The five works on this disc have three things in common. First, they're scored for the relatively unusual combination of wind quintet and piano. Second, they're played by the cracker-jack Reykjavik Wind Quintet and ace pianist Vovka Ashkenazy, son of the famous pianist-conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. And third, they're all drop-dead hilarious. Try the last movement of Rimsky-Korsakov's quintet with its lopsided tunes and gawky rhythms, or the opening movement of Saint-Saëns' Caprice sur des airs danois et russes with its ...
Read More
The five works on this disc have three things in common. First, they're scored for the relatively unusual combination of wind quintet and piano. Second, they're played by the cracker-jack Reykjavik Wind Quintet and ace pianist Vovka Ashkenazy, son of the famous pianist-conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. And third, they're all drop-dead hilarious. Try the last movement of Rimsky-Korsakov's quintet with its lopsided tunes and gawky rhythms, or the opening movement of Saint-Saëns' Caprice sur des airs danois et russes with its tongue-in-cheek melodies and waggish harmonies, or any of the three movements of Françaix's L'Heure du berger with its drunken glissandos and rude sforzandos, or even dour old Vincent d'Indy's Sarabande et Minuet: is that the sound of a smile one hears in the Sarabande and perhaps even a smirk in the Minuet? While certainly not for serious listening, this disc is so brilliantly played and so thoroughly entertaining that only the stoniest of faces and the hardest of hearts could resist...
Read Less
Add this copy of Piano & Wind to cart. $26.88, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by CHN.
Add this copy of Piano and Wind to cart. $36.68, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2007 by CHANDOS GROUP.
Portions of content provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2024 Rovi Corporation.