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Re: Love symphonic music, but hate violins ...

Posted by Pat D (A) on April 24, 2004 at 07:07:42

In Reply to: Love symphonic music, but hate violins ... posted by Scott Redman on April 23, 2004 at 21:06:10:

I have to wonder whether your speakers do not reproduce massed strings very well, in which case, the solution is to get speakers which do. But, as you say, it may well simply be a matter of taste.

Holst, Band Suites 1 & 2; Bach, Fantasia in G Majo (arr. Goldman and Leist); Handel, Music for the Royal Fireworks. Frederick Fennel, Cleveland Symphonic Winds. Telarc CD-80038. This was a very famous recording when it came out in 1978 or so, because so many speakers couldn't handle the big bass drum in the Holst Suite no. 1--but it really is a fine recording.

You might look up Fennel's Mercury recordings with the Eastman Wind Ensemble of works by Sousa and others. The ones I've heard are excellent despite their age.

The World of Sousa Marches, with The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and The Band of the Grenadier Guards. London 443 392-2.

I'm not a big fan of wind ensembles, but I can recommend some recordings.

Mozart, Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, K. 452; Beethoven, Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16. Andre Previn and Vienna Wind Soloists. Telarc CD-80114.

Mozart, Serenades K. 361 and 375. Jack Brymer, clarinet, and London Wind Soloists. London 425 421-2.

Reicha, Wind Quintets Op. 88, no. 2 and Op. 100, no. 5. Michael Thompson Wind Quintet. Naxos 8.550432.

Berwald, Septet in B-flat Major for Clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, double bass and piano, a work really off the beaten track. OK, it does have a violin and a viola in it, but the sound is so warm and wonderful they will never sound harsh. Naxos 8.553714. Forget the other two works on the CD, but it's a super budget label.

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