Composer: Richard Strauss
Performer: Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble
Conductor: George Vosburgh
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Reference Recordings
Catalogue: FR-745
Release: 2022
Size: 475 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonatina No. 2 (Symphony) in E flat major for 16 wind instruments, AV 143 ‘Fröhliche Werkstatt’
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Andantino, sehr gemächlich
03. III. Menuet – Etwas lebhaft
04. IV. Einleitung – Allegro
05. Serenade in E flat major for Winds, Op. 7
Reference Recordings is proud to present a first album with the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble, conducted by George Vosburgh. Unusual and underperformed repertoire has long been a hallmark of this ensemble’s programming. This album exemplifies that, with the pairing of Strauss’ 1945 Symphony for Winds in E-flat major (“The Happy Workshop”) and his 1881 Serenade for Winds in E-flat major, Op. 7. Amanda Vosburgh states: “Taken together, the Serenade Op. 7 and the “Happy Workshop” form the bookends to a long and diverse body of work, marked by innovative chromaticism and complexity, but tethered at either end to the classical tradition”.