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Wine Dark Sea on Classical Ear!
“Seventy minutes of wind-band music includes the album’s title piece, Wine Dark Sea by John Mackey…attractive, whimsical, soulful, filmic.… Dan Welcher’s Spumante…is an ebullient starter with enticing colours and a ready wit. J’ai été au bal finds Donald Grantham exploring Cajun music, the dance music delightfully lopsided and friendly, a tuba and a euphonium are given a jazzy workout before the brass contingent beefs things up and the music becomes fantastical. The Concerto for Clarinet…
More MusicWeb International Praise for Wine Dark Sea
“The University of Texas Wind Ensemble is one of the finest in the country, and its frequent appearances on disc have been cause for celebration…for fans of new music…this has a lot of appeal. I’m especially fond of Frank Ticheli’s clarinet concerto, which is brilliantly crafted. But the symphony reveals new strength over repeated listens, too. As mentioned, Keith Johnson’s recorded sound is exemplary, but turn up the volume to fully realize this disc’s potential.”…
Wine Dark Sea in Gramophone!
Gramophone Magazine’s June 2016 issue features a new review for Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble’s Wine Dark Sea recording! “The repertoire for wind ensemble is vast and colourful. On their dynamic new release, The University of Texas Wind Ensemble and conductor Jerry Junkin take up four recent, worthy examples. Along with superbly balanced and vibrant playing, the performances confirm that American composers have no shortage of imagination when writing for wind,…
New RR Recordings featured in Symphomania!
WQXR’s Q2 Music is celebrating their second-annual Symphomania this Sunday (April 24, 2016) — and included in the event will be our new recording of John Mackey’s Wine Dark Sea featuring Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble as well as Andrew Norman’s Switch and Augusta Read Thomas’ EOS from the Utah Symphony’s new Dawn To Dust recording! Join Q2 Music on Sunday, April 24 (with an encore presentation Tuesday, April 26) for…
Wine Dark Sea featured on Wind & Rhythm
Doug Brown’s wonderful radio program Wind & Rhythm features our new recording of John Mackey’s Wine Dark Sea on their latest episode! Listen here, or find out how to tune in on your local radio station: Wine Dark Sea ReferenceRecordings.com Amazon ArkivMusic Apple Music Spotify
John Mackey Talks Wine Dark Sea with West Virginia Public Radio
John Mackey talks about his work Wine Dark Sea with West Virginia Public Radio’s Matt Jackfert: Your browser des not support the audio element – please try updating to the latest version of Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari or Opera. See the feature and listen to the interview on wvpublic.org Wine Dark Sea ReferenceRecordings.com Amazon ArkivMusic Apple Music Spotify
Wine Dark Sea Debuts in the Billboard Chart
Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble’s Wine Dark Sea Debuts at #20 in the Billboard Classical Chart! Wine Dark Sea ReferenceRecordings.com Amazon ArkivMusic Apple Music Spotify
Latest Releases are HDTracks Top 25 Recordings
Our latest release Wine Dark Sea is already a top-25 bestseller on HDtracks, but it’s not the only Top-25 RR recording on their list! See some of the recordings below and click the image to view them all on HDtracks.com!
Wine Dark Sea is “another Rolls-Royce”
MusicWeb reviews Wine Dark Sea: “Dan Welcher, whose Spumante opens with the popping of a cork, is new to me. This engaging piece, commissioned by the Boston Pops, is rather more subtle than its effervescent title might suggest… Welcher casts the net wide… I’ve not encountered the music of Donald Grantham before, but his Louisiana-inspired J’ai été au bal (I went to the dance), with its artful use of Cajun tunes, is an ear-pricking, toe-tapping…
#NowPlaying on YouTube Music — Wine Dark Sea
Wine Dark Sea is streaming now on YouTube Music: Wine Dark Sea Jerry Junkin, conductor The University of Texas Wind Ensemble Nathan Williams Purchase Today: ReferenceRecordings.com Amazon ArkivMusic Apple Music Spotify
Wine Dark Sea Is Available Today
Wine Dark Sea Jerry Junkin, conductor The University of Texas Wind Ensemble Nathan Williams The University of Texas Wind Ensemble has firmly established itself as one of America’s elite wind bands Active in the area of commissioning new music since 1988, the group has offered world premiere performances of works by many composers including John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, and Dan Welcher. One of the guiding principles of the ensemble is contact…
Meet Nathan Williams
New release, Wine Dark Sea features Frank Ticheli’s Concerto for Clarinet performed by clarinetist Nathan Williams. Meet this performer today: An internationally celebrated soloist and chamber musician, clarinetist Nathan Williams has recently been praised for his “sublime control”, “silky sound”, and “dazzling technique”. He is the principal clarinetist of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston and, along with pianist Audrey Andrist and violinist James Stern, is a founding member of Strata, a trio that…
Frank Ticheli on his Concerto for Clarinet
Frank TicheliPhoto by Charlie Grosso Composer Frank Ticheli breaks down his Concerto for Clarinet, recorded on next week’s Jerry Junkin and University of Texas Wind Ensemble release Wine Dark Sea: I had wanted to compose a concerto for clarinet, and was delighted when a commission came my way from clarinetist Håkan Rosengren. His fiery virtuosity, combined with his poignantly beautiful sound, had a direct influence on my creative decisions throughout the work. The concerto’s three…
Donald Grantham Talks “J’ai été au bal”
Composer Donald Grantham breaks down his work J’ai été au bal recorded by Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble’s upcoming release Wine Dark Sea: J’ai été au bal is a celebration of some of the popular/folk music styles of Louisiana— in particular Cajun music and the brass band tradition of New Orleans. The dance flavor of much of the music is suggested by the title (“I went to the dance”), and two…
Dan Welcher Discusses “Spumante”
Composer Dan Welcher discusses the events that surrounded the writing of his work Spumante recorded by Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble’s upcoming release Wine Dark Sea: “Like the Italian sparkling wine for which it is named, Spumante is designed for a celebration. It celebrates the opening of the 1998 season of the Boston Pops, and it also celebrates my own fiftieth year of life with a nostalgic look backward at a…