Sinfonietta Ventus (David Ball, Gerardo Ledezma, bassoon ; Marylin Nije, Eleanor Weingartner, clarinet ; Jon Gustely, Elizabeth Segura, horn ; Miguel Salazar, Marcia Yount, oboe) ; Guido Maria Guida, guest conductor
Music chiefly for/arr. for wind octet; the 2nd work originally the overture to an opera; the 3rd work originally for piano duet; the 4th work originally for piano solo; the 6th work originally from an oratorio; the 7th work originally a popular tune from the Mexican state of Tabasco, arr. for wind and percussion octet (2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, oboe and tambourine).
Recorded in concert 25 Apr. 2001, sala Blas Galindo del Centro Nacional de las Artes, Ciudad de México.
Octet in F major / Franz Joseph Haydn [attribution uncertain ; also attributed to Paul Wranitzky] -- Peter Schmoll oberture / Carl Maria von Weber ; arr. Willard Elliot -- Slavonic dance, no. 9 : op. 72, no. 1 / Antonin Dvorák ; arr. Patrick Clements -- Four lyric pieces / Edward Grieg ; arr. Willard Elliot -- Divertimento in E-flat / Gordon Jacob -- Arrival of the queen of Sheba : from Solomon / George Friedrich Händel ; arr. Arthur Campbell -- Son Tabasqueño / Mexican traditional ; arr. Ryszard Siwy