Boxwood & Brass - Beethoven Transformed, Volume 1 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Following on from their universally acclaimed debut album, Music for a Prussian Salon, the period wind ensemble Boxwood & Brass returns to Resonus with the first of two volumes of Beethoven Transformed. In this major new project, the group explores the status of wind music in early-nineteenth century Vienna through original and arranged music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) and his contemporaries. In this first album, Beethoven’s Op. 71 Sextet is paired with the Op. 20 Septet in E-flat major, arranged for six-part Harmonie by his prolific pupil, Carl Czerny (1791–1857). Founded in 2013, Boxwood & Brass brings together the emerging generation of British period wind-instrument players to advocate for neglected wind chamber music and harmoniemusik of the Classical and early-Romantic periods. Members of the group work regularly with top orchestras from across Europe, including the Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gabrieli, L’Orchestra de Champs-Elysees and Spira Mirabilis. In-depth scholarly research into style and repertoire is important to the ensemble, as is promoting the highest standards in period wind playing.

Tracklist:
01. Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (arr. for Wind Ensemble by Carl Czerny): I. Adagio-Allegro
02. Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (arr. for Wind Ensemble by Carl Czerny): II. Adagio cantabile
03. Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (arr. for Wind Ensemble by Carl Czerny): III. Tempo di menuetto & Trio
04. Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (arr. for Wind Ensemble by Carl Czerny): IV. Andante con variazioni
05. Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (arr. for Wind Ensemble by Carl Czerny): V. Scherzo & Trio
06. Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (arr. for Wind Ensemble by Carl Czerny): VI. Andante alla marcia-Allegro
07. Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 71: I. Adagio-Allegro
08. Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 71: II. Adagio
09. Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 71: III. Menuetto & Trio
10. Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 71: IV. Rondo