The Galliard Ensemble, Sam Haywood - From the Beginning: Music for Winds and piano by Mozart, Thuille and Poulenc (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452: I. Largo - Allegro moderato
02. Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452: II. Larghetto
03. Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452: III. Allegretto
04. Sextet in B-Flat Major for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 6: I. Allegro moderato
05. Sextet in B-Flat Major for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 6: II. Larghetto
06. Sextet in B-Flat Major for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 6: III. Gavotte. Andante, quasi Allegretto
07. Sextet in B-Flat Major for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 6: IV. Finale. Vivace
08. Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43: I. Presto
09. Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43: II. Andante
10. Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43: III. Rondeau

This is the Galliard Ensemble's 5th recording for Deux- Elles. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, they are joined by pianist Sam Haywood in an epic programme bookended by two pillars of the repertoire, Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Winds and Poulenc's Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano. Featured prominently in the middle is the marvellously expansive and much less recorded Sextet for Piano and Winds by Ludwig Thuille, a close colleague of Richard Strauss. This album is a melting pot of colours, textures and timbres, beautifully captured and balanced by sound engineer Matthew Wadsworth.

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