Roots / Ventus Machina

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Label
Leaf Music
Release Date
February 12, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Ventus Machina
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 12, 2021
    • UPC
      615499526254
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      LM239
    • LABEL
      Leaf Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Goldberg "Variegations" (after J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988)

      Composer: James Kalyn

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    2. II. Koppången (after P.-E. Moraeus)

      Composer: James Kalyn

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    3. III. Edmund Fitzgerald (after G. Lightfoot)

      Composer: James Kalyn

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    4. IV. How Great Thou Art

      Composer: James Kalyn

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    5. V. Les raftsmen

      Composer: James Kalyn

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    6. Blackbird, "Fantasy Scherzo" (after P. McCartney)

      Composer: James Kalyn

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    7. Traveller's Breakdown (arr. J. Kalyn for fiddle, mandolin, guitar and wind quintet)

      Composer: Ray Legere

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

      Performer: Ray Legere

    8. Doin' Repairs (arr. J. Kalyn for fiddle, mandolin, guitar and wind quintet)

      Composer: Ray Legere

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

      Performer: Ray Legere

    9. Calm Before the Storm (arr. J. Kalyn for fiddle, mandolin, guitar and wind quintet)

      Composer: Ray Legere

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

      Performer: Ray Legere

    10. I. The Whistling Farmer (Jig)

      Composer: Andrew Creeggan

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    11. II. Blue Mountain Waltz

      Composer: Andrew Creeggan

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    12. III. Trip to Windsor (Reel)

      Composer: Andrew Creeggan

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

    13. The Circle Game (arr. J. Kalyn for choir, marimba, wind quintet and string quintet)

      Composer: Joni Mitchell

      Ensemble: Children's Choir, Atlantic String Machine, Ventus Machina

      Performer: Joël Cormier

    14. Four Strong Winds (arr. A. George for clarinet, tin whistle and wind quintet)

      Composer: Ian Tyson

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

      Performer: Andrew George

    15. Bird on the Wire (arr. J. Kalyn for voice, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone and wind quintet)

      Composer: Leonard Cohen

      Ensemble: Ventus Machina

      Performer: James Kalyn


Roots’ is Ventus Machina's second full length album. The track list includes eight arrangements by Ventus Machina's clarinetist James Kalyn, including Canadian folk hits by Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchel and Gordon Lightfoot; tunes by local bluegrass legend Ray Legere; and traditional songs that have been chosen by the members of Ventus Machina to represent their heritage and first musical influences. Guests on the album include bluegrass fiddler and mandolin player Ray Legere, clarinetist Andrew George and percussionist Joel Cormier. Formed in 2011, the New Brunswick-based woodwind quintet Ventus Machina quickly became a major player on Canada’s east coast classical music scene. Their flexible and dynamic style of performance—often presenting themed programs that at once engage, entertain, and educate—continues to attract and delight increasingly diverse audiences. Classically based and uncompromising in artistic quality, Ventus Machina makes regular excursions into other genres including jazz, opera, Latin and pop, challenging themselves and surprising their audiences.