Dances With Winds

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HESKETH / SKALKOTTAS / CORIGLIANO / GORB
Dances With Winds
Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra / Clark Rundell, conductor

[ Chandos Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 6 March 2005

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The four sets of dances for wind orchestra recorded here are from different times and places: the Mediterranean in the 1930s, the United States in the 1970s, contemporary Britain. But between them they show how readily dance idioms can be used to affirm national identity, evoke distant times or places - or simply entertain!

While wind instruments are capable of conveying every emotion, even the most solemn or tragic, the music written for them when they are combined in large numbers, in military bands, concert bands or symphonic wind ensembles, often tends towards the lighter side. And this tendency is very often linked with the regular accents of dance rhythms, the tunefulness of borrowed dance melodies and the host of associations that dances can so easily call to mind. The four sets of dances for wind orchestra recorded here are from different times and places: the Mediterranean in the 1930s, the United States in the 1970s, contemporary Britain. But between them they show how readily dance idioms can be used to affirm national identity, evoke distant times or places - or simply entertain!

The Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra is recognised as one of the leading conservatory ensembles in the world and performs internationally. It has already released several highly enjoyable discs on Chandos, all notable for their energy and brilliance.

This disc contains the premiere recording of Gorb's Yiddish Dances.

Tracks:

Kenneth Hesketh (b. 1968)
Danceries 14:16
1 I Lull me beyond thee. Andante espressivo 3:07
2 II Catching of Quails. Vivace vigoroso 1:52
3 III My Lady's Rest. Andantino con senti mento - 4:55
4 IV Quodling's Delight. Allegro vivace - Con fuoco 4:22

Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)
Nine Greek Dances 22:03
5 I Epirotikos (Dance from Epirus) (I/3). Moderato 1:27
6 II Peloponnisiakos (Dance from Peloponnesos) (I/4). Allegro - Andante 4:06
7 III Kalamatianos (Dance from Kalamata) (I/8). Moderato 1:27
8 IV Mariori mou (My Mariori) (III/4). Moderato assai e molto espressivo - 4:20
9 V Pedia ke pios to petaxe (Boys, who threw it?) (I/11). Allegro moderato 1:23
10 VI Kritikos (Dance from Crete) (I/2). Allegretto moderato 1:30
11 VII Sifneikos (Dance from Sifnos) (I/7). Allegro ben ritmico 1:03
12 VIII Makedonikos (Dance from Macedonia) (II/11). Moderato - 4:25
13 IX Enas Aïtos (An Eagle) [Tsamikos] (I/1). Allegro moderato 2:21

John Corigliano (b. 1938)
Gazebo Dances 15:50
14 I Overture. Allegro con brio 4:50
15 II Waltz. Allegretto 2:47
16 III Adagio. Adagio (poco rubato) 5:40
17 IV Tarantella. Allegro 2:33

premiere recording
Adam Gorb (b. 1958)
Yiddish Dances 16:41
18 Khosidl. Andante 3:16
19 Terkishe. Allegro molto - 2:17
20 Doina. Meno mosso, rubato - 1:57
21 Hora. Andante con moto - Più mosso - 4:25
22 Freylachs. Allegro molto - Tempo di Khosidl - 4:45