Composer(s): Gould, Morton
Conductor(s): Weiss, Scott
Label: Naxos
Series: Wind Band Classics
Genre: Wind Ensemble/Band Music
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.572629
Barcode: 747313262977
Release Date: 05/2011

GOULD, M.: Derivations / Saint Lawrence Suite / Symphony No. 4, "West Point" (University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Weiss)

Morton Gould’s wide-ranging output integrated jazz, blues, gospel, country-and-western and folk elements into masterfully orchestrated and imaginatively conceived compositions that have achieved immense popularity in the USA and internationally. His Saint Lawrence Suite, commissioned for the opening of the great Saint Lawrence Power Project, is the only original work for wind band ever nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for composition. The ‘West Point’ Symphony, Gould’s only wind-band work in this genre, has long been a cornerstone of the repertoire. Jericho Rhapsody thrillingly depicts Joshua’s famous Biblical battle, won by the awesome sound of trumpets. Derivations was composed for legendary clarinetist Benny Goodman, and Fanfare for Freedom was, like Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, commissioned by Eugene Goossens as a patriotic concert-opener during World War II.

Tracklist

Gould, Morton
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
1Fanfare for Freedom01:34
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
2I. Dedication03:03
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
3II. Quickstep01:14
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
4III. Chansonette02:06
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
5IV. Commemoration March03:28
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
6Jericho Rhapsody12:11
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
Zelnick, Stephanie (clarinet)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
7I. Warm Up03:30
Zelnick, Stephanie (clarinet)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
8II. Contrapuntal Blues06:59
Zelnick, Stephanie (clarinet)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
9III. Rag02:47
Zelnick, Stephanie (clarinet)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
10IV. Ride Out04:02
Zelnick, Stephanie (clarinet)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
11I. Epitaphs12:28
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)
12II. Marches08:38
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Ensemble)
Weiss, Scott (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:02:00