Crystal Records Ñ Benjamin Coelho, Bassoon

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     Benjamin Coelho, Associate Professor of Bassoon, has been at the University of Iowa since 1998. He has appeared as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, teacher and clinician in North and South America and Europe. An avid chamber musician, he was a founding member of the Manhattan Wind Quintet, which performed numerous concert tours throughout the United States. The group won various chamber music competitions including Artists International, Coleman, and Monterey Peninsula Chamber Music Competition. In 1987 the quintet played a sold-out concert at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York.
     An enthusiastic proponent of new music, Coelho has commissioned, performed and recorded many works by European, American and Latin American composers. His two solo CDs are on Albany and Crystal Records. He is a member of Wizards! A Double Reed Consort, and has recorded two CDs with this group.
     Before his position at the University of Iowa, Coelho was the Vice-Dean and Bassoon Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil). As a performer in his native Brazil, he held principal positions with symphony orchestras in Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, and Belo Horizonte. He currently performs as principal bassoon with the Cedar Rapids Symphony and the Iowa Woodwind Quintet.

 

CD844: Bravura Bassoon. Benjamin Coelho, Bassoon.  Heitor Villa-Lobos: Corrupio, Bailado for bassoon and string quintet; Johann Evangelist Brandl: Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 52, No. 1; Gordon Jacob: Suite for Bassoon and String Quartet; Bernhard Heiden: Serenade for Bassoon, Violin, Viola, and Cello; Gerardo DiriŽ: Anjo Breve for bassoon and string quintet  UPC 00941478442-1 ORDER NOW

Benjamin Coelho with the Maia String Quartet, Christine Rutledge, viola, Volkan Orhon, bass, and Anthony Arnone, conductor.

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Brandl:  Quintet in Bb: Allegro ma non troppo   Andante con moto   Minuetto   Moderato    Jacob: Suite:  Prelude   Caprice   Elegy   Rondo    Heiden: Serenade:  Notturno   March   Intermezzo   Scherzo   Epilogue    Villa-Lobos:  Corrupio, Bailado    DiriŽ: Anjo Breve:  Preambulo   A Bengala Zuniu no Ar   Ao Longo do Tempo

 

 

CD358: Pas de Trois.  Kenneth Tse, Saxophone; Benjamin Coelho, Bassoon; Alan Huckleberry, Piano. Bernard Van Beurden, Pas de trois;  Jindrich Feld, Trio Giocoso; David Froom, Arirang Variations; Perry Goldstein, Noir; Don Freund, Louder than Words. UPC 00941473582-9.    ORDER NOW

Saxophone, Bassoon, and Piano is an unusual combination that creates an exciting and vibrant sound. The works on this CD represent some of the finest writing for this combination, and the performers are three of the best practitioners of their art.

Kenneth Tse "plays with seductive tonal beauty" (American Record Guide) and is "a brilliant saxophonist...worthy of any stage in the world." (Eugene Rousseau). Benjamin Coelho's "playing is unfailingly sonorous, expressive and alert." (Gramophone)   Alan Huckleberry has "technical mastery and interpretive panache." (Fanfare)  The three musicians are on the faculty at the University of Iowa and perform internationally.

"Both Kenneth Tse and Benjamin Coelho play with warm, full tone and with enviable agility. Alan Huckleberry ably accompanies them, and then some, because this music rarely relegates him to the back seat. His alert playing is a fine foil for his partners and for the music too." International Record Review, October 2006

"The Pas de Trois CD is living proof of just how exciting the saxophone can be in a chamber ensemble. ... To sum up this trio's performance would be to say they are simply superb. This trio of three virtuoso musicians has created a completely exhilarating musical experience on this CD. This is a CD that you don't want to miss. Bravo!" Saxophone Journal, Nov/Dec 2006

"From Crystal comes yet another program of stimulating chamber works by fairly obscure composers. As usual, it is beautifully performed and recorded with great presence." Fanfare Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006

"These performances are as good as they can be. The three of them play with impeccable musicianship, exhilarating technique, and panache; and they deliver nothing short of the best. Not only is it a delight to hear them play, but this music is a pleasure to hear." American Record Guide, Nov/Dec 2006

"While the instrumentation of this trio may seem unusual, the timbres blend beautifully and create interesting counterpoint throughout this wonderful recording." The Instrumentalist Magazine, August 2006

 

Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement shown.
Van Beurden: Pas de trois:  Ouverture   Pastorale   Tarantella   Feld: Trio Giocoso:  Allegro   Andante   Allegro vivo    Froom:  Arirang Variations    Goldstein:  Noir    Freund:  Louder than Words:  Part I   Part II

 

CD874: CLASSICAL WIZARDS.   Performed by WiZARDS! A Double Reed Consort. Beethoven, Trio, op. 87, for 2 oboes and English horn; Antonio Salieri, Variations sulia Follia di Spagna, for 2 oboes, 2 English horns, & 2 bassoons; W. A. Mozart, Impressario Overture, trans. for 3 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, and contra bassoon; Johann Baptist Schenk, Quartetto for oboe, 2 English horns, and bassoon; Frantisek Xaver Dussek, Parthia for 2 oboes, 2 English horns, and bassoon.  UPC 00941478742-2 ORDER NOW
     WiZARDS! has been called "the worldÕs series of double reed playing." They have toured throughout the U.S.and appeared at many music festivals. Their first CD received great recognition for its "miraculous playing...magic abounds" (Fanfare).  The players perform in orchestras throughout the Great Lakes region and teach at colleges in Iowa City; Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; and others. Members of the group are Mark Weiger, Andrea Gullickson, oboes; S. Blake  Duncan, English horn; Greg Morton, bassoon. Assisted by Michael Ericson, oboe/English horn; Benjamin Coelho, bassoon; Michael Dicker, contrabassoon.

Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear approximately one minute of the movement shown.
Beethoven Trio:  Mvt 1 (Allegro)   Mvt 2 (Adagio)   Mvt 3 (Menuetto)   Mvt 4 (Finale)    Schenk Quartetto:  Mvt 1 (Allegro moderato)   Mvt 2(Menuetto)   Mvt 3(Un poco adagio)   Mvt 4(Rondo)    Salieri: Variations    Dussek: Parthia  Mvt 1   Mvt 2   Mvt 3   Mvt 4    Mozart: Impressario Overture

 

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