Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Shea Lolin - Chromosphere: Symphonic Colours of the Woodwind Orchestra (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Alice in Wonderland (Version for Woodwind Orchestra)
02. Mozart's Pets: I. Miss Bimperl, Fox Terrier
03. Mozart's Pets: II. A London Cat
04. Mozart's Pets: III. Dawn Chorus in a Viennese Bird-Seller's Shop
05. Mozart's Pets: IV. Grasshopper
06. Mozart's Pets: V. A Canary Sings by Mozart's Death Bed
07. Bright Lights (Version for Woodwind Orchestra): I. Luminous
08. Bright Lights (Version for Woodwind Orchestra): II. Energetic, Colourful
09. Domes (Version for Woodwind Orchestra)
10. Child of the Wandering Sea

Conductor Shea Lolin and composer/producer Christopher Hussey have returned to Prague to record with the Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, carefully curating an album of premiere recordings spotlighting the woodwind orchestra, capturing its kaleidoscopic colours and symphonic potential in order to deepen and broaden appreciation of the medium’s power.

A large chamber ensemble of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons and saxophones in various sizes, the woodwind orchestra has a highly adaptable and magical tonal palette—it can be, in turn, boldly vibrant and delicately beautiful, thrillingly powerful and hauntingly tender, earnestly solemn and joyously comical.

The recorded repertoire reflects a spectrum of musical styles that exist in 21st-century concert music, ranging from the familiar and instantly singable to the more avant-garde, but always possessing an accessible and inviting musical narrative. Chromosphere is a landmark album, comprising exciting new and re-imagined pieces by leading composers in the genre and demonstrating the unique soundworld of the woodwind orchestra.

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