Saint-Saëns: Music for Wind Ensemble
8.574234 (Naxos, CD)
NEW RELEASE (12 February 2021)
Playing time: 63'57"
Tracks: 14
Booklet pages: 12
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Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Saint-Saëns: Music for Wind Ensemble published on 17 February 2021
Band of the RAF College
Flight Lieutenant C J I'Anson, director of music
Jun Märkl, conductor
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
1 Orient et Occident, Op 25 (Grande Marche) (1869) (version for wind ensemble, edited by Timothy Reynish and Bruce Perry)
Samson et Dalila, Op 47 (1877)
2 Bacchanale (Act III) (arranged by Leigh D Steiger, 1946-2012)
3 Danse des Prêtresses de Dagon (Act I) (arranged by Daniel Godfrey, 1831-1903)
4 Marche héroïque, Op 34 (1870) (arranged by Frank Winterbottom, 1861–1930)
Suite algérienne, Op 60 (1880)
5 Marche militaire française (Movement IV) (arranged by D Godfrey)
6 Pas redoublé, Op 86 (1887) (arranged by Auguste Josneau, died 1905)
7 Vers la victoire, Op 152 (1917) (arranged by Désiré Dondeyne, 1921-2015)
8 Marche religieuse, Op 107 (1897) (arranged by Ellen Driscoll, born 1983)
Le Carnaval des Animaux (1886)
9 Introduction et Marche royale du Lion (1st movement) (arranged by Mike Parsons, born 1978)
10 Marche du Couronnement, Op 117 (1902) (arranged by Louis Blémant, 1864-1934)
Henry VIII – Act II: Ballet-Divertissement (1882) (arranged by Louis-Philippe Laurendeau, 1861–1916) (selection)
11 I: Entrée des Clans
12 II: Idylle écossaise
13 IV: Danse de la Gipsy
14 VI: Gigue et Final
Recorded 16-18 December 2019 at St Michael's and All Angels Church, Royal Air Force College Cranwell, Lincolnshire, UK