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The five works on this disc have three things in common. First, they're scored for the relatively unusual combination of wind quintet and piano. Second, they're played by the cracker-jack Reykjavik Wind Quintet and ace pianist Vovka Ashkenazy, son of the famous pianist-conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. And third, they're all drop-dead hilarious. Try the last movement of Rimsky-Korsakov's quintet with its lopsided tunes and gawky rhythms, or the opening movement of Saint-Saëns' Caprice sur des airs danois et russes with its tongue-in-cheek melodies and waggish harmonies, or any of the three movements of Françaix's L'Heure du berger with its drunken glissandos and rude sforzandos, or even dour old Vincent d'Indy's Sarabande et Minuet: is that the sound of a smile one hears in the Sarabande and perhaps even a smirk in the Minuet? While certainly not for serious listening, this disc is so brilliantly played and so thoroughly entertaining that only the stoniest of faces and the hardest of hearts could resist it. With sound so real you can practically taste it, this disc is irresistible.
© TiVo
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Piano Sextet, S. 100 (Francis Poulenc)
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Quintet in B-Flat Major (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
L'Heure du berger (Jean-René Françaix)
Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble - Jean-René Françaix, Composer
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble - Jean-René Françaix, Composer
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble - Jean-René Françaix, Composer
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Sarabande et Menuet, op. 72 (Vincent d'Indy)
Vincent D'Indy, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Vincent D'Indy, Composer - Vovka Ashkenazy, Piano, MainArtist - Reykjavik Wind Quintet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
Album review
The five works on this disc have three things in common. First, they're scored for the relatively unusual combination of wind quintet and piano. Second, they're played by the cracker-jack Reykjavik Wind Quintet and ace pianist Vovka Ashkenazy, son of the famous pianist-conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. And third, they're all drop-dead hilarious. Try the last movement of Rimsky-Korsakov's quintet with its lopsided tunes and gawky rhythms, or the opening movement of Saint-Saëns' Caprice sur des airs danois et russes with its tongue-in-cheek melodies and waggish harmonies, or any of the three movements of Françaix's L'Heure du berger with its drunken glissandos and rude sforzandos, or even dour old Vincent d'Indy's Sarabande et Minuet: is that the sound of a smile one hears in the Sarabande and perhaps even a smirk in the Minuet? While certainly not for serious listening, this disc is so brilliantly played and so thoroughly entertaining that only the stoniest of faces and the hardest of hearts could resist it. With sound so real you can practically taste it, this disc is irresistible.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:37
- Main artists: Reykjavik Wind Quintet Vovka Ashkenazy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
2007 Chandos Records 2007 Chandos Records
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