The Borealis Wind Quintet

Katherine Fink, flute Tamer Beach Wells, oboe Kathryn Taylor, clarinet Dan Culpepper, horn Wayne Hileman, bassoon

Borealis Live

Recorded live in concert at the Conservatory of Music,
University of Missouri in Kansas City. 

MS031899   ~   $14.95

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"[Featured works] receive performances that are noteworthy for their subtlety, verve, impeccable intonation, ensemble transparency and unanimity, and sheer dedication"
FANFARE - JULY/AUGUST 2000

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The Borealis Wind Quintet presents a delightful concert of European works plus an attractive piece by the American composer Eric Ewazen. The concert opens with the pastel-like music of Parisian composer Charles Edouard Lefebvre (whose music has often been compared with that of Mendelssohn). The ensemble’s clarity shines in the changing combinations of the six Bagatelles by the contemporary European composer Gyorgy Ligeti.  The brief opera arrangements that follow allow the listener to enjoy melodies by Donizetti and Verdi in new instrumental coloration.  Eric Ewazen’s  Roaring Fork Quintet (commissioned by the Borealis Quintet) evokes both the splendor and the serenity of the Rocky Mountain scenery of Colorado. The Adagio by Anton Reicha (a contemporary of Beethoven) features a haunting melodic line for the English horn, and the concert concludes with three  engaging works by Johann Strauss, Jr.  

 

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Charles Lefebvre: Suite, Op. 57; Gyorgi Ligeti: Six Bagatelles; Opera Highlights from L’Elisir d’Amore and  La Traviata, (arr.Richard Price); Eric Ewazen: Roaring Fork Quintet for Wind Instruments; Anton Reicha: Adagio for the English Horn; Johann Strauss, (arr.Fredrich Gabler): Vergnugungzug;  Egyptischer Marsch; Perpetuum Mobile. 

 

The Borealis Wind Quintet was formed in 1976 and continues to earn appreciative applause from audiences as well as exceptional press reviews wherever they tour. The New York Times commented on the musicians’ “lively, communicative” performances; the Washington Post noted their “superb and skillful playing,” and the Philadelphia Inquirer cited “the sort of rapport that characterizes the very best chamber playing.”

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