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Title: Echoes of Bohemia - Czech Music for Wind
Artist: Orsino Ensemble
Label: Chandos
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 095115534823
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-09-01
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD

Following their début album, Belle Époque, the Orsino Ensemble turns it's attention to music from Bohemia. There is a strong tradition of Czech wind playing, and hence a wealth of great repertoire on which to draw. Antoine Reicha was a contemporary (and friend) of Beethoven. His E flat Quintet, published in 1817, demonstrates his harmonic ingenuity and talent for idiomatic instrumental writing. Mládí, described by Janácek as '... a sort of memoir of youth', was composed in 1924 in celebration of the composer's own seventieth birthday, and the mood of the piece is optimistic throughout. Born in Brno, Pavel Haas studied at the city's conservatory, under Janácek - indeed Haas is widely considered to be Janácek's greatest pupil. Composed in 1929, the Wind Quintet typifies his quirky musical imagination and affinity for instrumental timbre. Bohuslav Martinu came from the small town of Policka, on the Czech-Moravian border, but received his early musical education in Prague, where he also played second violin in the Czech Philharmonic. A government scholarship enabled him to move to Paris in the early 1920s to study with Roussel. Martinu immersed himself in Parisian musical life, the works of Stravinsky and the Jazz scene proving two considerable influences on his own compositions. His Sextet for Wind and Piano is considered one of his most successful Jazz-inspired pieces and, although an early work, demonstrates the natural melodic style so typical of his later works.

Tracks:
1.1 Quintet, Op. 10 for Wind Instruments~Preludio. Andante, ma vivace
1.2 Quintet, Op. 10 for Wind Instruments~Preghiera. Misterioso e triste - Tempo rubato - Un poco più vivace - Un poco più mosso - Tempo I - Più mosso. Doloroso, ma appassionato - Maestoso
1.3 Quintet, Op. 10 for Wind Instruments~Ballo eccentrico. Ritmo marcato - Un poco più vivace - Un poco meno mosso - Tempo I - A tempo vivace
1.4 Quintet, Op. 10 for Wind Instruments~Epilogo. Maestoso - Quasi pastorale - Molto energico e vivace - Maestoso
1.5 Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2 in E flat major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn, and Bassoon~Lento - Allegro moderato
1.6 Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2 in E flat major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn, and Bassoon~Menuetto. Allegro - Trio I - Menuetto da capo - Trio II et Coda
1.7 Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2 in E flat major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn, and Bassoon~Poco andante. Grazioso
1.8 Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2 in E flat major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn, and Bassoon~Finale. Allegretto
1.9 Mládí, JW VII/10 (Youth) Suite for Wind Instruments (Flute / Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet (in B flat), French Horn, Bassoon, and Bass Clarinet)~Allegro [Andante] - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Un poco più mosso - Meno mosso - Meno mosso - Allegro - Poco più mosso - Adagio - Presto
1.10 Mládí, JW VII/10 (Youth) Suite for Wind Instruments (Flute / Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet (in B flat), French Horn, Bassoon, and Bass Clarinet)~Andante sostenuto [Moderato] - Più mosso - Tempo I - Più mosso - Tempo I - Più mosso - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Adagio
1.11 Mládí, JW VII/10 (Youth) Suite for Wind Instruments (Flute / Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet (in B flat), French Horn, Bassoon, and Bass Clarinet)~Vivace [Allegro] - Meno mosso - Tempo I (Vivace) - Meno mosso - Tempo I (Vivace)
1.12 Mládí, JW VII/10 (Youth) Suite for Wind Instruments (Flute / Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet (in B flat), French Horn, Bassoon, and Bass Clarinet)~Allegro animato [Con moto] - Meno mosso - Più mosso - Meno mosso - Vivace [Allegro] - Meno mosso - Tempo meno mosso [Tempo I] - Più mosso - Un poco meno moss
1.13 Sextet, H 174 in E flat major for Wind (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Two Bassoons) and Piano~Prélude. Poco andante - Poco allegro - Poco vivo - Meno - [Meno mosso] - [Poco andante]
1.14 Sextet, H 174 in E flat major for Wind (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Two Bassoons) and Piano~Adagio
1.15 Sextet, H 174 in E flat major for Wind (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Two Bassoons) and Piano~Scherzo (Divertimento I). Allegro vivo
1.16 Sextet, H 174 in E flat major for Wind (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Two Bassoons) and Piano~Blues (Divertimento II). Quarter Note = 72
1.17 Sextet, H 174 in E flat major for Wind (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Two Bassoons) and Piano~Finale. Quarter Note = 120 - Poco vivo - Poco più vivo - Più vivo - Presto - Vivo