Fanfare Reviews
from January/February 1982

Reviews: Sullivan-Duthoit

SULLIVAN-DUTHOIT: Pineapple Poll Suite. ROSSINI-RESPIGHI-GODFREY: La Boutique fantasque. GOUNOD-WINTERBOTTOM: Faust: Ballet Music. Eastman Wind Ensemble conducted by Frederick Fennell. MERCURY SRI 75138, $8.98.

In its day, Fred Fennell's EWE was one of the wonders of our professional music education system. (It is still an admirable organization, but the pride and spirit of Eastman's wind élite in its formative years were wonderfully communicated on records.) So welcome back, former Mercury SR 90256. But unless you are a great wind-band enthusiast, you may find these excellent arrangements disturbing, for not only are the three compositions extremely well-known in their orchestral garb but also mighty convincing in it.

Paul Turok

Copyright © 1982 by Fanfare, Inc. Reprinted by permission from Volume 5, No. 3 (January/February 1982), page 259. This article reviews an LP version of performances included on Mercury 434 322. 

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