Nielsen & Prokofiev - Wind Quintets
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Label: C-AVI
Cat No: AVI8553385
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 28th July 2017
Contents
Artists
Juliette Bausor (flute)Steven Hudson (oboe)
Jean Johnson (clarinet)
Sharon Kam (clarinet)
Theo Plath (bassoon)
Kristian Katzenberger (horn)
Elisabeth Kufferath (violin)
Maya Meron (viola)
Edicson Ruiz (double bass)
Works
Wind Quintet, op.43Quintet in G minor, op.39
Artists
Juliette Bausor (flute)Steven Hudson (oboe)
Jean Johnson (clarinet)
Sharon Kam (clarinet)
Theo Plath (bassoon)
Kristian Katzenberger (horn)
Elisabeth Kufferath (violin)
Maya Meron (viola)
Edicson Ruiz (double bass)
About
“Accused at times of detached coolness, the composer once justified his approach with the following words: ‘Why do we have to go on proving ad nauseam that a beautifully sounding third is to be regarded as a gift of God, a fourth as a true experience, and a fifth as the utmost joy?’
“Written in 1921/22, Nielsen’s Wind Quintet Op. 43 helps us partake in that very experience. Thinned down to the pure essentials, the scoring highlights the five instruments’ individual timbres. ‘At times they speak of one accord, then they irrupt into apparent disorder, then each one speaks for itself,’ Nielsen explained. Certain instrumental combinations already sound almost exotic in the first movement.
“We likewise enter the circus ring with Sergey Prokofiev’s Quintet Op. 39 for the unusual combination of oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass. Prokofiev wrote this work in 1924 under the title ‘Trapeze’ as a ballet for choreographer Boris Romanov and his itinerant dance troupe: music depicting ‘scenes from the circus life’. With its scoring reduced to the bare essentials, the work was designed to be readily performable in all sorts of circumstances and locations. Prokofiev, nevertheless, ended up composing a technically ambitious work, sporting a quirky character and ‘several rhythmic difficulties,’ as he readily admitted himself.”
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