Symphonies of Wind Instruments
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Composer or Director: Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schoenberg, Rolf Wallin
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: 2L
Magazine Review Date: 06/2014
Media Format: Super Audio CD
Media Runtime: 58
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 2L102SABD
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Konzertmusik |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Ingar Bergby, Conductor Paul Hindemith, Composer Royal Norwegian Navy Band |
Symphony |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Ingar Bergby, Conductor Paul Hindemith, Composer Royal Norwegian Navy Band |
Theme and Variations |
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer
Arnold Schoenberg, Composer Ingar Bergby, Conductor Royal Norwegian Navy Band |
Symphonies of Wind Instruments |
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
Igor Stravinsky, Composer Ingar Bergby, Conductor Royal Norwegian Navy Band |
Changes |
Rolf Wallin, Composer
Ingar Bergby, Conductor Rolf Wallin, Composer Royal Norwegian Navy Band |
Author: Guy Rickards
Schoenberg’s neo-tonal Theme and Variations (1943) separates the two Hindemith works and provides a fascinating contrast. It is rather unjustly overlooked and the Royal Norwegian Navy Band catch its mix of wistfulness and rigour with verve. After these, Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, rev 1947) makes for a radical change of pace but is upstaged by a Norwegian work: Rolf Wallin’s pulsating early Changes (1984), based on the Chinese I Ching. The performances are splendidly executed (one is tempted to say with military precision), greatly expressive and in stunning sound that renders the wind textures with such clarity that they never cloy or become tiresome. I suspect that, for sound quality at the very least, this disc may represent the finest recordings all of these works have enjoyed. Highly recommended.
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