Robert Russell Bennett, Henry Brant, Ross Lee Finney, Vincent Persichetti, Hale Smith, The Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, John P. Paynter
Winds Of Change:American Music for Wind Ensemble 1950s-1970s (CD)
FormatCDLabelNew World RecordsGenreComposition
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A welcome appearance on disc of some of the finest American music for wind ensemble from the 1950s to the 1970s that demonstrates the evolution of the wind band as a vehicle for “serious” composition. The five compositions represent a wide cross-section of styles and composers. Pageant is a prime example of Vincent Persichetti’s lasting contribution to the genre--a warm, expressive piece written in a rich harmonic idiom. Hale Smith’s Expansions is cut from a decidedly darker cloth, a dark drama of muted colors that makes extensive use of tone clusters. Henry Brant’s Verticals Ascending, inspired by the Rodia Towers in the Watts section of Los Angeles, is scored for two separated bands and illustrates the composer’s trademark “spatial music in temporal polyphony.”
The different meters and distinct instrumental character of each band combine to create a colorful and intricate polyphonic web. Ross Lee Finney’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra of Wind Instruments utilizes large and varied forces to sculpt a work that tests the virtuosity of both soloist and ensemble without sacrificing transparency of texture. Robert Russell Bennett, best known as an arranger of Broadway musicals, contributes the program’s closing work--Symphonic Songs for Band, a three movement suite by turns witty, cheerful, warm, relaxed, high-spirited and always tuneful.
Format
This recording was originally released as New World Records LP NW 211.
The original recording was made possible through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This recording was made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. This recording was also made possible with a grant from Francis Goelet.
Recorded in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Track 1 publ. Carl Fischer, Inc.
Track 2 publ. Edward B. Marks Music Corp.
Track 3 publ. MCA Music, a Division of MCA, Inc.
Tracks 4 & 5 publ. C.F. Peters Corp.
Tracks 6 to 8 publ. Chappell & Co., Inc.
Cover painting: "Road and Houses, South Truro" (1930-33). Oil on canvas. 27" x 43" (68.6 x 109.2 cm.). Collection of Whitney Museum of American Art. Josephine N. Hopper Bequest. 70.1212.
℗ 1977 © 1997 Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
Printed in USA.
Release notes
This recording was originally released as New World Records LP NW 211. The original recording was made possible through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This recording was made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. This recording was also made possible with a grant from Francis Goelet. Recorded in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern…
| 1 | Pageant | 7:24 | |
| 2 | Expansions | 8:19 | |
| 3 | Verticals Ascending | 9:33 | |
| Concerto For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra Of Wind Instruments | |||
| 4 | Moderato | 7:24 | |
| 5 | Allegro Energico | 5:45 | |
| Symphonic Songs For Band | |||
| 6 | Serenade | 3:54 | |
| 7 | Spiritual | 5:15 | |
| 8 | Celebration | 4:13 | |
- Debra Richtmeyer
- Alto Saxophone
- Wayne Richards
- Alto Saxophone
- Diana Slaughter
- Baritone Saxophone
- Jean Hansen
- Bass Clarinet
- Ellen Peichel
- Bassoon, Contrabassoon
- Mark Parta
- Bassoon, Contrabassoon
- Tim McGovern
- Bassoon, Contrabassoon
- Jesse Johnson
- Clarinet [B-Flat And A Clarinets]
- Laurie De Luca
- Clarinet [B-Flat And A Clarinets]
- Robert Fitzer
- Clarinet [B-Flat And A Clarinets]
- Susan Jarvis
- Clarinet [B-Flat And A Clarinets]
- Solomon Baer
- Clarinet [E-Flat Clarinet]
- John P. Paynter
- Conductor, Liner Notes
- Timothy Hein
- Contrabass Clarinet
- Margaret Storer
- Double Bass [String Bass]
- Noel Harrington
- Edited By [Tape Editor]
- Jerry Bruck
- Engineer
- Mark Dichter
- Engineer [Associate Engineer]
- Russ Payne
- Engineer [Mixing Engineer]
- The Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
- Ensemble
- Timothy Myers
- Euphonium
- Phyllis Manning
- Harp
- Beth Kinch
- Horn
- Deborah McCracken
- Horn
- Heidi Kepper
- Horn
- Ronald Schneider
- Horn
- Dirk Sobotka
- Mastered By [Digital Mastering]
- Karen Kang
- Oboe, English Horn
- Steve Kurtz
- Oboe, English Horn
- Marcia La Reau
- Organ
- Edward Hopper
- Painting [Cover Painting]
- Bruce Carver
- Percussion
- Clint Dodd
- Percussion
- David Swenson
- Percussion
- Deborah Katz
- Percussion
- Joseph Ludwig
- Percussion
- Milton Harper
- Percussion
- Timothy Akin
- Percussion
- Amy Riebs
- Piano, Celesta
- Diane Schick
- Piccolo Flute
- Judith Washburn
- Piccolo Flute
- Mark Peterson
- Piccolo Flute
- Andrew Raeburn
- Producer
- Frederick L. Hemke
- Saxophone
- Charles Boston
- Trombone
- James Haack-Dodds
- Trombone
- Marc Donatelle
- Trombone
- Marc Wolfram
- Trombone
- Billie Worthen
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Charles Matthiessen
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Jeffrey Hickey
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Michael Serber
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Peggy Paton
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Susan Enger
- Trumpet, Cornet
- Andy Bryan
- Tuba
