Holocene An evocative and unconventional work for brass quintet, brass band and bowed cymbals, it weavies raw and intricate soundscapes that push the boundaries of contemporary brass music.
“The combined forces of Onyx Brass and The Hammonds Band conjured Ní Ríain’s vivid soundscape of life on Earth 11,000 years ago (imagine prehistoric megafauna getting the Jaws treatment)”
– The Guardian
The Orchestra of the Stories, Tom Hickox
Family Tree Records – 2025
Featuring Onyx Brass and Chineke! Orchestra, the album delivers what its title promises: a rich tapestry of human narratives, brought to life with grand ambition and intricate detail. Throughout the album Tom elevates his celebrated storytelling with a cinematic sweep of songs brimming with drama and poignancy. From ‘The Clairvoyant’ – a mariachi-favoured tale of a widower deceived by a fraudulent psychic – to ‘The Failed Assassination of Fidel Castro’, which recasts a doomed CIA mission turned love affair, Hickox’s gift for unearthing and reimagining stories from a wide range of sources blossoms here, each song revealing a universal truth that resonates long after the final note has rung out.
From East to West
Convivium Records – 2024
Discover Dan Locklair’s From East to West and other choral music, performed by The Choir of Royal Holloway, Onyx Brass and organist David Goode, directed by Rupert Gough. This collection of sacred music by the American composer Dan Locklair, much of it based on ancient and treasured texts, poems and hymn words, includes Locklair’s Brief Mass, a simple yet deeply symbolic setting of the words of the liturgy.
Missa Festiva
Ad Fontes – 2022
Flor Peeters was one of the most significant Catholic composers of the twentieth century, whose deeply spiritual œuvre incorporates elements of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony.This album features the popular Missa Festiva, to which Rupert Gough has added brass parts in line with those written by the composer for the Entrata Festiva.
A Winter’s Night
Signum Records – 2020
This recording brings together a number of seasonal Christmas works, some of which have been arranged specially for this release. these are interspersed with a selection of popular carols which have formed an integral part of Winchester College Chapel Choir’s core repertoire for many years.
”It’s stunning”
Alexander Armstrong, Classic FM
Flare, Joanna Marsh
Signum Records – 2020
Features music composed by Joanna Marsh, who the Guardian described as one of today’s leading composers for voice. Performers include BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Royal Holloway College, and London Mozart Players
Flux
NMC Records – 2017
New music by five Rambert Dance Fellows. Composers include Gavin Higgins, Mark Bowden, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Kate Whitley and Quinta.
“Played by Onyx Brass with perfectly balanced wit and melancholy”
The Guardian
Parry Choral Music
Hyperion – 2015
Choral music of C.H. Parry arranged for brass and organ, including I was Glad and Coronation Te Deum. Won Music Web International Record of the Month (September 2015). Featuring the Choir of Westminster Abbey, conducted by James O’Donnell.
“An awesome majesty of sound”
The Telegraph
Phillip Cooke Choral Music
Regent Records – 2014
This recording is the first devoted to the choral music of Phillip Cooke. Featuring a selection of both sacred and secular works, the disc includes his largest choral work to date, The Hazel Wood. Performed by the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, directed by Sarah MacDonald.
The Far Theatricals of Day
Fleet Street Records – 2003
Compositions for choir, brass, and organ including music by Jonathan Dove and Timothy Jackson. Featuring the Choir of St. Bride’s Church, directed by Robert Jones.
Music for Chris
2001
A celebration of the life of Christopher Horn, a founder member of Onyx Brass, this recording brings together a number of ensembles performing music by Brahms, Wagner and the immense ‘Festmusik der Stadt Wien’ by R. Strauss. All proceeds go to The Christopher Horn Trust. Ensembles performing include London Symphony Orchestra Brass, London Brass and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Brass.