Composer: Percy Grainger, Herman Sandby
Performer: Royal Norwegian Navy Band
Conductor: Bjarte Engeset
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2018
Size: 1.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. In a Nutshell, suite – IV. Gum-Suckers’ March (Version for Wind Ensemble)
02. Irish Tune from County Derry ‘Danny Boy’
03. The Merry King (version for wind ensemble)
04. Children’s March ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’
05. Colonial Song
06. Chosen Gems for Winds – March in D Major [After C.P.E. Bach] [Version for Wind Ensemble]
07. Blithe Bells
Chosen Gems for Winds
08. Seht, was die Liebe tut (After J.S. Bach) [Version for Wind Ensemble]
09. La Bernardina (After J. des Prez) [Version for Wind Ensemble]
10. 4-Note Pavan (After A. Ferrabosco II) [Version for Wind Ensemble]
11. Intermezzo (arr. P. Grainger for wind ensemble)
12. Irish Tune from County Derry ‘Danny Boy’
13. Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes (After F. Liszt)
Percy Grainger admired the expressive intensity of the wind band and considered it a more suitable medium for the transcription of early music – such as the Bach and Ferrabosco pieces heard here – than the symphony orchestra. In this second volume of his music for wind ensemble (Volume 1 is on 8573679) there are further examples from the 23 Chosen Gems for Winds, full of his unique elastic scoring, as well as two versions of the Irish Tune from County Derry, one of his most beloved works, and a world premiere recording of Grainger’s arrangement of his friend Herman Sandby’s lovely Intermezzo.