The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet (Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán, horn David Griffin, trumpet John Hagstrom, trombone Michael Mulcahy and Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny) presents a program combining bold transcriptions of classic works with vibrant pieces by compelling contemporary composers. The two large works featured on the album are Enrique Crespo’s Suite Americana No. 1, and J.S. Bach’s Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major BWV 564. Other works include the overture from Verdi’s Nabucco, the third movement from Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, and short works by American composer Verne Reynolds, Canadian composer J Scott Irvine, and Ukrainian composer Catherine Likhuta.