Into the Woods

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In an entertaining booklet-note, the ensemble state that their aim is ‘to amuse, surprise and fascinate’. On that basis alone, this disc is a considerable success. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2015

Release Date: 2nd Oct 2015
Catalogue No: NC15006
Label: Navis Classics
Length: 54 minutes

Bernstein: Overture to Candide (arr. Don Stewart)

Work length4:36

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Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31

Work length12:15

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Muczynski: Quintet for Winds

Work length11:44

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$4.20

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Allegro risoluto

Track length2:37

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Andante

Track length3:03

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Moderato - Allegro con spirito

Track length6:04

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Arnold: Sea Shanties for Wind Quintet, Op. 4

Work length7:18

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Allegro con brio

Track length2:28

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$1.40

Allegretto semplice

Track length1:56

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Allegro vivace

Track length2:54

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Gershwin: Selections from Porgy and Bess (arr. Bill Holcombe)

Work length18:14

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Exciting cross-overs! Classics by Samuel Barber, Robert Muczynski en Malcolm Arnold, as well as beautiful transcriptions for woodwind quintet of symphonic masterpieces by Leonard Bernstein andGeorge Gershwin.

Ensemble Houthandel formed as a wind quintet at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp in 2005. At that time it was called ‘Ensemble Houthandel Antwerpen’ and was initially active for exam performances, also becoming an emblem for the conservatoire and for itself in a variety of self-organised concerts. The group studied and rehearsed the standard wind quintet repertoire intensively

in those early years.

In February 2009 Houthandel was declared winner of the 4th edition of Gouden Vleugels and awarded the Jeugd & Muziek Chamber Music prize organised by Jeugd & Muziek Vlaanderen, Radio Klara, newspaper De Standaard and the KBC Bank. This award really put the wind in the ensemble’s sails, and in the 2009-2010 season there were no fewer than 35 performances of ‘De Grote Houthandel Antwerpen Show’ and a number of highly acclaimed concerts in the Netherlands.

Part of the Gouden Vleugels prize gave Houthandel the opportunity to record their debut CD ‘Kicking Sawdust’ in Studio Toots, a well-known location for Flemish Radio and Television. This was followed in April 2010 by a concert tour to the Spanish Balearic Islands.

In the 2010-2011 season the oboe and horn chairs were vacated and Houthandel welcomed two new musicians. As a result the ensemble became even closer-knit, and the dynamics for rehearsal and creativity grew in intensity.

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December 2015

In an entertaining booklet-note, the ensemble state that their aim is ‘to amuse, surprise and fascinate’. On that basis alone, this disc is a considerable success.

Into the Woods

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