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Music for Winds / London Winds
Chandos

Music for Winds / London Winds

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Composer
BARBER HINDEMITH JANACEK
Artist
London Winds (Davies, Hulse, Collins, Watkins, O'Neill, Sparks)
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Oct 30, 2015
Catalog #
CHAN 10876
UPC
095115187623

About

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

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Allegro con spirito 01:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  2. 2 No. 2. Rubato - Lamentoso 03:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Rubato - Lamentoso
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  3. 3 No. 3. Allegro grazioso 02:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Allegro grazioso
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  4. 4 No. 4. Presto ruvido 01:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Presto ruvido
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  5. 5 No. 5. Adagio - Mesto (Bela Bartok in memoriam) 02:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Adagio - Mesto (Bela Bartok in memoriam)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  6. 6 No. 6. Molto vivace - Capriccioso 01:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Molto vivace - Capriccioso
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    György Ligeti
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  7. 7 Summer Music, Op. 31 11:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    Summer Music, Op. 31
    Duration
    11:46
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  8. 8 I. Allegro ben moderato 09:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro ben moderato
    Duration
    09:06
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  9. 9 II. Menuetto 04:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  10. 10 III. Preludium: Adagio 01:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Preludium: Adagio
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  11. 11 III. Tema con variazioni 00:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Tema con variazioni
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  12. 12 III. Variation 1: — 00:40
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Variation 1: —
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  13. 13 III. Variation 2: Un poco di più 00:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Variation 2: Un poco di più
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  14. 14 III. Variation 3: Meno mosso 00:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Variation 3: Meno mosso
    Duration
    00:33
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  15. 15 III. Variation 4: Più vivo 00:24
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Variation 4: Più vivo
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  16. 16 III. Variation 5: Tempo giusto 00:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Variation 5: Tempo giusto
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  17. 17 III. Variation 6: Andantino con moto 00:45
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Variation 6: Andantino con moto
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  18. 18 III. Variation 7: Un poco di più 00:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Variation 7: Un poco di più
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  19. 19 III. Variation 8: Poco meno 00:44
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Variation 8: Poco meno
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  20. 20 III. Variation 9: Tempo giusto 01:15
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Variation 9: Tempo giusto
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  21. 21 III. Variation 10 00:49
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Variation 10
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  22. 22 III. Variation 11 00:56
    Track
    22
    Title
    III. Variation 11
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  23. 23 III. Andante festivo 01:21
    Track
    23
    Title
    III. Andante festivo
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  24. 24 I. Lustig: Massig schnelle Viertel 03:00
    Track
    24
    Title
    I. Lustig: Massig schnelle Viertel
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  25. 25 II. Walzer: Durchweg sehr leise 01:55
    Track
    25
    Title
    II. Walzer: Durchweg sehr leise
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  26. 26 III. Ruhig und einfach. Achtel 04:42
    Track
    26
    Title
    III. Ruhig und einfach. Achtel
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  27. 27 IV. Schnelle Viertel 00:49
    Track
    27
    Title
    IV. Schnelle Viertel
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  28. 28 V. Sehr lebhaft 03:02
    Track
    28
    Title
    V. Sehr lebhaft
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  29. 29 I. Allegro 03:41
    Track
    29
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  30. 30 II. Andante sostenuto 04:59
    Track
    30
    Title
    II. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  31. 31 III. Vivace 03:42
    Track
    31
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    London Winds
  32. 32 IV. Con moto 04:38
    Track
    32
    Title
    IV. Con moto
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Ensemble
    London Winds