The album features a new wind quintet commissioned by the ARUNDOSquintett from US composer Kevin Beavers, dedicated to their horn player, Lisa Rogers.
Composer Biography
Lalo Schifrin, known for the Mission Impossible theme, composed over a hundred film and TV scores and more than sixty classical works, including the wind quintet La Nouvelle Orléans.
Compositional Technique
Kevin Beavers' Quintet uses a recurring musical motif, described as a child's taunt, to unify its three distinct movements, each representing a character.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kevin Beavers, the composer of the Quintet, draws inspiration from both American symphonic music and popular idioms like jazz, as well as 20th-century European modernism.
Performer Biography
The ARUNDOSquintett, an international ensemble with its artistic home in North Rhine-Westphalia, has won prizes at several chamber music competitions and received grants for its recordings.
Album & Artwork
The ARUNDOSquintett's second CD, titled "Saga," features four diverse soundscapes designed to stimulate the listener's imagination.
Recording & Production
This album includes the first-ever CD recording of Gordon Davies' arrangement of Claude Debussy's Petite suite for chamber ensemble.
