Bruce / Avital / Camerata Pacifica - North Wind Was a Woman - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Oct, Op.103 Allegro 2. Oct, Op.103 Andante 3. Oct, Op.103 Menuetto Allegro 4. Oct, Op.103 Rondo Andante (Rondino Woo25) 5. Oct, Op.103 Finale Presto 6. SXT, Op.71 Adagio-Allegro 7. SXT, Op.71 Adagio 8. SXT, Op.71 Menuetto Quasi Allegretto 9. SXT, Op.71 Rondo Allegro

This third album of Arianna Savall and Petter Udland Johansen with their ensemble Hirundo Maris on Carpe Diem Records is a musical journey along coasts and oceans, an ode to seafarers and travelers from ancient and modern times, to their lives, hopes and dreams. The windrose points into all cardinal points, encompassing all different cultures and places on earth in it's movement. At the same time, it can be a symbol for the inner travels of the human soul which may aim into all different directions and places throughout life. In this sense, the songs on this album connect inner and outer journeying through music and poetry, just as countries and people are connected through oceans, currents, and winds. Album Tracks 1. Sea Fever 2. Lamento de Chinita 3. Oh, Shenandoah 4. Carolan's Suite 5. Scarborough Fair 6. Yo Soy la Locura 7. Fisher's Hornpipe 8. Sailor Boy 9. House Carpenter 10. Ave Maris Stella 11. Adío Querida 12. Tha Mi SGÌTH 13. Cançó de Bressol de la Mar 14. Sidste Reis

This program brings together a wide variety of Alan Hovhaness' works including numerous world premiere recordings. These range from the earliest of his band compositions, the processional 'Tapor No. 1,' to more recent chamber pieces such as the gentle barcarole of 'Vision on a Starry Night. The Ruins of Ani' returns us to the tragic location also explored in Hovhaness Symphony No. 23 Ani', while the 'Three Improvisations on Folk Tunes' evoke dances from the Indian subcontinent. Newly discovered works with percussion include the Japanese-influenced overture to Hovhaness' opera 'The Burning House' alongside 'October Mountain,' now a classic in it's genre. Album Tracks 1. Tapor No. 1, Processional for Band, Op. 14 (1948) 2. Mountain Under the Sea, Op. 392 for Alto Saxophone, Percussion and Harp (1984) 3. Three Improvisations on Folk Tunes, Op. 248, No. 2 for Band (1952) 4. Vision on a Starry Night, Op. 384 for Flute, Harp and Percussion (1985) 5. October Mountain, Op. 136 for Percussion Sextet (1942/1951) 6. Hymn to Yerevan, Op. 83 for Band (1969) 7. Meditation on Ardalus, Op. 156, No.2 for Flute Alone 8. The Ruins of Ani, 'Lament for Ani, City of a Thousand Churches', Op. 250, No. 1 for Eight Clarinets (1972) 9. Overture to the Burning House Op. 185A for Flute and Percussion Quartet (1962) 10. Suite for Band, Op. 15 (1948)