Danish National Symphony Orchestra Wind Quintet, Ralf Gothóni - French Music for Wind Quintet: Poulenc, Ibert, Milhaud, Françaix (2005)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 58:53 | 268 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos | Catalog: 8.557356
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 58:53 | 268 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos | Catalog: 8.557356
The wind quintet made up of the principal players of the Danish National Symphony are fairly well-known from their earlier recordings. And Ralf Gothóni, who joins them for Poulenc's Sextet for Piano and Winds, is a strikingly sensitive pianist, particularly in chamber settings. The program itself is very strong; it comprises basically the core of 20th-century French wind quintet literature: the Poulenc Sextet, Ibert's 'Trois Pièces brèves,' Françaix's First Wind Quintet, and Milhaud's 'Le Cheminée du roi René.'