En Estil Popular

T. Bretón - Miguel Ortega: Fantasía sobre "La Verbena de la Paloma" (I)

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On this CD we present arrangements commissioned by the Moonwinds group (with the obvious exception of Una cosa rara), in continuation of the Harmoniemusik tradition, with the aim of expanding the Spanish, and specifically Valencian, wind ensemble repertoire. We have taken the title, En estil popular (“In the popular style”) from what might be considered the central work of the recording, which we have called Suite en estil popular, based on the string quartet Quartet en estil popular by the great composer Manuel Palau. The version for wind instruments brings a new dimension to the work, which is why we wanted to differentiate it from its original title, labelling it a “Suite” rather than a “Quartet”.

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“Harmoniemusik” and arrangements

Wind ensembles started to appear in the 18th century; they comprised four pairs of instruments (oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns) and were essentially involved in playing arrangements of popular operas. Groups sometimes had only six instruments, but the octet became the most popular formation. These types of ensemble served to entertain, providing the means for the nobility and the rising bourgeoisie to enjoy, in their own salons, the famous arias that they heard in the opera houses. To this end, melodies were reproduced and sung in a private context for the pleasure of guests at parties and social gatherings. 

During the second half of the 18th century and first half of the 19th, the wind octet (often with double bass, serpent or contrabassoon) garnered a significant catalogue of its own repertoire, particularly based on arrangements of operas. Arrangements were even made of Haydn’s “The Creation” and “The Seasons”. It was no doubt good business for the publishers because many amateur musicians bought these scores to enjoy at their social gatherings. Mozart himself, in a letter to his father, warned that he needed to arrange his opera Don Giovanni quickly before another musician got to it first. At the same time, composers such as Mozart and Beethoven began to write original works for wind octets – a repertoire later expanded by composers of the stature of Dvorak and Richard Strauss – sometimes with the addition of flutes or basset horns.

On this CD we present arrangements commissioned by the Moonwinds group (with the obvious exception of Una cosa rara), in continuation of the Harmoniemusik tradition, with the aim of expanding the Spanish, and specifically Valencian, wind ensemble repertoire.

We have taken the title, En estil popular (“In the popular style”) from what might be considered the central work of the recording, which we have called Suite en estil popular, based on the string quartet Quartet en estil popular by the great composer Manuel Palau. The version for wind instruments brings a new dimension to the work, which is why we wanted to differentiate it from its original title, labelling it a “Suite” rather than a “Quartet”.

Moonwinds BIO

Moonwinds was born of an artistic initiative by Joan Enric Lluna who aimed to bring together outstanding woodwind players to form a fixed chamber music group. Moonwinds seeks to bring the public a new perspective on woodwind instruments, which boast a wide repertoire and unique sound qualities, granting them a special place in the History of Music, and yet much of them have been awaiting until now to be rediscovered. Moonwinds’s repertoire started with the Classics (Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven), and recovered music by Vicente Martín i Soler. Further on the group has played the Romantics, like Dvorak, Schubert, Mendelshonn, Strauss, and lately it has expanded its repertorie commissioning and premiering new works by César Cano, Blai Soler, Emilio Calandín, combinied with contemporary composers such as  A. Part, SIr J. Tavener, J. Horovitz o T. Hosokawa. 

The group members have all had stellar careers in the major orchestras and teaching centres of Europe. Pasion for chamber music and always combining great players and good friends are the basic tenet of the group’s philosophy. Moonwinds first performed in public in Spring 2006, and by the end of that year had released their first CD with Harmonia Mundi featuring Mozart (Gran Partita) and Martín y Soler, works that they brought to public attention with a tour of the Valencian and Catalan regions. The second CD, likewise with Harmonia Mundi, was a transcription of the opera Una cosa rara by Martín y Soler, together with other works by the same composer, performed at Cadogan Hall in London. The third CD, W.A. Mozart’s Serenades was released with Temps Record, and distributed by HM Ibérica. Very soon a new CD will be launched by IBS, dedicated to recovering music by two composers from the Generation of the Spanish Republic: Salvador Bacarisse and Jesús Bal y Gay. Moonwinds appeared at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to mark the start of the Spanish presidency of the European Union in January 2010, as guests of the Spanish Embassy in the British capital. Other memorable events include their performances at the Crusell Festival in Finland, where the gropup was specialy invited, as well as in the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona and the Palau de la Música in Valencia. Future commitments will see MW performing throughout Spain and other European countries collaborating with soloists such as the cellist Asier Polo, the violinist Leticia Moreno ar the pianist E. Nebolsin. Moonwinds was the resident ensemble at the Auditori de Barcelona in the 2012-2013 season.

Joan Lluna BIO

Joan Enric Lluna, one of Spain’s leading musicians, combines his work as a clarinettist with orchestral conducting and teaching. His commitment to Chamber Music has taken him to perform regularly with string quartets such as the Alexander, Tokyo, Brodsky, or Jerusalem; to share trio with Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe or Lluís Claret and Josep María Colom among others, and collaborate with first class international artists. His appearances at the City of London Festival, Festival Classique in The Hague, San Francisco Chamber Music series, Berlin’s Konzerthaus or the Liceo de Cámara in Madrid have been of special notice. Joan has premiered and commissioned a number of chamber works by composers like César Cano, J. Torres, I. Zebeljan’s , P. Barker, D. del Puerto and H. Khoury among others. In 2005 Joan formed Moonwinds, and he directs since 2009 the International Festival “Residències de Música de Cambra” in Godella, Valencia (Spain). As a soloist Joan has performed and recorded the clarinet concerto repertoire, and many composers have written new concertos for him, among them Sir John Tavener, Joan Guinjoan or César Cano. He premiered recently concertos by Jesus Torres and Isidora Zebeljan.

He has recently released the CD dedicated to Salvador Bacarisse by Moonwinds, the recording of “jazz impact”, dedicated to Leonard Bernstein and Benny Goodman, the first recording of chamber works by Benet Casablancas for Naxos with the Moonwinds Ensemble and the last recorded with IBS monograph on Weber recorded with the Berliner Camerata. His premieres of “Qualia” with the OCV and Zubin Metha and “Elogio del horizonte”, both by Sánchez Verdú were greatly acclaimed both in Madrid and Munich with the Bayerische Rundfunk. Among his recordings are three of Mozart’s clarinet concerto, with Sir Neville Marriner (Trito), with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta and with Antony Pay and the ECO (Cala). He has recorded also with the Tokyo, Bordsky and the Alexander String Quartets. His interest in recovering and promoting Spanish music has produced 5 recordings, for Harmonia Mundi, Clarinet Classics and Tritó, the 2 last ones dedicated to Spanish composers in the exile of the Civil War. With Moonwinds Joan has recorded unknown divertimenti by Martin y Soler, as well as Mozart’s Gran Partita and wind Serenades and recently for IBS works for winds and harp by Spanish exiled composers. Joan made his début as a conductor with several orchestras in Spain and the UK with great acclaim,and has performed as a conductor-soloist with orchestras as the Manchester Camerata, Orquestra de Cadaqués, Orquesta de Valencia, etc. Joan recently conducted 2 concerts celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Cadaqués Orchestra at the Palau de la Música with great succes.

He has commitments as a conductor and soloist-conductor for the next two seasons along European orchestras. Joan was appointed in 2006 by Lorin Maazel principal clarinet of the Orquestra CV del Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. He was previously a member of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, and principal guest in orchestras such as Royal Philharmonic, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Mozart Players, London Symphony, City of Birmingham, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, etc. He was a co-founder of the Cadaqués Orchestra, where he remains principal clarinet. Joan teaches clarinet and chamber music at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona and Trinity College of Music in London. He is regularly invited to give master classes and recitals in major Music centres such as California State University, Royal College and Royal Academy in London or Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow.

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