Winds

New from Ravello Records comes AUTUMN WINDS, a collection of chamber music composed by Kirk O’Riordan. The music, which features pianist and PARMA recording artist Holly Roadfeldt along with soprano Ann Moss and Peter Dutilly playing viola, is as challenging as it is alluring; O’Riordan takes listeners to the outskirts of tonality in order to elucidate questions of beauty, existence, and mortality.

This is the debut album of the unit "GARDEN WINDS" with Naoto Yamamoto, who was once the chief oboe player of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, and Takahiro Iwase, a composer and pianist. All tracks are original works by Iwase, with emotional melody, beautiful oboe tones, and star-like sparkling piano sounds.

This is the second album by the unit "Garden Winds", consisting of Naoto Yamamoto, former principal oboist of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra and currently active as principal guest player and soloist of the Aichi Chamber Orchestra, and Takahiro Iwase, who is active as a composer and pianist. All songs are original works by Iwase.

Chris Hein – Winds consists of four parts, this part Vol 1. Flutes offers you 4 different flutes. Chris Hein – Winds is an extensive woodwinds library meeting highest expectations in regard to sound quality, expression and applicability. The library´s instruments are based upon meticulously, extensively and detailed prepared multi samples with an offering of numerous articulations and up to eight dynamic layers.

Brilliant performances by THE DALLAS WINDS have been captured in superb audiophile sound by Reference Recordings’ award-winning engineering team: Keith O. Johnson and Sean Martin. ASPHALT COCKTAIL was crowd-funded by fans of Mackey and of the Dallas Winds. Their support made this unique, all-John- Mackey release possible. The recording was made in Dallas Texas, in the Morton H. Meyerson Concert Center, one of the world’s greatest concert halls.

Beethoven as he’s never been heard before! The Salzburg Wind Philharmonic under its principal conductor Hansjörg Angerer present a completely new sound in works which are amongst the most well-known in classical music: Beethoven’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies. He composed them in parallel and gave the first performances of each in one of his academy concerts. The two symphonies can now be heard in unusual versions for symphonic winds. The Salzburg Wind Philharmonic thereby makes a musical statement which brings to mind important historic aspects of the Beethoven period as well as taking account of special instrumental demands. Beethoven’s symphonies are an obvious choice for performance in symphonic wind form.

The Atlanta Chamber Winds is the premiere ensemble of its type in the Southeastern United States. Founded by Robert J. Ambrose in 2006, the group comprises many of the finest professional wind players in Atlanta. The ensemble is committed to promoting and recording lesser-known works for the chamber wind medium, as demonstrated by this recording of 20th and 21st century works by composers Robert Spittal, Leslie Bassett, Tim Jansa, Esther W. Ballou, Daniel Pinkham, and Ezra Laderman. The compositions range from an octet for winds to a double woodwind quintet, to a wind sextet and a wind trio.