Calefax Reed Quintet - Rameau: Nouvelles Suites (2006)
BAND/ARTIST: Calefax Reed Quintet
- Title: Rameau: Nouvelles Suites
- Year Of Release: 2006
- Label: Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG)
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:10:14
- Total Size: 286 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Suite la triomphante: Prélude
02. Suite la triomphante: Allemande
03. Suite la triomphante: Courante
04. Suite la triomphante: Sarabande
05. Suite la triomphante: Les trois mains
06. Suite la triomphante: Fanfarinette
07. Suite la triomphante: La triomphante
08. Suite la triomphante: Gavotte et ses six doubles
09. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Allemande
10. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Courante
11. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Gigue en rondeau I & II
12. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Le rappel des oiseaux
13. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: La villageoise
14. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Les cyclopes
15. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Rigaudon I & II
16. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Musette en rondeau
17. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Tambourin
18. La poule
19. Suite les Boréades: Prélude
20. Suite les Boréades: Ritournelle
21. Suite les Boréades: Gavotte
22. Suite les Boréades: Entrée de polymnie
23. Suite les Boréades: Contredanse en rondeau
Rameau on a wind quintet? Including saxophone? Coming from the hyper-authentic folks at Germany's MDG label? It may sound unbelievable, but don't knock it until you hear it. There's an abstract quality in Rameau that seems to encourage this kind of thing; nobody does wind arrangements of Couperin. Holland's Calefax Reed Quintet, described as "a classical ensemble with a pop mentality," arranges pieces from Rameau's harpsichord Nouvelles Suites for an ensemble of oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bass clarinet, and bassoon, adding counterpoint where needed in order to make the music work. That covers quite a range of tones, and the range is extended even farther in the Les Boréades suite, where arranger and saxophonist tries out the unusual piccolo saxophone. The result is a marvelous variety of wind timbres that expresses the textures of Rameau's little pictorial harpsichord pieces in wholly novel ways. The group puts together Rameau's pieces into suites different from the ones the composer intended, and they proclaim themselves unconcerned if the hearer uses the program function of a listening device to construct programs of his or her own. Only La Poule, track 18, stands apart. So dip in anywhere and sample. Try not only the quick pictorial pieces but the imposing, processional ones like Entrée de Polymnie (track 22) - the low winds lend these quite an impressive sound. This is an interpretation of Rameau's music, or a new creative entity based upon Rameau, more than a Rameau performance, and it is less homogenous than the original music in a way that alters it fundamentally. It's also almost compulsively listenable, and this is a strong candidate for offbeat release of the year.
01. Suite la triomphante: Prélude
02. Suite la triomphante: Allemande
03. Suite la triomphante: Courante
04. Suite la triomphante: Sarabande
05. Suite la triomphante: Les trois mains
06. Suite la triomphante: Fanfarinette
07. Suite la triomphante: La triomphante
08. Suite la triomphante: Gavotte et ses six doubles
09. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Allemande
10. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Courante
11. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Gigue en rondeau I & II
12. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Le rappel des oiseaux
13. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: La villageoise
14. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Les cyclopes
15. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Rigaudon I & II
16. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Musette en rondeau
17. Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Tambourin
18. La poule
19. Suite les Boréades: Prélude
20. Suite les Boréades: Ritournelle
21. Suite les Boréades: Gavotte
22. Suite les Boréades: Entrée de polymnie
23. Suite les Boréades: Contredanse en rondeau
Rameau on a wind quintet? Including saxophone? Coming from the hyper-authentic folks at Germany's MDG label? It may sound unbelievable, but don't knock it until you hear it. There's an abstract quality in Rameau that seems to encourage this kind of thing; nobody does wind arrangements of Couperin. Holland's Calefax Reed Quintet, described as "a classical ensemble with a pop mentality," arranges pieces from Rameau's harpsichord Nouvelles Suites for an ensemble of oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bass clarinet, and bassoon, adding counterpoint where needed in order to make the music work. That covers quite a range of tones, and the range is extended even farther in the Les Boréades suite, where arranger and saxophonist tries out the unusual piccolo saxophone. The result is a marvelous variety of wind timbres that expresses the textures of Rameau's little pictorial harpsichord pieces in wholly novel ways. The group puts together Rameau's pieces into suites different from the ones the composer intended, and they proclaim themselves unconcerned if the hearer uses the program function of a listening device to construct programs of his or her own. Only La Poule, track 18, stands apart. So dip in anywhere and sample. Try not only the quick pictorial pieces but the imposing, processional ones like Entrée de Polymnie (track 22) - the low winds lend these quite an impressive sound. This is an interpretation of Rameau's music, or a new creative entity based upon Rameau, more than a Rameau performance, and it is less homogenous than the original music in a way that alters it fundamentally. It's also almost compulsively listenable, and this is a strong candidate for offbeat release of the year.
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