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Dvorák: Serenade For Winds; Janacek, Enescu / Oslo Soloists

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Apr 01, 2000
Catalog #
8554173
UPC
636943417324

About


This is good. Very good. Not only does this disc offer an imaginative array of first-class wind music, the performances are well nigh ideal. Dvorák's Serenade has just the right "outdoors" quality, a freshness of rhythm and, in the slow movement, a lyrical serenity that's totally delightful. Better still, the recording captures the work perfectly: not so close that we're serenaded by clicking valves and gasping musicians, not so far that the distinctive wind timbres congeal into a sonic fog. Better still, the horns are ideally balanced and integrated into the ensemble, rather than positioned as a trio of soloists in their own acoustic (as so often happens). Georges Enescu's Dixtuor is an elusive masterwork, and the Oslo players clarify its complex but luminous textures by stressing the music's gentle, bittersweet lyricism. I've never heard it sound so purposeful or so melodically appealing. As for "Youth", Janácek's 70th birthday present to himself--well, it sounds as buoyant and vivacious as its title, the crucial writing for low instruments (bassoon and bass clarinet) being captured with special vividness. This is a disc that you will want to listen to again and again, and I can't recommend it highly enough.--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato, quasi marcia 03:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato, quasi marcia
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  2. 2 II. Minuetto 05:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Minuetto
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  3. 3 III. Andante con moto 08:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante con moto
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  4. 4 IV. Allegro molto 05:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  5. 5 I. Doucement mouvemente 07:09
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Doucement mouvemente
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  6. 6 II. Modérément 07:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Modérément
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  7. 7 III. Allegrement, mais pas trop vif 05:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegrement, mais pas trop vif
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  8. 8 I. Allegro 03:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  9. 9 II. Andante sostenuto 04:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  10. 10 III. Vivace 03:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists
  11. 11 IV. Allegro animato 04:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegro animato
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists