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The Barber of SevilleGioachino Rossini 4 movements15:53
1. 1 Overture 6:47
2. 2 Largo al factotum 2:06
3. 3 La Calunnia e’un Venticello 4:11
4. 4 Di si felice innesto 2:49
The Marriage of FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart 5 movements15:32
1. 5 Overture 3:44
2. 6 Se a caso madama 2:27
3. 7 Voi che sapete 2:11
4. 8 Dove sono i bei momenti 4:27
5. 9 Ecco la marcia 2:43
FidelioLudwig van Beethoven 6 movements17:19
1. 10 Overture 6:07
2. 11 O wär’ ich schon mit dir 2:07
3. 12 Mir ist so wunderbar 3:41
4. 13 Hat man nicht auch Gold 1:15
5. 14 Marsch 1:18
6. 15 O namenlose Freude! 2:51
The Magic FluteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart 7 movements16:55
1. 16 Overture 4:28
2. 17 Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja 2:05
3. 18 Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen 2:54
4. 19 Das klinget so herrlich 1:20
5. 20 Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden :45
6. 21 Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen 3:35
7. 22 Papageno! Bist du mir nun ganz gegeben? 1:48

Well-known scenes from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute, Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Beethoven’s Fidelio appear here in period Harmonie arrangements made in Vienna between 1791 and 1821.

Melbourne Windpower carries that late-eighteenth-century wind-ensemble tradition into the present. Its players are drawn from the State Orchestra of Victoria. The group’s first recording, Melbourne Windpower, drew strong notices, among them “Melbourne Windpower continues to impress with its stylish interpretations … excellent performances … sonorities and tunings between instruments almost ideal.” (The Age).

Director Richard Runnels’s solo disc Horn Destinations was likewise praised: “Enticing … this recording is a delight.” (The Age).

Reviews

… as deftly, imaginatively performed as it is inspired … May Melbourne Windpower blow on forever.

— The Age

The ensemble work, pitch and general finesse are of the highest calibre, while the liner notes are exemplary. Highly recommended.

— The Melbourne Report

Artists

Richard Runnels

director

Richard Runnels is an American-born horn player long based in Melbourne as principal horn of Orchestra Victoria and director of Melbourne Windpower. His solo recordings span core horn repertoire and Australian works.

Melbourne Windpower

ensemble

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.

Ludwig van Beethoven

composer

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was a German composer and pianist whose music stands at the centre of the Western classical tradition, bridging the Classical and Romantic eras.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He wrote over 600 works, many of them pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic and choral music, and remains among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.

Gioachino Rossini

composer

Rossini's operas crackle with melodic invention and theatrical pace: comic peaks such as The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola sit beside grand statements like Guillaume Tell, all driven by rhythmic snap and bright instrumental colour.