Weber / Szebesczyk - Quattrocorno - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Vinyl LP pressing. Formed in the 1990s, explore the heart of Tex-Mex music with the American Tejano supergroup Texas Tornados, composed of iconic musicians including Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, and Freddy Fender. Featuring hits like InchWho Were You Thinkin' Of,Inch the lively InchHey Baby Que Paso,Inch and the soulful InchIs Anybody Goin' To San Antone.Inch With a blend of catchy rhythms, heartfelt storytelling, and a touch of cultural flavor, this 'Now Playing' celebrates the rich musical heritage of Texas Tornado.

The third installment in Navona Records' series for orchestra is here DIMENSIONS VOL 3, featuring the work of contemporary composers Michael G. Cunningham, Andre' Godsey, Miguel Matamoro, Paul Osterfield, and Eric Simonson. Harnessing the power of a concert hall full of virtuosos performing original compositions from today's composers, DIMENSIONS VOL 3 packs a powerful punch. The compilation kicks off with the work of Dr. Andre' E. Godsey, Sr. The first movement of his Symphony Number One in C# Minor Themes for Søren Kierkegaard is a sweeping programmatic piece imagining the life of the legendary Danish philosopher and polymath. This movement deals with Kierkegaard's heartbreak following the cutting off of his wedding engagement to the love of his life. Paul Osterfield's Silver Fantasy follows, a concertante wind ensemble piece featuring graceful lyrical passages and vibrant rhythmic energy. In Brétema, named after the Galician word referring to dense fog and clouds, composer Miguel Matamoro draws parallels between the Spanish cliffs that perpetually emerge and retreat among the smoky mist and the prism-like fluidity of his own musical idiom. Eric Simonson contributes Maples and Rondeaux avec Berlioz from his TWO PICTURES FOR ORCHESTRA. Both are based on musical InchsnapshotsInch of pieces from Beethoven and Berlioz, respectively. These quotations, taken from less well-known passages, provide the basis for Simonson's compositions, which reconsider their fragmented primary sources in a new light. Michael G. Cunningham's Symphony No. 7 and Impromptus-featuring all the sophistication and nuance listeners have come to expect from him over the years-round out the album.

The present album is an attempt to answer the question whether one musician can perform multi-part pieces. In this case, wind instruments are in a particularly unfavorable situation, because, unlike, for example, the violin or piano, one cannot effectively perform chords on them, not to mention the implementation of several melodic lines. The modern recording technique combined with a suitable computer software allows us to register subsequent voices and then combine them into a whole - it is widely used in popular music. However, in the case of classical chamber music, the requirements for this type of recording are much higher... This album by Aleksander Szebesczyk makes the listeners aware that even on the basis of purely instrumental works, this kind of complicated procedures can result in a number of unique and at the same time convincing sonorist and aesthetic impressions.