Beethoven / Gyori / Koltai - Transforming Traditions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Wooden Prince is a fairy tale ballet with an original story by Bart k' literary acquaintance Bela BalAzs, who had also written the libretto to Bluebeard' Castle. Though outwardly sunny in it's subject matter, the Wooden Prince.

Following on from their universally acclaimed debut album, Music for a Prussian Salon, the period wind ensemble Boxwood & Brass returns to Resonus with the first of two volumes of Beethoven Transformed. In this major new project, the group explores the status of wind music in early-nineteenth century Vienna through original and arranged music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) and his contemporaries. In this first album, Beethoven's Op. 71 Sextet is paired with the Op. 20 Septet in E-flat major, arranged for six-part Harmonie by his prolific pupil, Carl Czerny (1791-1857). Founded in 2013, Boxwood & Brass brings together the emerging generation of British period wind-instrument players to advocate for neglected wind chamber music and harmoniemusik of the Classical and early-Romantic periods. Members of the group work regularly with top orchestras from across Europe, including the Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gabrieli, L'Orchestra de Champs-Elysees and Spira Mirabilis. In-depth scholarly research into style and repertoire is important to the ensemble, as is promoting the highest standards in period wind playing.

Soprano Denyce Graves gave voice to our nation's g rief when she sang the Lord's Prayer and America the Beatiful at Washington D.C.'s National Cathedr al on our National Day of Mourning.