Vince Gnojek, University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss - Ticheli: Wild Nights!; Dzubay, Bryant, Etezady, Mackey (2009) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Wild Nights!
02. Shadow Dance
03. Dusk
04. Anahita: I. The Flight of Night
05. Anahita: II. Night Mares
06. Anahita: III. Sleep and Repose / The Coming of Light
07. Soprano Saxophone Concerto: I. Prelude
08. Soprano Saxophone Concerto: II. Felt
09. Soprano Saxophone Concerto: III. Metal
10. Soprano Saxophone Concerto: IV. Wood
11. Soprano Saxophone Concerto: V. Finale


The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble offers musically enriching and artistically outstanding performances of the finest wind band repertoire. Following Redline Tango (8.570074), the Ensemble here presents a diverse selection of 21st-century music which takes its name from multi-award-winning Ticheli`s exuberant Wild Nights! Mackey`s Soprano Saxophone Concerto pays tribute to his teacher Corigliano`s Clarinet Concerto, the instrumentation of its inner movements matching their titles: ‘Felt’, ‘Metal’ and ‘Wood’. Etezady`s Anahita was inspired by William Morris Hunt`s depiction of the beautiful and terrifying Zoroastrian night goddess, Dzubay`s Shadow Dance elaborates on Pérotin’s famous medieval organum Viderunt Omnes, while Bryant’s chorale-like Dusk is illuminated by the fiery hues of sunset.

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