Contest: Three Sisters, Two Brothers equal THE FIVE BROWNS

Young, beautiful, handsome, likeable, dazzlingly talented and passionate about the music they play, The 5 Browns – an American quintet of brothers and sisters who are all virtuoso concert pianists – make their recording debut on a new CD from RCA Red Seal/BMG Classics that features an array of classical favorites showcasing the talents of each member of the family. The disc includes ear-bending new transcriptions of such works as Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumble Bee, Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and music from Bernstein's West Side Story, as well as works that spotlight the talents of each pianist, individually and in combination. All the music for the album, including the ensembles, was memorized for the recording. The debut CD of The 5 Browns will be released February 8, 2005.

The recording will be released in the new DualDisc format, which combines audio and video content on a single disc – one side features the audio recording, the other side features DVD video. In addition to the full album on the CD side, the DVD side will feature two music videos of The 5 Browns in a filmed performance, playing Flight of the Bumble Bee and Scenes from West Side Story.

With one of the most appealing stories in music, The 5 Browns – Ryan, 19; Melody, 20; Gregory, 22; Deondra, 24 and Desirae 25 - became an international sensation with appearances on Oprah and 60 Minutes and in People, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Sunday London Telegraph while they were still attending New York's Juilliard School of Music, the first time five siblings have been students at the same time at the prestigious school. Earlier this year, they signed an exclusive contract to record for RCA Red Seal/BMG Classics. Following the release of the recording, The 5 Browns will perform live on Good Morning America and featured again on 60 Minutes. They will be embarking on a U.S./>/> concert tour in the Spring.

The new disc premieres spectacular five-piano transcriptions– created expressly for The 5 Browns – of Bernstein's "Scenes from West Side/> Story," Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee;" Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice; and Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt, Op. 23. The West Side Story transcription by Kendall Durelle Briggs, the other three by Jeffrey Shumway.

FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE
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WEST SIDE STORY
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