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Wind Quintets

    Carl Nielsen
    Vagn Holmboe
    Per Nørgård
    Hans Abrahamsen

    Wind Quintets

    Scandinavian Wind Quintet
    This disc illustrates successive generations of Danish composers.

    The most famous figure, Carl Nielsen, wrote music ranging from simple songs to complex and demanding symphonies.

    Vagn Holmboe found inspiration in the anti-romantic tendencies between the two World Wars.

    Per Nørgård belongs to a group of composers who have used the techniques of Modernism to their own ends.

    Hans Abrahamsen represents another trend that has rejected the complexity of serialism, but upholds its demand for rigid control of the compositional process.
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    "The most immediately striking about this release is how wonderful it sounds...The playing is delightful."
    International Record Review
    "The Scandinavian Woodwind Quintet is a wonderful group that has one of the smoothest, best-blend sounds I have heard."
    American Record Review
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    Carl Nielsen
    Wind Quintet op. 43 (1923)
    1 Allegro ben moderato 9:04
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    2 Menuetto 4:43
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    3 Praeludium - Tema con variationi 12:30
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    Vagn Holmboe
    Notturno op. 19 (1940)
    4 Tranquillo 3:49
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    5 Scherzando 1:59
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    6 Improvisazione 4:26
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    7 Con moto 2:50
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    Per Nørgård
    Whirl's World (1970)
    8 Whirl's World (1970) 14:48
    16,00 kr.
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    Hans Abrahamsen
    Walden (1978)
    9 I 2:56
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    10 II 2:51
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    11 III 2:32
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    12 IV 1:03
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    Total runtime: 
    64 min.
    Release date: 
    July 1994
    Cat. No.: 
    8.224001
    FormatID: 
    CD
    CoverFormat: 
    Jewel Case
    Barcode: 
    4891030240018
    Track count: 
    12

    Credits

    Recorded in Copenhagen on 26-30 March and 1 May 1994

    Recording producer: Lee Morgan

    Sound engineer: Eyvind Rafn, DigiSound

    Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S

    Cover picture: Hagedorn Olsen: Landskab Fyens Hoved" (1985)"