Grainger: Works For Wind Orchestra,Vol.4

NUN Grainger: Works For Wind Orchestra,Vol.4

   

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49935 in Music
  
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Released on: 1997-05-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .45" h x
  4.94" w x
  5.50" l,
  .23 pounds
  

Product Description

Colonial Song - Lincolnshire Posy - etc. / Orchestre de vents du Royal Northern College of Music - Clark Rundell, direction

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
The Master of the Wind Orchestra
By Dr. Christopher Coleman
I know of no composer or arranger who writes more beautifully for wind orchestra than Percy Grainger. It is a difficult medium, much harder than an orchestra to make sound terrific. This is probably due to the lack of a single homogenous sound equivalent to the orchestra's strings. The woodwinds are too diverse in timbre, and the brass generally can't sustain (physically) the constant playing such a role demands. But Grainger consistently rises above these problems and gets the most gorgeous sounds from the group. Furthermore, he writes fascinating counterpoints and the whole is constantly filled with eccentric touches of harmony, orchestration, rhythm, and the like.

This recording, with the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, is superbly played. Although one may quibble at times with such things as an occasionally too-wide saxophone vibrato, those are minor indeed. In particular, the classics of the wind orchestra literature, Irish Tune from County Derry and Linconshire Posy (the movements Harkstow Grange and Rufford Park Poachers stand out even in this august company), are magnificent in every respect. Also worthy of note is the Colonial Song, with its beautiful sonorities; and the vibrant percussion of The 'Gum-Suckers' March. This CD is a must-have for anyone interested in wind music, in the art of arranging, or simply in imaginative and fascinating music.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
They were born to play Grainger.
By A Customer
I have been playing Grainger since my freshman year in high school and never have I heard Grainger played with so much passion as when I listened to this recording of the Royal Northern College of Music. Lincolnshire Posy shines brighter than even the Eastman Wind Ensemble's greatest rendition. Bravo!

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Fine Grainger the Way it should be Played
By J. R. Trtek
There's a lot of Percy Grainger out there, in more ways than one. Several Grainer discs, and several Grainger versions of many tunes. For me, his music has always sounded best when rendered by wind band rather than full orchestra, and this particular release is an excellent compilation of Grainer pieces in that vein. It's one of many volumes from Chandos that I believe sought to comprehensively record the composer's music in all its different versions -- thus, one work might appear on one disc in full orchestra garb while on another you might find a wind band rendition, and so on. Anyway, these performances by the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra are just right. We get many of the Grainger standards -- Lincolnshire Posy suite, Shepherd's Hey, Molly on the Shore, Country Gardens, and more -- all dished up in brilliant form. As I said at the start, there's a lot of Grainger out there, and I'm not going to claim that this disc is the best of the lot, and there are individual performances that I think are bested by others, but this album is certainly in my inner circle.

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