Passacaglia - ALFRED REED UNIÓN MUSICAL SANTA CECILIA DE ENGUERA Director: Rafael Garrigós García V FESTIVAL DE BANDAS DE MÚSICA BAEZA, PATRIMONIO MUNDIAL - 2015 4 de Julio de 2015 www.amcbaeza.com
Excellent performance! I grew up listening to this on an old "educational series" vinyl record, so it's nice to hear the piece is still living and being played! It's not the most musically compelling piece, but, like Bach's "Art of Fugue", it's a musical textbook on how to orchestrate for wind ensemble. Every possible color is demonstrated! Unfortunately, it's very difficult to record timpani and bass drum in an ensemble - what sounds perfectly fine in performance can totally overwhelm a recording. The only answer is to have the percussionist play about a third as loudly as he would in performance, which would not have been possible here, in live performance. A shame, since the winds become difficult to hear when he plays. Otherwise, a musically ideal performance, bravi tutti!