Music for a Prussian Salon
Boxwood & Brass
The period instruments blend well in Tausch’s gentle Harmoniemusik, a sequence of perky dances, rondos and slower movements. It’s not the most striking music…[but] it works beautifully
Music for a Prussian Salon
Boxwood & Brass
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The period instruments blend well in Tausch’s gentle Harmoniemusik, a sequence of perky dances, rondos and slower movements. It’s not the most striking music…[but] it works beautifully
About
Making their Resonus Classics and recording debut is the UK period wind ensemble Boxwood & Brass.
The ensemble’s first recording is based around German composer and clarinettist Franz Tausch, and the two suites of his Op. 22 XIII Piéces en Quatuor for two clarinets, horn and bassoon.
Also included is repertoire from Tausch’s pupils (Heinrich Baermann and Bernhard Henrik Crussell) and an important influence on Tausch’s career, Johann Stamitz.
Released on a CD and in digital formats ranging from MP3 up to 24-bit studio quality master with a full-colour booklet as a PDF.
Contents and tracklist
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Work length10:54
This work is only available as an album download.
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Awards and reviews
December 2016
The period instruments blend well in Tausch’s gentle Harmoniemusik, a sequence of perky dances, rondos and slower movements. It’s not the most striking music…[but] it works beautifully
3rd February
If you like this kind of repertoire this disc is not to be missed.
Early Music Today May 2017
Boxwood & Brass’s sound is nothing short of revelatory – the variety of textural combinations on display is impressive, and the horns in particular of Anneke Scott and Kate Goldsmith positively purr.
