Aztec Dances
£8.00
Edward Gregson’s Aztec Dances began as a substantial piece for recorder and piano. Edward later reworked it for flute and piano for Wissam Boustany, who gave it’s first performance and this final version, for flute and ensemble, on an album featuring other works by Edward Gregson. Its vivid colours and ritualistic character were inspired by a British Museum exhibition exploring Aztec culture.
Wissam Boustany (flute) | Bramwell Tovey (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic
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“...flinty, sharply imagined music includes excellent solo work and gritty ensemble playing...”
“...[Aztec Dances is] immediately attractive, brilliant, wide-ranging and demanding much of the soloist... underneath the glittering surface of much of [Gregson’s] music there is a strength and compositional drive... the soloist almost literally takes on the personification of a shaman... it is superbly accomplished by WIssam Boustany, whose playing throughout this very demanding score is magnificent...”
“...a fizzingly gripping Flute Concerto... fired by the role of music in Aztec life... superlative technique and verve... sumptuous Chandos sound...”