Arranger(s): Ross, Florian
Conductor(s): Blumenthal, Susanne
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.574066
Barcode: 747313406678
Release Date: 09/2020

ROSS, F.: Architexture - Music for Jazz Quartet and Wind Ensemble (S. Gille, F. Ross, Helm, Arends, The Event Wind Ensemble, Blumenthal)

Described as a ‘musical explorer’, Florian Ross effortlessly spans the realms of improvised and composed jazz in a dazzling variety of formats, with music that comes from a deep synthesis of heart and mind. Architexture is Ross’s response in music to architects and buildings all over the world. From sumptuous Rococo decoration, to the ‘Garage Houses’ of US suburbia, and from the playful/serious style of Gaudí to the modern utopia of Niemeyer’s Brasilia—Architexture weighs light and shade, symmetry and asymmetry in a unique fusion of rhythm, colour and lyrical invention.

Tracklist

Ross, Florian
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
1Álvaro04:29
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
2Richard06:25
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
3Maya06:00
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
4Antoni05:18
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
5Development One04:01
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
6Glebe Cottage04:06
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
7Development Two02:33
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
8Development Three04:30
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
9Daniel05:22
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
10Development Four02:45
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Elgar, Edward
Ross, Florian - Arranger
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
11Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": Variation 9: Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger) (arr. F. Ross as Brinkwells Cottage for tenor saxophone and wind ensemble)05:38
Gille, Sebastian (tenor saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
Ross, Florian
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)
12Oscar04:27
Gille, Sebastian (soprano saxophone)
Event Wind Ensemble, The (Ensemble)
Helm, David (double bass)
Arends, Fabian (drums)
Ross, Florian (piano)
Blumenthal, Susanne (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 55:34