Browse: Wind & Brass Bands, Strauss, R (composer)

What a subtle and fascinating artist is oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk – a team player as well as a born soloist, whose ideas on the Strauss Wind Serenade and Second Sonatina are as distinctive in... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Martin Jones is a superb advocate for this rich kaleidoscope. His playing is delightfully exuberant and he is able to reach both the thunderous heights of power demanded by the Tchaikovsky concerto... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Langbein’s lyricism and panache suit [the First Horn Concerto] down to the ground, while Thielemann’s conducting is admirably taut yet supple. It’s a superb performance…[in Metamorphosen] Thielemann... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

This is perhaps one of the most riveting and satisfying anthologies of Grainger's music. Hamelin's superb control and artistry just about sweep the board if you're looking for a disc that not... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

From the very first measures, it is obvious that this is a superb wind ensemble…Balances, usually a problem with bands and wind ensembles, are ideal: Everyone is heard but no one sticks out.... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…