Following on the success of MC 143 (Christopher Ball's Horn Concerto and Oboe Concerto), Musical Concepts is excited to present this exceptional new album of Christopher Ball's music for winds! Includes several recordings for cor anglais, clarinet, recorder, and wind quintet. Features top English wind performers Paul Arden-Taylor and Leslie Craven, all works are conducted by Ball himself. Ball's aim is to compose music which will communicate with and appeal to as wide an audience as possible, eschewing atonal or avant-garde style, which makes these works highly listenable and enjoyable to all audiences. Contains: Cor Anglais Concerto; Clarinet Quintet; Recorder Concerto "The Piper of Dreams"; Scenes from a Comedy (for Wind Quintet); Caprice on a Baroque Theme (for solo recorder).
