Various Artists - On the Wings of the Wind - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Two great artists of the current classical scene gather here for a unique project. It is a simple and effective idea to intertwine Lieder and piano transcriptions. Cyprien Katsaris writes InchFollowing our first encounter on June 7, 2015 in Hamburg on the occasion of our concert with the Winterreise of Schubert, which proved to be a wonderful experience, and considering our perfect mutual understanding, I wondered whether Christoph Pregardien would be interested in a recording project. But what repertoire? Usually the Lieder aficionados are no tinterested in piano and pianophiles do not seem to be Lieder fans... Then I thought, how about bringing together those two categories of the human species? Suddenly... EUREKA!... The concept would be a combination of German Lieder, each of them followed by a piano transcription. Christoph Pregardien immediately agreed.Inch Album Tracks 1. Die Forelle 2. Transcription of Die Forelle 3. 3 Liebesbotschaft 4. Transcription of Liebesbotschaft 5. Auf Flügeln Des Gesanges 6. Transcription of Auf Flügeln Des Gesanges 7. Frühlingsnacht 8. Transcription of Frühlingsnacht 9. Geheimes Flüstern Hier Und Dort 10. Transcription of Geheimes Flüstern Hier Und Dort 11. Im Rhein, Im Schönen Strome 12. Transcription of Im Rhein, Im Schönen Strome 13. Träume 14. Transcription of Träume 15. Anakreons Grab 16. Idylle Transcription of Anakreons Grabs 17. Freundliche Vision 18. Free Arrangement of Freundliche Vision 19. Frühlingslied 20. Transcription of Frühlingslied 21. Agnes 22. Transcription of Agnes 23. Vergebliches Ständchen 24. Transcription of Vergebliches Ständchen 25. Wiegelied 26. Transcription of Wiegenlied

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Largo 3. III. Rondo 4. I. Allegro 5. II. Andante 6. III. Rondo. Allegro

Throughout WINDSWEPT, the Boston-based Arcadian Winds project a storytelling experience that is joyful, moving, and meaningful to hear. The three-movement Woodwind Quintet by Canadian composer Jan Järvlepp starts off WINDSWEPt. The first movement, InchRollercoaster,Inch invokes a childlike whimsy with a noticeable pop influence. This is followed by InchSolitude,Inch a more mature and romantic movement of music. Woodwind Quintet concludes with InchPyrotechnics,Inch a piece rooted in texture. Sonorous Earth, written by Miami composer Ferdinando DeSena, offers a down-to-earth, stable tone. While offering no less lyricism in his compositions, DeSena's storytelling is built from his ability to interweave these instruments in the lower tonal register. Stumpery, the third piece, is also based on this very concept of interwoven melodies. Composed by David MacDonald, the inspiration behind the piece is the complex network of a stumpery, or a type of garden in which the roots of trees tangle around one another. While the roots are represented by the linear melodies of the instruments, MacDonald establishes a unique ambient sound incorporating reverberations of the instruments, emphasizing the space left by the tendrils of the roots. Dirge & Second Line by Craig Peaslee experiments with the dictation of the New Orleans jazz style. Using a classical chamber ensemble, he juxtaposes some of the intricacies of classical notation with the loose, laid-back energies of the jazz music he works with. Concluding the album, Kenneth Kuhn's Variations on a Commoner Theme, No. 1 builds a musical story of the quest of a theme in the lowest class of musical hierarchy seeking to become noble. The wind quintet chronicles the various attempts via varying personalities of tempo, key change, and tone. The mood and melody start from the lowest class, build themselves up with grandiose ambitions, and