Características
The Omnibus Wind Ensemble was founded in 1981 and its instrumentation developed quite naturally: initially there was a double wind quintet, then a double bass and a clarinet were added, and finally the serenade ensemble was formed: colorful musicians in perfect harmony. From the very beginning, the Omnibus Wind Ensemble has been committed to originality: the group is characterized by its own arrangements, commissioned works, and collaborations with a wide variety of people from different musical genres. It has worked in the traditional classical genre, but also with jazz musicians, stand-up comedians, opera singers, and theater people. Thanks to its unconventional mix of old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, often in its own versions and with plenty of room for audience interaction and humor, the Omnibus Wind Ensemble has become one of Sweden's most popular chamber music ensembles over time. Since Opus Records set up its own mastering studio, Jan-Eric Persson has been thinking about a best-of sampler of the Omnibus Wind Ensemble. This is now finally available with “Circo Della Vita” and contains exclusively tracks from previous OWE releases.
"Musically, it offers a colorful medley, a musical confectionery with rearranged opera melodies by Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, and more recent Scandinavian compositions. Melodious sound is the trump card, and that is also the only slight criticism of this best-of production – a veritable acoustic worry dispeller." (Michael Vrzal, image hifi 3/2009)
MUSICIANS: Per-Erik Adamsson: flute, percussion / Jonas Sjöberg: oboe, horn / Tomas Bodin: oboe / Lars-Erik Lidström: clarinet, sax / Johan Söderlund: sax / Mikael Thun: clarinet / Orvar Johansson: horn / Henrik Nilsson: horn / Eva-Lena Holmstedt: fagot, sax / Anders Öqvist: fagot, percussion / Anders Åstrand: percussion
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)1. Overture To The Marriage Of Figaro
Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758)2. Allegro Con Spirito (from the Drottningholm Music)
William Seymer (1890–1964)3. Solöga Op.11 No.3Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868): “The Barber of Seville”4. Figaro’s And Rosina’s Duet5. Overture
Eje Thelin (1938–1990)6. Circo Della Vita
Tor Aulin (1866–1914): “From Four Water-Colours”7. Idyll8. Lullaby9. PolskaJoseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792): “Incidental Music To ‘Amphitryon’ by Molière10. No. 5 - Andante11. No. 14 - TambourinJohan Joachim Agrell (1701–1765): “Duet In A Major For Two Flutes”12. Presto
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1897–1942)13. By Frösö Church14. Summer Song
Georges Bizet (1838–1875): “Carmen”15. Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart16. Overture (to the opera “Don Giovanni”)17. Canzonetta "Deh! Veni Alla Finestra" (from the opera “Don Giovanni”)18. "Marsch der Priester" (from the Opera “Die Zauberflöte”)
Gioacchino Rossini: ”L’Italiana In Algeri”19. Overture