The Art of English Horn / Wollenweber

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Label
Supraphon
Release Date
October 15, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Wollenweber, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rattle, Kirichenko
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 15, 2021
    • UPC
      099925430320
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4303-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Simon Roturier, Igancy Miecznikowski, Solene Kermarrec, Ulrich Wolff, Raphael Alpermann

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Simon Roturier, Igancy Miecznikowski, Solene Kermarrec, Ulrich Wolff, Raphael Alpermann

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Simon Roturier, Igancy Miecznikowski, Solene Kermarrec, Ulrich Wolff, Raphael Alpermann

    4. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo (arr. W. Renz for cor anglais and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Simon Roturier, Igancy Miecznikowski, Joaquin Riquelme Garcia, Solene Kermarrec, Ulrich Wolff

    5. 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major (arr. Y. Brandstätter for cor anglais and piano)

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Anna Kirichenko

    6. Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Bruno Delepelaire

      Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle

    7. I. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Igancy Miecznikowski, Solene Kermarrec

    8. II. Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Igancy Miecznikowski, Solene Kermarrec

    9. III. Vivo assai

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Igancy Miecznikowski, Solene Kermarrec

    10. IV. Andantino

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Igancy Miecznikowski, Solene Kermarrec

    11. V. Allegro giocoso

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber, Madeleine Carruzzo, Igancy Miecznikowski, Solene Kermarrec

    12. Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Hirtenreigen auf einer Schalmei (Shepherd's pipe song)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Performer: Dominik Wollenweber


“The English horn needs a soft, round vibrato ... We are among those who can move people to tears,” says Dominik Wollenweber about his instrument. Let us not be misled by the humble conduct, and the absence of laudatory articles and glossy photographs. Wollenweber is one of the world’s finest cor anglais players. Claudio Abbado has even labelled him the “best player of all time”. Since 1993, Dominik Wollenweber has been with the Berliner Philharmoniker, members of which keep him company throughout the present recording. Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, the orchestra accompany Wollenweber in Sibelius’s wonderful tone poem The Swan of Tuonela. It is difficult to imagine an album dedicated to the English horn without the Largo from Dvorák’s New World Symphony or without the solo from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. On the other hand, Bach’s Concerto in G major and Schubert’s Impromptu No. 3 may come as a surprise, while Jean Françaix’s Quartet is simply bound to lift the listener’s spirit. If you love the English horn’s singularly dark velvety color, which otherwise can only be heard rather as a gleam of a gem stone on the large canvases of symphonic pieces, then this album is definitely for you. And those who have yet to discover the beauty of the cor anglais will undoubtedly savor the musical menu drawn up by a true master of the instrument. An irresistibly lovely tone. The English horn in the hands of a true master.