Release Date: 07 January 2015
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313325979
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Opera Transcriptions
Description
Musical transcription has a long and auspicious history, and Michele Mangani's arrangements follow a tradition of recreating popular operatic tunes for small groups of oboes, clarinets, flutes and horns, supplemented on this recording by double bass. These works span some 77 years of Italian opera, from Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri to Puccini's Tosca, taking in the verismo of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and the bel canto tragedy of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor on the way. This superb release offers an opportunity to revel in some of the greatest Italian operatic music performed by a crack team of wind soloists from major European orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala di Milano. Award-winning composer and wind-band specialist Michele Mangani's transcriptions for this setting also build on examples from the 19th century, the golden period for this kind of arrangement.
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Yaqi Yang; Margarita Parsamyan; Robynne Redmon; Minghao Liu; Frank Ragsdale; Kim Josephson; Kevin S
Vilmos Csikos; Olivier Lechardeur; Manon Lamaison
Tomas Cotik; Martingale Ensemble; Ken Selden
