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Windswept - Modern Chamber Music for Winds - Arcadian Winds
NV6245 (Navona Records, CD)
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: [45'50"]
Tracks: 7
Booklet pages: 0
© 2019 Navona Records LLC
Main country of recording: US
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Windswept - Modern Chamber Music for Winds - Arcadian Winds published on 10 January 2020
Arcadian Winds:
Vanessa Holroyd, flute (Järvlepp, MacDonald, Peaslee and Kuhn), alto flute (Järvlepp and Desena)
Jennifer Slowick, oboe (Järvlepp, MacDonald, Peaslee and Kuhn), cor anglais (Järvlepp and Desena)
Rane Moore, clarinet (Järvlepp), bass clarinet (Desena)
Mark Miller, clarinet (MacDonald, Peaslee and Kuhn)
Clark Matthews, french horn
Janet Underhill, bassoon (Järvlepp, MacDonald, Peaslee and Kuhn), contrabassoon (Desena)
Jan Järvlepp:
Woodwind Quintet
1 Rollercoaster
2 Solitude
3 Pyrotechnics
Ferdinando DeSena:
4 Sonorous Earth
David MacDonald:
5 Stumpery
Craig Peaslee:
6 Dirge & Second Line
Kenneth A Kuhn:
7 Variations on a Commoner Theme No 1
Recorded 7 January 2019 (MacDonald), 8 January 2019 (Desena), 28 January 2019 (Järvlepp) and 11 March 2019 (Peaslee) at Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA, USA