Hindemith, Nielsen, Pärt & Tomasi: Elements / Belfiato Quintet

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Label
Supraphon
Release Date
April 8, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Paul Hindemith, Carl Nielsen, Arvo Part, Henri Tomasi
    • PERFORMER
      Befliato Quintet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 08, 2022
    • UPC
      099925431020
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4310-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Summer Music, Op. 31

      Composer: Samuel Barber

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    2. I. Lustig: Mässig schnelle Viertel

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    3. II. Walzer: Durchweg sehr leise

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    4. III. Ruhig und einfach. Achtel

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    5. IV. Schnelle Viertel

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    6. V. Sehr lebhaft

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    7. I. Schnell

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    8. II. Langsam

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    9. III. Mässig

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    10. I. Allegro ben moderato

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    11. II. Menuetto

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    12. III. Preludium: Adagio

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    13. III. Tema con variazioni

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    14. I. Danse agreste

      Composer: Henri Tomasi

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    15. II. Danse profane

      Composer: Henri Tomasi

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    16. III. Danse sacrée

      Composer: Henri Tomasi

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    17. IV. Danse nuptiale

      Composer: Henri Tomasi

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet

    18. V. Danse guerriere

      Composer: Henri Tomasi

      Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet


The pieces featured on the present album are staples of Belfiato Quintet’s modern repertoire and are, above all, music close to their heart. Each of them occupies a special position in the ensemble’s history. Carl Nielsen’s Wind Quintet is the very first work they explored and performed, while their rendition of Cinq danses profanes et sacrées at the 2011 Henri Tomasi International Woodwind Quintet Competition in Marseille earned the prize for the best interpretation of a Tomasi composition. And the other works included on the album have played significant roles in the ensemble’s career too. The five pieces, dating from between 1922 and 1964, represent their creators’ specific “elements”, as well as the diverse music traditions of their native countries. Yet the album’s title may also refer to five highly distinct figures who – perhaps precisely owing to their being so distinct – form a superbly harmonized ensemble that possesses a remarkable variety of tone quality and shades of expression. Belfiato Quintet are indisputably a world-class ensemble, with regard to the present album’s repertoire and beyond. Belfiato Quintet – five elements chiming in perfect harmony.