Inventions

Eugene Migliaro Corporon

May 12, 2017

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1	For the President's Own by North Texas Wind Symphony	4:23	$0.99
2	3 Short Stories for Wind Band: No. 1, Uncle Bebop by North Texas Wind Symphony	4:44	$0.99
3	3 Short Stories for Wind Band: No. 2, Rays of Light by North Texas Wind Symphony	4:26	$0.99
4	3 Short Stories for Wind Band: No. 3, Latin Dance by Brian Horton	6:10	$0.99
5	In the World of Spirits by North Texas Wind Symphony	11:00
6	The Ringmaster's March by North Texas Wind Symphony	3:01	$0.99
7	Winter Dreams for Wind Band by North Texas Wind Symphony	9:20	$0.99
8	Wine-Dark Sea: I. Hubris by North Texas Wind Symphony	11:17
9	Wine-Dark Sea: II. Immortal Thread, so Weak by North Texas Wind Symphony	10:52
10	Wine-Dark Sea: III. The Attentions of Souls by North Texas Wind Symphony	9:12	$0.99
11	Digital Booklet: Inventions by Eugene Migliaro Corporon

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EvitaW

Terrific work by (film) composers John Williams

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2017

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Terrific work by (film) composers John Williams, Gernot Wolfgang, Bruce Broughton, John Mackey and Michael Daugherty, but in many ways not your typical music you come to expect from these composers. Surprising in so many ways!

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Dean Frey

The wind symphony put through its paces

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2017

The music on this new disc from the North Texas Wind Symphony, conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon, is very diverse, which isn't a surprise considering the broad range of styles in which each of these composers works and the flexibility of the wind symphony format. The players of this superb ensemble, a large group of nearly 70 musicians, combine the expressive capabilities of woodwinds, the power of brass and a dizzying array of rhythms from the percussion. Military band, film music, and cool and hot big band sounds are all here, showing off virtuoso playing but also virtuoso composition.

We open with a stirring piece by that modern master of stirring music, John Williams. His work written to commemorate the 215th anniversary of the United States Marine Band, For the President's Own, is a patriotic classic. Master orchestrator Michael Daugherty cleaned up in the 2017 Grammys with three awards, and his 2015 composition Winter Dreams is a great example of his art. In fact, I was well into this piece before I realized there were no strings. Daugherty wrote this to commemorate two Iowa artists: painter Grant Wood and poet Jay Sigmund.

The most extensive work on the album is John Mackey's Wine-Dark Sea, a full-scale symphony with Homeric themes. This is stirring music with an exciting, vivid sound palette. Mackey also provides a short, fun, virtuosic bit of slapstick entitled The Ringmaster's March, which I expect will be challenging bands across the nation for many years. Bruce Broughton's World of Spirits is very evocative; he calls it "ballet without the dancers or a movie without the screen". The ability of music to program our minds' inner choreographer/film director has always been of great interest to composers and audiences, and Broughton brings to mind both the films of John Ford and Martha Graham's dancing, alongside the Great Plains landscapes and Comanche encampments.

I loved Gernot Wolfgang's Passing Through (2016), which was nominated for a Grammy this year (beaten out by a Daugherty disc). His Three Short Stories is the highlight of Inventions for me. Originally written for viola and bassoon, the transformation to a full big band is amazing. These little pieces have really good bones to wear these flashy new orchestrations so lightly!

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