EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Complete Works for Wind Quintet Vol 1 [Incls 'Harmony Music No 5' & 'Five Intermezzos'] Athena Ensemble [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Mar/2000 ] "Elgar was a slow developer, and these pieces written in his youth are hardly prophetic - but they're craftsmanlike, charming and fun. This pioneering recording stands up well." BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 **** |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
Honegger: Le Roi David (complete oratorio) Christophe Balissat, Athéna Poullos, Lucie Chartin / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Marianne Beate Kielland / Daniel Reus [ Mirare / CD - released 15/Jun/2017 ] "There are some ravishing moments, and it is given a polished performance" BBC Music |
Athena
Syrtaki Dance from Greece [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Syrtaki dance has been made famous by the well known international film-classic 'Zorba the Greek' and has since then soared around the world in a blaze of glory. Here is an excellent collection of lively Syrtakis in the same vein. A great album of... |
NIELSEN
Chamber Works for Wind (Incls Quintet, Op. 43) Athena Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] This re-issue gathers together all the great and several of the smaller works by Nielsen for wind instruments in chamber format. A number of pieces on the disc are not otherwise available. Nielsen's most important chamber works for wind were composed... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Complete Works for Wind Quintet (Incls 'Harmony Music' & 'six Promenades') Athena Ensemble [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] 'These bubbly versions [10 Pieces for Wind] by the Athena Ensemble, the only ones in the catalogue, are highly recommended at bargain price.' The Observer |
GOUNOD
Petite Symphonie in B flat major (with works by Poulenc & Ibert) Athena Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] |
TERGIS ATHENA
A LETTER HOME [ CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] |