Beethoven, Biedenbender, Gershwin & Grieg: Light

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Label
Genuin
Release Date
November 15, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ludwig van Beethoven, David Biedenbender, George Gershwin, Edvard Grieg
    • PERFORMER
      Sonus Quintett
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 15, 2024
    • UPC
      4260036258936
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GEN24893
    • LABEL
      Genuin
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. An American in Paris (arr. R. Hekkema for wind quintet)

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Ensemble: Sonus Quintett

    2. I. Adagio sostenuto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Sonus Quintett

    3. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Sonus Quintett

    4. III. Presto agitato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Sonus Quintett

    5. I. Death Metal Chicken

      Composer: David Biedenbender

      Ensemble: Sonus Quintett

    6. II. Kyrie for Machaut and Pärt

      Composer: David Biedenbender

      Ensemble: Sonus Quintett

    7. III. Goat Rodeo

      Composer: David Biedenbender

      Ensemble: Sonus Quintett

    8. Fra Holbergs tid (From Holberg's Time), Op. 40: IV. Air (arr. R. Hekkema for wind quintet)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Sonus Quintett


The Sonus Quintet is Germany's first reed quintet, consisting of clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon. This unusual combination of woodwind instruments allows for imaginative and airy sounds beautifully showcased on the ensemble's GENUIN debut album. The program includes the quintet's own transcriptions and the original composition "Refraction" by David Biedenbinder from 2015. The album title "Light" is reflected in various ways in the works: Gershwin's "An American in Paris," Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," and Grieg's famous "Air" from the "Holberg Suite."