Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, David Biedenbender, George Gershwin, Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Performer: Sonus Quintett
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Genuin
Catalogue: GEN24893
Release: 2024
Size: 966 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Gershwin: An American in Paris, tone poem
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14, Op.27 No.2 “Moonlight Sonata”
02. I. Adagio sostenuto
03. II. Allegretto
04. III. Presto agitato
Biedenbender: Refraction
05. I. Death Metal Chicken
06. II. Kyrie
07. III. Goat Rodeo
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
08. Air
The Sonus Quintett is Germany’s first reed quintet, consisting of clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon. This unusual combination of woodwind instruments allows for imaginative and airy sounds beautifully showcased on the ensemble’s Genuin debut album. The program includes the quintet’s own transcriptions and the original composition Refraction by David Biedenbinder from 2015. The album title Light is reflected in various ways in the works: Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, and Grieg’s famous Air from the Holberg Suite.