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CD774: TEXAS
HORNS. Combined horn sections of
Dallas and Houston Symphonies. UPC 00941477742-3 
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12 of the finest horn players in the world recording works
composed or transcribed specifically for them. Principals are renowned hornists
Gregory Hustis and William VerMuelen.
James Beckel, Portraits of the American West; Kerry Turner, Bronze
Triptych; John Williams, Hooked on Williams (arr. Anthony Di Lorenzo); Samuel
Barber, Adagio (arr. Roger Kaza); Thad Jones, A Child is Born (arr. Dick
Meyer); Furber, Limehouse Blues (arr. Dick Meyer); Tommy Wolf, Spring Can
Really Hang You Up the Most (arr. Dick Meyer); Sterling Procter, Amazing Grace.
CD820: ERIN HANNIGAN,
OBOE. With Simon Sargon, piano; Scott Walzel, bassoon; Dan Florio
and Drew Lang, percussion. (released May 2008) UPC 00941478202-1 ORDER NOW
Simon Sargon, Homage to Hafiz; Henri Dutilleux, Sonate pour
Hautbois et Piano; Dan Welcher, Firewing: The Flame and the the Moth; Thomas
Dunhill, Friendships Garland: A Suie of Five Miniatures; Simon Sargon, Haas
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and iano; Paul Patterson Duologue for Oboe and
Piano.
This CD has wonderful works
that have become standards in the oboe repertoire plus premiere recordings of
pieces also destined to become oboe masterworks.
Erin Hannigan is principal oboist with the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra. She has been guest principal oboist with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic. In the summer, she performs with the Mainly Mozart
Festival in San Diego, Calif., and the Music in the Mountains Festival in
Durango, Colo.
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minute of the movement shown.
Sargon,
Homage to Hafiz, mvt. 1; Sargon,
Homage to Hafiz, mvt. 2; Sargon,
Homage to Hafiz, mvt. 3; Dutilleux,
Sonata, mvt. 1; Dutilleux,
Sonata, mvt. 2; Dutilleux,
Sonata, mvt. 3; Welcher,
Firewing;
Dunhill, Friendships Garland, mvt. 1; Dunhill,
Friendships Garland, mvt. 2; Dunhill,
Friendships Garland, mvt. 3; Dunhill,
Friendships Garland, mvt. 4; Dunhill,
Friendships Garland, mvt. 5; Sargon,
Trio, mvt. 1; Sargon,
Trio, mvt. 2; Sargon
Trio, mvt. 3; Patterson,
Duologue, mvt. 1; Patterson,
Duologue, mvt. 2; Patterson,
Duologue, mvt. 3; Patterson,
Duologue, mvt. 4.
CD264: Reicha:
Woodwind Quintets Vol 4: opus 91, nos. 1 & 2. Westwood Wind Quintet
This is the fifth release in Crystal Records' series of Anton
Reicha's 24 woodwind quintets. UPC 00941472642-1 ORDER NOW Click here for further
information
TheWestwood Wind Quintet has now recorded 23 of the 24 quintets.
We have been performing Reichas woodwind
quintets since the Westwood Wind Quintet was formed almost 50 years ago. His
music never fails to excite us.
With every performance and every recording we are more convinced that
Reicha is one of the greatest composers of the period, a period that includes
some very great composers indeed: Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, to mention a few. I
trust that this recorded series of his quintets will bring more attention to
this giant of the time. The music features gorgeous melodies, thrilling
allegros, and wonderful tonalities and composition. (Peter Christ; founder
Westwood Wind Quintet & President Crystal Records)
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Quintet in C Major, opus 91, no. 1: Allegro
moderato/Andante/Tempo primo
Andante Menuetto Rondo
Finale Quintet in A Minor, opus 91, no. 2: Adagio/Allegro
assai
Andante Menuetto Finale
CD757: THEODOR BLUMER Woodwind Music, Vol. 3.
John Bailey, Flute, Mark Clinton, Piano,
Moran Woodwind Quintet. Serenade and Theme and Variations, op. 34 for
Woodwind Quintet. Ten Waltzes
(Hausmusik), op. 56 for Flute and Piano.
From the Animal Kingdom, op. 57a for Flute and Piano. From the Plant World, op. 57b for Flute
and Piano. UPC 00941477572-4 ORDER NOW
Theodor
Blumer (1881-1964) was director and principal conductor of the Dresden Radio
Orchestra and the Middle German Radio Orchestra in Leipzig. Blumers lush, late-romantic style
reminds me of Richard Strauss. [His music] is refreshing and enlightening. American Radio Guide
CD716: DEDICATED TO BARRRE, VOL.
2. Leone Buyse, Flute; Martin Amlin, Piano, Paula Page, Harp. Edgard Varse, Density 21.5; Charles
Griffes, Poem; Wallingford Riegger, Suite for flute alone; Albert Roussel,
Andante and Scherzo; Philippe Gaubert, Sonatine quasi Fantasia, and Invocation;
Leonardo De Lorenzo, Sogno Futuristico; Christiaan Kriens, La Nymphe Bocagre;
H. Maurice Jacquet, Nocturne for flute and harp; Marion Bauer, Forgotten
Modes; Richard Franko Goldman, Two
Monochromes. UPC 00941477162-9 
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Music composed for the celebrated flutist Georges
Barrre, who was principal flutist of the New York Symphony 1905-1928. Leone Buyse is former principal flute
of the Boston Symphony and now teaches at Rice University in Houston.
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Gaubert: Sonatine Allegretto Andante quasi Adagio De Lorenzo: Sogno Futuristico Kriens: La Nymphe Boocagre Jacquet: Nocturne
Riegger: Suite: Moderato Vivace
Molto con sentimento Allegro ironico Griffes: Poem
Bauer: Forgotten
Modes: Idyll
Hymn to Pallas Athene Paean
Threnody
Dithyramb Gaubert: Invocation Goldman: Two Monochromes: Rather slowly Fast
Roussel: Andante and scherzo Varse:
Density 21.5 dalbum:
Reverie
Invocation Petite Valse Woollett: Sonata in B-flat Minor: Allegretto con moto
CD659: SAXOPHONE VOICES FROM FIVE
COUNTRIES, featuring Keith R. Young, soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. Heitor Villa Lobos, Fantasia; Astor Piazzolla,
Tango; Rudy Wiedoeft, Saxophobia; Ron Nelson, Danza Capriccio; Charles
Koechlin, Andante & Le Reps de Tityre; Paul Bonneau, Caprice en Forme de
Valse; Elliot Del Borgo, Canto; Toshiyuki & Naomi Honda, Four Jazz
Etudes. UPC
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Keith R. Young was principal saxophonist with
the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. until 1998. Since then he has been
an international soloist and Professor of Music at Indiana University of
Pennsylvania. This collection contains some of the best recital literature for
the saxophone, featuring music of composers from the U.S.A., Japan, France,
Brazil, and Argentina.
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Nelson: Danza Capriccio Koechlin:
Andante
Bonneau: Caprice en Forme de Valse Del Borgo:
Canto
Villa-Lobos: Fantasia Anim Lent
Trs anim Koechlin:
Le Repos de Tityre Honda: Four Jazz Etudes
Greeting
Fake
Interval
Session
Piazzolla: Tango
Wiedoeft: Saxophobia
CD838: Finale: Sonatas for Viola. Paul Cortese, Viola. With Juan Carlos Garvayo, Piano.
Dmitri
Shostakovich, Sonata for Viola and Piano, op. 147; Grazyna Bacewicz, Sonata for Viola Solo;
Aram Khachaturian, Sonata for Viola Solo; Bohuslav Martinu, Sonata for Viola and
Piano. UPC 00941478382-0 ORDER NOW
Shostakovitchs Viola
Sonata was written just before his death, inspiring Khachaturian to write his
Solo Sonata just months later. Bacewicz last published work was a viola
concerto, and Martinu returned to the viola near the end of his life. The music on this CD are profound
works, possibly among the most moving pieces ever written by these composers.
Paul Cortese has been principal viola with the Gothenburg
Symphony, Neeme Jarvi, conductor.
He has been guest principal in over a dozen European orchestras and is
featured chamber player in numerous worldwide festivals. This is his third CD
on Crystal Records. The American Record Guide said his performances are
elegant. The technique of Cortese is superb.
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Shostakovich
Sonata: Moderato
Allegretto Adagio
Bacewicz
Sonata: Adagio, Allegro, Adagio Presto
Khachaturian
Sonata
Martinu
Sonata: Poco andante, Moderato Allegro non troppo
CD269: Reicha Woodwind
Quintets Vol 9: opus 99, Nos. 5 & 6. Performed by the Westwood Wind Quintet.
This is the
fourth release in Crystals exciting project of recording the complete 24
Reicha Woodwind Quintets. The
Westwood Wind Quintet has already recorded 23 of these, and we are expecting a
new volume to be released every few months. Anton Reicha (1770-1836), one of the most respected
composers of the period, was a friend of Beethoven and Haydn, and teacher of
Berlioz, Franch, Gounod, and Liszt.
UPC 00941472692-6 ORDER NOW Click here for further
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Reichas 24 wind quintets have been and probably always will
be regarded as the summit and foundation of the literature. The Westwood Wind Quintet is known far
and wide to lovers of this sort of music. American Record Guide
Fanfare has said of this series only top-notch playing that can only be
envied by lesser ensembles.
The Westwood Wind Quintet has a standard of
ensemble playing that is nothing short of breathtaking. [It is] something to be
cherished. International Record Review
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Quintet in B Minor, opus 99, no. 5: Andante/Allegro Andante Menuetto Finale
Quintet in G Major,
opus 99, no. 6: Andante/Allegro
Poco Vivo Air
En Fantaisie. Andante Menuetto Finale
CD398: Rainbo-bo; The
Man With the Golden Tuba: Roger Bobo.
J.S.
Bach, Air from Suite No. 3 (Air on the G string); Franz Schubert, Stndchen
(Serenade); Meyer Kupferman, Saturnalis; Morton Subotnick, The First Dream of
Light; Thomas Stevens, Encore Bōz. UPC 00941473982-7 
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Roger Bobo, a legendary
tuba virtuoso, performed the first-ever tuba recital in Carnegie Recital Hall.
He then became tubist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, moving
then to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he played principal tuba for 25
years. His solo recordings on Crystal Records have been a sensation, eliciting
comments like The Heifetz of the tubaastonishing performance. (Stereo Review)
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minute of the movement shown.
Bach: Air
Schubert: Stndchen Kupferman: Saturnalis Subotnick: The
First Dream of Light
Stevens: Encore:
Bōz
CD122: The Venetian
Brass Album. Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony
Brass sections. Four, five, and eight part music by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli,
Guami, Correggio, Antegnati, Frescobaldi, Chilese, Bartolino, and Lappi. Special bonus work: Peter Sacco, Three Psalms for Brass
Quintet and Tenor Voice. UPC 00941471222-6 ORDER NOW
Music of the 16th
century lends itself very well to brass ensembles. This recording, originally
released on LP in 1978, features some of the best brass players around at that
time. Most of these players, including Thomas Stevens, Malcolm McNab, Miles
Anderson, Jeffrey Reynolds, and Roger Bobo have become icons of excellence in
the brass world.
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minute of the movement shown.
Ricercar
Del Duodecimo Tuono
Canzon
6 Canzon
Vigesima Terza a 5
Ricercar
Del Sesto Tuono Canzon
Vigesima Canzon
9 Canzon
Vigesima Prima a 5
Canzon
Seconda Canzon
Vigesimaquarta a 8
Canzon
Trigesigesimaseconda
Canzon
Trigesima a 8
Canzon
26 (La Negrona)
Canzon
Vigesimatottava Canzon
Vigesimanona a 8
Psalm
13, How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, O Lord? Psalm
18, the Sorrows Of Death Compassed Me Psalm
83, Keep Not Thou Silence, O God
CD766: Trumpet
Colors. Trio Chromos: Ismael
Betancor, Trumpet; Jos Luis Castillo, Piano; Carlos Rivero, Cello. William Schmidt:
Jazzberries; Alex Shapiro: Elegy; Astor Piazzolla: Las cuatro estaciones
porteas; Scott Robbins: Three Blues for Cello & Trumpet; Robert J.
Bradshaw: Statements, Commanding. UPC 00941477662-4
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This CD
explores various colors of trumpet in ensemble with piano and cello. William
Schmidt, one of the worlds leading exponents of brass writing, explores his
Jazzberries: Raspberry Riffs, Blackberry Blues, Boysenberry Boogie, and
Strawberry Jam. Piazzolla, the best known composer of tangos, contributes four
wonderful tangos, transcribed from bandoneon here for trumpet, piano, and
cello. American composers Shapiro, Robbins, and Bradshaw round out this
wonderful album featuring the Spanish group Trio Chromos, all members of the
Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra in Spain.
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement shown. Schmidt: Jazzberries Raspberry Riffs Blackberry Blues Boysenberry Boogie Strawberry Jam Shapiro: Elegy Piazzolla: Las cuatros estaciones porteas: Primavera Portea Verano Porteo Otoo Porteo Invierno Porteo Robbins: Three Blues Mvt.1 Mvt.2 Mvt.3 Bradshaw: Statements, Commanding George Washington Theodore Roosevelt