Pacific Quintet - United (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Alevi dedeler rakı masasında, Op. 35: I. Andantino tranquillo - Presto fantastico
02. Alevi dedeler rakı masasında, Op. 35: II. Andante tranquillo - Moderato
03. Alevi dedeler rakı masasında, Op. 35: III. Andantino
04. Alevi dedeler rakı masasında, Op. 35: IV. Presto - Andantino
05. Vida: I. El despertar de los sentidos
06. Vida: II. La curiosidad
07. Vida: III. La imaginación
08. Vida: IV. Marionetas
09. Vida: V. Errante
10. Vida: VI. La búsqueda
11. Vida: VII. Plenitud
12. Medley of Japanese Folk Songs: I. Hanaichimonme
13. Medley of Japanese Folk Songs: II. Hamabe-no-uta
14. Medley of Japanese Folk Songs: III. Muramatsuri
15. Medley of Japanese Folk Songs: IV. Furusato
16. Divertimento for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 4: I. Andante con moto
17. Divertimento for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 4: II. Theme and Variations
18. Three Bagatelles: No. 1, When Nilliri Band Comes in Marching
19. Three Bagatelles: No. 2, Divertimenti in Carnival Serenade
20. Three Bagatelles: No. 3, Mask Dance in Carnival
21. West Side Story: I Feel Pretty / Tonight (Arr. for Wind Quintet by Richard Price)
22. West Side Story: Maria (Arr. for Wind Quintet by Richard Price)
23. West Side Story: America (Arr. for Wind Quintet by Richard Price)

The Pacific Quintet's debut album on Fuga Libera is a reflection of the diversity of its members and core focus; it also offers a nod to the composer who inspired the ensemble: Leonard Bernstein. Going beyond the standard classical repertoire, the prize-winning quintet (clarinet, horn, flute, oboe and bassoon) presents music from their home countries of Japan, Honduras, South Korea, Germany and Ukraine/Turkey in a programme which transcends all differences of culture, language and tradition. Two pieces, one by the Honduran composer Jorge Santos and the other by the South Korean female composer Soeui Lee, were commissioned especially for this album, which also includes Fazil Say's quintet Alevi dedeler raki masasinda and a medley of Japanese folk songs; Hanns Eisler's Divertimento represents Germany, the Pacific Quintet's home city. The album ends with an arrangement of music from West Side Story, an homage to its famous composer who founded the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo where the players first met. As this project shows, they are truly United in music.

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