GRAINGER: Transcriptions for Wind Orchestra
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The eccentric Percy Grainger was well-known for his musical arrangements which ranged from works by other composers as well as arrangements of his own...
The eccentric Percy Grainger was well-known for his musical arrangements which ranged from works by other
composers as well as arrangements of his own original and folk music settings. These arrangements form a body of
work which is perhaps unique in musical history.
Most of the works on this CD are taken from a series Grainger named Chosen Gems for Winds. Grainger had a
musical mind of unusual breadth and vision, with interests spanning the ages from mediaeval music to the latest
twentieth century developments and had the vision to see this context of the wind orchestra setting. It is likely that
enlisting in the American Army as a bandsman at the outbreak of World War I, cemented his interest in wind band
music, along with an awareness of Stokowski's Bach transcriptions.
In compiling his works for Chosen Gems he took works prior to Bach, the earliest performed here being the 13th
Century Angelus ad Virginem. Five further pre-Bach compositions are also performed including music by Antonio
de Cabezon; Alfonso Ferrabosco II and Josquin des Pres. He also included works by J.S Bach - whose music
played a central role in Grainger's musical life, including a tenor aria from the 1725 Cantata 'Ich bin ein gutter hirt'
(BVW 85) and the chorale prelude O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sunde Grosstaken. Unlike Stokowski's modern
sounding Bach, Grainger manages to create a sound still very much of the original composer, but with expressive
concept and colours, entirely Grainger's. Complementing this early music, are several twentieth-century pieces by
composers he particularly admired, including Faure (a hero of Grainger's), Goossens, Franck, Sandby and Liszt.
The most ambitious and the longest arrangement is Grainger's transcription of Chorale No.2 by Franck; one of
Franck's last compositions.
Chosen Gems for Winds: Anonymous - Angelus ad Virginem (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Anonymous - Angelus ad Virginem - 1:55
Chosen Gems for Winds: Ballade No. 17 (arr. of Machaut's Dame, par vous me sens reconfortez) (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Ballade No. 17 (arr. of Machaut's Dame, par vous me sens reconfortez) - 2:11
Chosen Gems for Winds: Josquin des Prez - La Bernardina (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Josquin des Prez - La Bernardina - 1:16
Chosen Gems for Winds: Prelude in the Dorian Mode (arr. of Antonio de Cabezon's Tiento del Segundo Tono) (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Prelude in the Dorian Mode (arr. of Antonio de Cabezon's Tiento del Segundo Tono) - 4:17
Chosen Gems for Winds: Alfonso Ferrabosco II - Pavan on 4 Notes (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Alfonso Ferrabosco II - Pavan on 4 Notes - 3:06
Chosen Gems for Winds: Jenkins - Five-Part Fantasy No. 15 (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Jenkins - Five-Part Fantasy No. 15 - 3:16
Chosen Gems for Winds: Bach, C.P.E. - March in D major, H. 1 (BWV Anh. 122) (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Bach, C.P.E. - March in D major, H. 1 (BWV Anh. 122) - 1:31
Chosen Gems for Winds: Bach - Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85: Seht, was die Liebe tut (See What His Love Can Do) (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Bach - Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85: Seht, was die Liebe tut (See What His Love Can Do) - 3:02
Chosen Gems for Winds: Bach - O Mensch, bewein dein' Sunde gross, BWV 622 (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Bach - O Mensch, bewein dein' Sunde gross, BWV 622 - 3:38
Liszt - Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes, S123/R458, "Hungarian Fantasy" (more info)
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Liszt - Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes, S123/R458, "Hungarian Fantasy" - 16:38
Chosen Gems for Winds: Franck - 3 Chorals: No. 2 in B minor, M. 39 (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Franck - 3 Chorals: No. 2 in B minor, M. 39 - 11:47
Chosen Gems for Winds: Faure - 2 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Serenade toscane (Tuscan Serenade) (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Faure - 2 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Serenade toscane (Tuscan Serenade) - 2:49
Chosen Gems for Winds: Goossens - 2 Ballades, Op. 38: No. 1. Folk-Tune (more info)
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Chosen Gems for Winds: Goossens - 2 Ballades, Op. 38: No. 1. Folk-Tune - 2:33
Parker - 4 Musical Sketches: No. 2. Down Longford Way (more info)
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Parker - 4 Musical Sketches: No. 2. Down Longford Way - 2:08