Since you are interested in Landscapes, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FRANZ KROMMER
Krommer: Partitas for Wind Ensemble Budapest Wind Ensemble, Kalman Berkes [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "The crisp, lively playing of the Budapest Wind Ensemble could hardly be bettered, and the Naxos recording is dynamic and realistically balanced." - Classic CD 5* - August 1996 |
MACKEY / MOWER / PANN
Redline Tango / Flute Concerto / Slalom David Fedele (Flute), University of Kansas Wind Ensemble / John P. Lynch (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Redline Tango takes its title from the idea of "redlining an engine," or pushing it to the limit. |
W. A. MOZART
4 Horn Concertos / Piano and Wind Quintet (rec 1953, 1955) Dennis Brain (horn) / Walter Gieseking (piano) / Philharmonia Wind Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "This disc is pure joy. At the price, it is almost a crime not to snap it up." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb May 2007 |
DRUCKMAN
String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 Group for Contemporary Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] "A fine release of rewarding music well performed and recorded" (MusicWeb June 2006) |
ARVO PART
Fratres / Festina Lente / Summa Hungarian State Opera Orchestra / Tamas Bendek [ NAXOS / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] Arvo Pärt was born in Paide (in central Estonia) on 11 September 1935. An only child, his parents divorced when he was three, and he was brought up by his mother (a kindergarten teacher) and stepfather. |
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring / Violin Concerto / Symphonies of Wind Instruments Jennifer Frautschi (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 8 / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] This new recording of the 1967 edition of The Rite of Spring, a major landmark of twentieth century music, is released in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Stravinsky. |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 and 53 John Wallace (trumpet) / Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra / Keith Brion (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Anyone interested in the composer or in 20th century wind music will find this to be a worthwhile bargain" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
GRYC / ZIVKOVIC / SCHWANTNER
Passaggi / Tales from the Center of the Earth / Recoil Joseph Alessi (trumpet) / Benjamin Toth (percussion) / Hartt School Wind Ensemble / Glen Adsit [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Stephen Gryc and Nebojsa Zivkovic composed their concertos-Passaggi and Tales from the Center of the Earth, respectively-for the instruments they play themselves. The artistic integrity and natural virtuosity of these major works is further magnified... |
PERSICHETTI
Divertimento / Masquerade / Parable IX London Symphony Orchestra Wind and Percussion Ensemble / David Amos (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] In the face of partisan antagonism, Persichetti advocated, through his music, the notion of a broad working vocabulary based on a fluent assimilation of all the materials and techniques which had appeared during the 20th century. |
AMERICAN TAPESTRY
American Tapestry (Incls 'Suite of Old American Dances' & 'Rhapsody in Blue') Lone Star Wind Orchestra / Eugene Migliaro Corporon (with Richard Shuster, piano) [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] John Williams' arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner sets the stage for this collection of American works for wind band spanning 100 years. Featuring traditional compositions from the likes of George Gershwin, Howard Hanson, Robert Russell Bennett... |
SCHOENBERG
Chamber Symphony No. 2 / Die gluckliche Hand / Wind Quintet Mark Beesley (bass) / Simon Joly Chorale / New York Woodwind Quintet / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 8 / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] The little-known Second Chamber Symphony ought to be the most popular of Schoenberg's later masterpieces. Neither "atonal" nor "twelve-tone", it contrasts a lush, melodious, dramatic first movement with a rapid and richly polyphonic second movement.... |
FRANZ KROMMER
Krommer: Partitas for Wind Ensemble Opp. 45, Nos 1 & 2 Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Oct/2001 ] Franz Krommer was born Frantisek Vincenc Kramár in Bohemia |
ROSSINI
String Sonatas Nos.1 - 5 arranged for Wind Quartet Michael Thompson Wind Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] the cream of England's finest wind instrumentalists |
REICHA
Wind Quintets, Op. 88, No. 5 and Op. 91, No. 1 Michael Thompson Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "Great music you might not have heard, but will listen to often" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
REICHA
Wind Quintets, Volume 1 Michael Thompson Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] The first of many recordings!! |
BASSET / BOLCOM / TICHELI
Angels in the Architecture Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble, Reed Thomas [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Angels in the Architecture was inspired by the forms and ornamentation of the Sydney Opera House, contrasting divine light with turbulent darkness to pose the unanswered question of existence. |