Cloud Castle
Works by Jörg Mainka, Thorsten Wollmann and Stephan Hodel
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GEN 22764 EAN 4260036257649
Release 7.1.2022
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In 2017, the Saxon Wind Philharmonic was accepted into Germany's "Excellent Orchestra Landscape" federal subsidy program by a commission for an orchestral piece to the renowned composer Jörg Mainka. With Cloud-Castle, Mainka created a reference work for contemporary symphonic wind music, which the elite ensemble from Bad Lausick has recorded for the first time on this GENUIN CD. The technically demanding and versatile piece is accompanied by other contemporary works that reflect the rich diversity of the repertoire and the virtuosity of the Wind Philharmonic: Their permanent first guest conductor David Timm also conducts Stephan Hodel's Legend of Curupira and Thorsten Wollmann's Sinfonia Antiqua on the CD.
Das Orchester
"Wie diese anspruchsvollen Partituren von der Sächsischen Bläserphilharmonie mit Empathie, Enthusiasmus, aber auch Feinzeichnung der Bläserstimmen in Klang verwandelt werden, ist beispielhaft und man muss die Gedanken ihrer Komponisten nicht kennen – was sie uns sagen wollen, hört man mit den Ohren und dem Herzen…" Read the review from June 2022 on the website of Das Orchester.
In 2017, the Saxon Wind Philharmonic was accepted into Germany's "Excellent Orchestra Landscape" federal subsidy program by a commission for an orchestral piece to the renowned composer Jörg Mainka. With Cloud-Castle, Mainka created a reference work for contemporary symphonic wind music, which the elite ensemble from Bad Lausick has recorded for the first time on this GENUIN CD. The technically demanding and versatile piece is accompanied by other contemporary works that reflect the rich diversity of the repertoire and the virtuosity of the Wind Philharmonic: Their permanent first guest conductor David Timm also conducts Stephan Hodel's Legend of Curupira and Thorsten Wollmann's Sinfonia Antiqua on the CD.
Das Orchester
"Wie diese anspruchsvollen Partituren von der Sächsischen Bläserphilharmonie mit Empathie, Enthusiasmus, aber auch Feinzeichnung der Bläserstimmen in Klang verwandelt werden, ist beispielhaft und man muss die Gedanken ihrer Komponisten nicht kennen – was sie uns sagen wollen, hört man mit den Ohren und dem Herzen…" Read the review from June 2022 on the website of Das Orchester.
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Tracklist
- Thorsten Wollmann (*1966)
Sinfonia Antiqua (2014)
Chaconne - Movement: Pavane
- Scherzo
- Rondo
- Jörg Mainka (*1962)
Cloud-Castle [mit 5 Saiten] (with 5 strings) (2019)
Der Augenblick der Erkennbarkeit / The moment of recognizability - Ein Zeichen im Raum / A sign in space
- Stephan Hodel (*1973)
A Lenda do Curupira – The Legend of Curupira (2014)
In 2017, the Saxon Wind Philharmonic was accepted into Germany's "Excellent Orchestra Landscape" federal subsidy program by a commission for an orchestral piece to the renowned composer Jörg Mainka. With Cloud-Castle, Mainka created a reference work for contemporary symphonic wind music, which the elite ensemble from Bad Lausick has recorded for the first time on this GENUIN CD. The technically demanding and versatile piece is accompanied by other contemporary works that reflect the rich diversity of the repertoire and the virtuosity of the Wind Philharmonic: Their permanent first guest conductor David Timm also conducts Stephan Hodel's Legend of Curupira and Thorsten Wollmann's Sinfonia Antiqua on the CD.
Das Orchester
"Wie diese anspruchsvollen Partituren von der Sächsischen Bläserphilharmonie mit Empathie, Enthusiasmus, aber auch Feinzeichnung der Bläserstimmen in Klang verwandelt werden, ist beispielhaft und man muss die Gedanken ihrer Komponisten nicht kennen – was sie uns sagen wollen, hört man mit den Ohren und dem Herzen…" Read the review from June 2022 on the website of Das Orchester.
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