Twentieth-Century Chamber Works for Winds Woodwind Brass Chandos

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GYORGY LIGETI

(1923-2006)

Sechs Bagatellen (1953)

(Six Bagatelles)

for Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet (in B flat), French Horn, and Bassoon

from Musica ricercata for solo piano (1951-53)

Frau Maedi Wood gewidmet

Allegro con spirito

1:11

Rubato. Lamentoso - Più mosso. Non rubato - Tempo I - Moderato

3:12

III

Allegro grazioso -

2:35

Presto ruvido

1:00

Béla Bartók in memoriam. Adagio. Mesto - Allegro maestoso -

2:22

Molto vivace. Capriccioso - Più mosso. Presto strepitoso -

1:28

SAMUEL BARBER

(1910-1981)

Summer Music, Op. 31 (1955-56)

11:46

for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (in B flat), French Horn, and Bassoon

Slow and indolent - With motion - Faster - Lively, still faster -

CARL NIELSEN

(1865-1931)

Quintet, Op. 43, FS 100 (1922)

26:00

for Flute, Oboe/Cor anglais, Clarinet (in A), French Horn, and Bassoon

Allegro ben moderato

9:06

Menuet - Trio - Menuet - Coda

4:47

10.

III

Præludium. Adagio - Poco agitato - Tempo I (Adagio) -

1:53

11.

Tema med Variationer. Un poco andantino -

0:47

12.

Variation 1 -

0:40

13.

Variation 2. Un poco di più -

0:32

14.

Variation 3. Meno mosso -

0:33

15.

Variation 4. Più vivo -

0:24

16.

Variation 5. Tempo giusto -

0:35

17.

Variation 6. Andantino con moto -

0:45

18.

Variation 7. Un poco di più -

0:41

19.

Variation 8. Poco meno -

0:44

20.

Variation 9. Tempo giusto -

1:15

21.

Variation 10. Allegretto -

0:49

22.

Variation 11. Tempo di marcia - Più mosso -

0:56

23.

Andantino festivo

1:21

PAUL HINDEMITH

(1895-1963)

Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24 No. 2 (1922)

13:31

for Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet (in B flat), French Horn, and Bassoon

24.

Lustig. Mäßig schnelle Vierte - Langsam - Wieder lustig

3:00

25.

Walzer. Durchweg sehr leise - Ein wenig ruhiger -

1:55

Langsam -

26.

III

Ruhig und einfach. Achtel -

4:42

27.

Schnelle Viertel -

0:49

28.

Sehr lebhaft

3:02

LEOS JANÁCEK

(1854-1928)

Mladi, JW VII/10 (1924)

17:03

(Youth)

Suite for Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet (in B flat), French Horn, Bassoon, and Bass Clarinet

29.

Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Un poco più mosso -

3:41

30.

Andante sostenuto - Più mosso - Tempo - Più mosso -

4:59

31.

III

Vivace - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Tempo I

3:42

32.

Allegro animato - Meno mosso - Più mosso - Meno mosso -

4:38

Total time: 80:13

Chamber: London Winds

Philippa Davies flute - piccolo

Gareth Hulse oboe - cor anglais

Michael Collins clarinet in A - clarinet in B flat/director

Richard Watkins French horn

Robin O'neill bassoon

Peter Sparks bass clariinet

28 and 29 May 2015

“... This CD is a veritable greatest hits collection of chamber music for wind ensembles ... this release is essentially self-recommending to anyone remotely interested in this repertoire, especially given the usual magnificent treatment by he engineers of Chandos... The musicality of these artists is nothing short of amazing, as much as is their technical accuracy, the acuity of their interpretations, and the apparent boundless joy of their collaboration...”

Ronald E Grames - Fanfare March/April 2016

“... The London Winds take mostly brisk tempos in all this music, but never fail to give the music an opportunity to sing. They play the most challenging passages with seeming ease. The music-making is always alert, and intonation and ensemble are flawless. Chandos’s recording is up to its reliable standard. Highly recommended!”

Richard A Kaplan - Fanfare March/April 2016

***** (Exceptional Album)

Luca Rossetto Casel - Musica magazine Italy - April 2016

Recording of the Month
"To sum up, this CD can serve as an exemplar in terms of the selections, the superb performances, and the outstanding recording. In addition, Paul Griffiths’ erudite and detailed notes are like icing on the cake."

MusicWeb-International.com - 28 December 2015

Leslie Wright

Music ***** (Outstanding) Sound ***** (Outstanding)

Clemens Haustein – Fono Forum magazine (Germany) – March 2016

"All through the disc, the recording is remarkably successful. Wind instruments, particularly in mixed combinations like this, are notoriously difficult to record – the sound they make basically emerges from all kinds of different orifices. So to find a really pleasing balance which is at the same time ‘truthful’ is a great challenge, to which the Chandos engineers have risen splendidly. So this is an enormously satisfying disc; London Winds are technically superb, but it’s the characterisation and imagination of their playing which is so special. Though this will in the first instance appeal to wind aficionados, there is plenty here to delight anyone who loves glorious music in masterly performances. Gwyn Parry-Jones - MusicWeb-International.com - 30 October 2015

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