Taiwan Wind Ensemble: Armenian Dances
) | Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8573028 Format: CD TAIWAN WIND ENSEMBLE; BOYDBach, J S: Fantasia in G major, BWV572 orch. John Boyd Bernstein: Candide - Overture orch. Clare Grundman Chiang: A Chasing After The Wind Reed, A: Armenian Dances: Suite Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96 orch. Donald Hunsberger Smith, Claude T.: Emperata - Concert Overture Comprising professors and band directors, the Taiwan Wind Ensemble is a leading international exponent of the wind repertory, not least in its exciting series of commissions. On this disc it presents a selection of music of orchestrations and originals from around the world. There are a variety of overtures and evocative dances from Bach to Bernstein, as well as Alfred Reed’s richly colorful Armenian Dances. They are complemented by Taiwanese composer Chia-Ying Chiang’s mysterious and beautiful recent composition A Chasing After The Wind, which takes its title from Ecclesiastes.  Price: $19.98 |