Atea Quintet - Music For Nine Winds: Works By Alwyn & Mozart (2019) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments: I. Allegro ritmico
02. Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments: II. Allegretto scherzando
03. Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments: III. Andante sostenuto e semplice
04. Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments: IV. Allegro vivace
05. Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F Major, K. 497: I. Adagio-Allegro di molto (Arrangement for 9 Winds by Quentin Poole)
06. Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F Major, K. 497: II. Andante (Arrangement for 9 Winds by Quentin Poole)
07. Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F Major, K. 497: III. Allegro (Arrangement for 9 Winds by Quentin Poole)



Even when undeniable beauties are taken into account, wind chamber music is in the shadow of chamber music for strings in terms of audience appeal - with very few exceptions.

The recording of the At a Quintet impressively illustrates the possibilities that arise from a pure wind instrumentation. Expanded to a nonet, the British let us discover a true jewel of this genre with the Concerto for Flute and Eight Winds by the English late romantic William Alwyn.

No less worth listening to is Quentin Pole’s extremely successful arrangement of Mozart’s Sonata for Piano for Four Hands KV 497.

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