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Melbourne Windpower
Directed by Richard Runnels
Features wind octets by Haydn, CPE Bach, Beethoven, Bozza and Australian Graham Powning. Recorded in the exceptionally clear and natural acoustic of the Melbourne Concert Hall.
Press quotes:
“This recording has introduced me to the pleasures of wind music on this scale, and for this I am truly thankful ... This is a group very deserving of patronage ...”
— Philip Nunn, The Age - Green Guide “This is a superb ensemble. The group is solid in every respect: complex rhythmic sections, intonation, attacks, and releases.”— John Dressler, Horn Call Audio preview:
Graham Powning, Wind Octet, fourth mvt download Track Listing:
Feldpartie in Bb, Hob.II:43 (Franz Joseph Haydn)
Wind Octet (Graham Powning) Six Sonatas (C.P.E. Bach) Octanphonie (Eugene Bozza) Parthia in Eb, Op. 103 (Ludwig van Beethoven) Catalogue Number: MD3082
Price: AU$26.00
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Melbourne Windpower brings the late 18th century tradition of wind ensemble music to the present day. The members of Melbourne Windpower perform with the State Orchestra of Victoria.
American-born horn player Richard Runnels, is currently the principal horn of the Orchestra Victoria. A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, he attended Indiana University and the Salzburg Mozarteum. A former member of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and artist-in-residence at the Victorian College of the Arts, he has performed solo and chamber concerts around the world. Richard Runnels made his conducting debut with the Australian Ballet in 1986 and his opera debut at Italy’s Spoleto Festival in 1987.
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