Pacific Quintet: United

The Pacific Quintet’s debut album on Fuga Libera is a reflection of the diversity of its members and core focus; it also offers a nod to the composer who inspired the ensemble: Leonard Bernstein. Going beyond the standard classical repertoire, the prize-winning quintet (clarinet, horn, flute, oboe and bassoon) presents music from their home countries of Japan, Honduras, South Korea, Germany and Ukraine/Turkey in a programme which transcends all differences of culture, language and tradition. Two pieces, one by the Honduran composer Jorge Santos and the other by the South Korean female composer Soeui Lee, were commissioned especially for this album, which also includes Fazil Say’s quintet Alevi dedeler rakı masasında and a medley of Japanese folk songs; Hanns Eisler’s Divertimento represents Germany, the Pacific Quintet’s home city. The album ends with an arrangement of music from West Side Story, an homage to its famous composer who founded the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo where the players first met. As this project shows, they are truly United in music.

1: I. Andantino Tranquillo - Presto Fantastico
2: II. Andante Tranquillo - Moderato
3: III. Andantino
4: IV. Presto - Andantino
5: El Despertar De Los Sentidos
6: La Curiosidad
7: La Imaginación
8: Marionetas
9: Errante
10: La Búsqueda
11: Plenitud
12: Hanaichimonme
13: Hamabe-no-uta
14: Muramatsuri
15: Furusato
16: I. Andante Con Moto
17: II. Theme and Variations
18: When Nilliri Band Comes in Marching
19: Divertimenti in Carnival Serenade
20: Mask Dance in Carnival
21: I Feel Pretty/Tonight
22: Maria
23: America

Composer: Leonard Bernstein, Hanns Eisler, Jorge Santos, Kyousei Yamamoto, Soeui Lee, Fazil Say

Number of Discs: 1

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