Music for Winds / London Winds

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Chandos
Release Date
October 30, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BARBER HINDEMITH JANACEK
    • PERFORMER
      London Winds (Davies, Hulse, Collins, Watkins, O'Neill, Sparks)
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 30, 2015
    • UPC
      095115187623
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10876
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: London Winds

    2. No. 2. Rubato - Lamentoso

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: London Winds

    3. No. 3. Allegro grazioso

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: London Winds

    4. No. 4. Presto ruvido

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: London Winds

    5. No. 5. Adagio - Mesto (Bela Bartok in memoriam)

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: London Winds

    6. No. 6. Molto vivace - Capriccioso

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: London Winds

    7. Summer Music, Op. 31

      Composer: Samuel Barber

      Ensemble: London Winds

    8. I. Allegro ben moderato

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    9. II. Menuetto

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    10. III. Preludium: Adagio

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    11. III. Tema con variazioni

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    12. III. Variation 1: —

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    13. III. Variation 2: Un poco di più

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    14. III. Variation 3: Meno mosso

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    15. III. Variation 4: Più vivo

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    16. III. Variation 5: Tempo giusto

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    17. III. Variation 6: Andantino con moto

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    18. III. Variation 7: Un poco di più

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    19. III. Variation 8: Poco meno

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    20. III. Variation 9: Tempo giusto

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    21. III. Variation 10

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    22. III. Variation 11

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    23. III. Andante festivo

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: London Winds

    24. I. Lustig: Massig schnelle Viertel

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: London Winds

    25. II. Walzer: Durchweg sehr leise

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: London Winds

    26. III. Ruhig und einfach. Achtel

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: London Winds

    27. IV. Schnelle Viertel

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: London Winds

    28. V. Sehr lebhaft

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: London Winds

    29. I. Allegro

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: London Winds

    30. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: London Winds

    31. III. Vivace

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: London Winds

    32. IV. Con moto

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: London Winds


The ensemble London Winds, praised by BBC Music for its ‘technical accomplishment, expressive commitment and warmth of timbre’, presents in this recording great twentieth-century works for winds.

It features music by Hindemith, Nielsen, and Janácek, and, from the next generation, Barber and Ligeti. Although not equally prolific (Kleine Kammermusik is Hindemith’s single contribution to that genre while winds are generally more prominent in Nielsen’s music), all these composers brought the wind repertoire back to prominence, after a quiet period of more than a century. The music is full of playfulness and European folk colours.

A stunning combination of virtuoso players who also enjoy active solo careers, the ensemble London Winds is renowned for its technical brilliance, interpretative vision, and joie de vivre. Founded in 1988 by the British clarinettist Michael Collins, the group rapidly became one of the world’s most prominent chamber ensembles.

Review:

There's plenty of personality in the playing here, with much wit in the Allegro ben moderato and the charming minuet. London Winds deliver an exuberant account, surpassing my previous favorite, the Michael Thompson Wind Quintet.

– Gramophone