UPC: 785147087229.

New in the GIA WindWorks series... Contents: Scarecrow Overture (2004) - Double Play (2010) - Divertimento for Brass and Percussion (1958) Overture - Scherzo - Song - Slovak Dance - Crossing Parallels - Tango Variations (2009) - Arctic Dreams (1991) Inuit Landscape - Throat Singing with Laughter - Whispering Voice - Polar Night - Spring Light - The Hunt - Drum Dancer What critics say about the North Texas Wind Symphony... Audio Magazine: The performances are expert, and the sound—which ranges from single wind instrument solos to a full band replete with thundering timpani and bass drum that can be felt through a subwoofer—is as good as it gets. There’s a remarkable combination of presence and stage depth. Fanfare Magazine: The group is in a class all its own...Hats off to them...If you don’t respond to the music or to the performances (I’m sorry for you, if that’s the case), surely the audiophile-worthy engineering will get you. Corporon and his North Texas Wind Symphony are almost in a league of their own. —American Record Guide May/June 2012.

SKU: HL.48025296

UPC: 196288174325.

“Being Russian born I have a strong connection to the ballet scores of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and as a result in theWild Swans, more than in any other work of mine, I allowed myself the freedom to roam through 200 years of musical genres, ranging from Hungarian Operetta through folk music and even including the influences of jazz and popular music,” says Elena Kats-Chernin. The full-length work, which premiered in Sydney in 2003, was written for choreographer Meryl Tankard after the two artists had already worked together for the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games, and became one of the composer's greatest successes. Many excerpts in various arrangements have a concert life of their own today - including the world-renowned Eliza Aria. Arranged by the composer in 2004 for violin and piano after the original orchestral version, the half-hour suite comprises ten characteristic movements: Green Leaf Prelude, Eliza Aria, Brothers, Wicked Witch (piano solo), Magic Spell Tango, Glow Worms, Darkness of the Forest, Eliza and the Prince, Mute Princess, Transformation.