BOLCOM, Quintet; SHAPEY, Quintet; WRIGHT, Quintet; DRUCKMAN, “Other Voices.” American Brass Quintet. New World Records NW 377-2 (compact disc).

A stunningly performed collection of virtuoso contemporary brass quintets--intriguing and imaginative, if not usually beautiful. They range from the lyrical, sparse and sometimes whimsical Bolcom through the fuller-bodied, tonal Wright to the angular, often dense Shapey and the always inventive and spellbinding Druckman, the latter with its brilliant evocation of electronic sounds.