Oliver Wass - Elements (CD)

Elements explores the distinctive sound world of saxophone and harp in a program that moves between Baroque masterworks and newly commissioned music inspired by the four classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Performed by saxophonist Huw Wiggin and harpist Oliver Wass, the album places Bach, Purcell, Vivaldi and Couperin alongside contemporary works written specially for the duo. Each commission reflects a different elemental idea, from the luminous textures of Charlotte Harding's Euphotic to the volatile energy of Laura Bowler's Caesium and the wind-driven virtuosity of David Wallace's blowing A gale. Interwoven throughout are inventive arrangements of Baroque works, drawing subtle connections across centuries. The pairing of saxophone and harp creates a sound palette that is intimate and richly coloured, capable of lyric stillness and brilliant display. Praised for his "liquid gold tones" by The Times, Wiggin joins forces with leading harpist Oliver Wass in a programme that moves between reflection, drama and radiant beauty.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Couperin: Le Rossignol en Amour
2. Harding: Euphotic
3. Bach: Goldberg Aria - Aria Mit Versheidenen Veränderungen, BWV 988
4. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3
5. Perinpanayagam: The Weary Soil and the Greedy Shoot
6. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E Major "La Primavera" (Spring), Op. 8 RV 269
7. Wallace: Blowing a Gale
8. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068
9. Rowland-Jones: Silent Air
10. Bach: French Suite No. 3 in B minor for Solo Harp, BWV 814
11. Corelli la Follia, Op. 5 No. 12
12. Bowler: Caesium
13. Bach: Two Part Invention in F Major, No. 8, BWV 779
14. Scott: Sussurros Brasileiros
15. Corelli: Sonata No. 4 in F Major
16. Bowler: With You