Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet - Mladi - Reicha; Martinu, Janacek (2011)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet - Mladi - Reicha; Martinu, Janacek (2011)
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Genre: Classical | Label: Bis | Catalog Number: 1802
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 312 MB | MP3 320Kbps CBR | 189 MB | 1 CD | Full Scans
Genre: Classical | Label: Bis | Catalog Number: 1802
The eminent Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BPWQ) has recorded a number of discs for BIS, with their latest CD here featuring three composers born in what is now the Czech Republic. The disc opens with a wind quintet by Anton Reicha, who in the early 19th century ‘invented’ the entire genre, and closing with one of the absolute pinnacles in 20th-century chamber music for winds, namely Janáček’s Mládí (‘Youth’) from 1924.
Framed by these two is Martinů’s Sextet for piano and winds, written in Paris in 1929 and with echoes of both Bohemian music and jazz elements.
The only work in this scored for ‘regular’ wind quintet is Reicha's Quintet in E flat major alongside three rarely heard works from Reicha which use a cor anglais instead of an oboe.
A duo for piccolo and piano is also included here: Janáček’s two-minute-long March of the Bluebirds; a work based on recollections of his youth.
Composer: Anton Reicha, Bohuslav Martinu, Leos Janácek
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet
Reviews: This disc brings together a varied and consistently interesting program of Czech music for winds. In the Reicha works the Berlin Philharmonic Quintet plays with perfect intonation and balance. Every one of the seemingly unlimited range of colors that Reicha draws from his ensemble tells with unobtrusive clarity, and the works are perfectly paced. The last of the pieces for English horn and wind quartet, an adagio in siciliano rhythm, is particularly haunting, and it marries well with the second movement of Mládí.
The Martinu performance also has an appealing lightness, with nicely sprung rhythms and the composer's jazz inflections relished, but not to the point of affectation. The wind component of this piece uses two bassoons instead of bassoon and horn, while the scherzo is for flute and piano alone, and once again the quality of both the solo and ensemble work is outstanding.
Mládí isn't on quite the same level as the rest of the program. The very qualities of smoothness and blend that work so well in the other pieces fail to characterize Janácek's music as vividly as it should be. Note, for example, the extremely legato articulation in the second movement, and the soft edge to the accompaniments in the finale. The virtuosity remains impressive, and the bass clarinet has a wonderfully fat and fruity timbre, but ultimately the music demands a sharper profile. Still, for the intelligence of the program as a whole, not to mention the outstanding sonics, this disc remains very recommendable–nearly, but not quite, perfect.
Tracklisting:
Reicha, Antoine
Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 88, No. 2
1. I. Lento - Allegro moderato 00:07:08
2. II. Minuetto: Allegro 00:03:48
3. III. Poco andante grazioso 00:07:48
4. IV. Finale: Allegretto 00:05:41
Martinu, Bohuslav
Sextet, H. 174
5. I. Prelude 00:03:17
6. II. Adagio 00:03:32
7. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivo (Divertimento 1) 00:02:24
8. IV. Blues (Divertimento 2) 00:02:59
9. V. Finale 00:02:37
Reicha, Antoine
Andante No. 1 in E-Flat Major
10. Andante No. 1 in E - Flat Major 00:05:52
Andante No. 2 in F Major
11. Andante No. 2 in F Major 00:05:33
Adagio in D Minor
12. Adagio in D Minor 00:06:49
Janacek, Leos
Pochod Modracku (March of the Bluebirds), JW VII/9
13. Pochod Modracku (March of the Bluebirds), JW VII/9 00:02:11
Mladi (Youth Suite), JW VII/10
14. I. Andante 00:03:40
15. II. Moderato 00:04:55
16. III. Allegro 00:03:46
17. IV. Con moto 00:04:28
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