Afflatus Quartet - Esprit Ibert/Bozza/Debussy

This new Hybrid SACD recording features four members of the internationally renowned Afflatus (Wind) Quintet performing music by several French composers including Ibert, Bozza, Debussy, Gounod, Tomas and Fran�aix. Afflatus Quartet derives from Afflatus (Wind) Quintet, the winner of one of the most prestigious chamber music competitions in the world, the International Music Competition of the ARD Munich 1997. With Radek Baborak, the world famous horn player and Afflatus member taking a vacation from the ensemble, the four remaining members, each of which is an active soloist throughout Europe and especially in Czech Republic, have produced an album of music by 20th century French composers. The disc includes Ibert's 'The Little White Donkey', Deux Mouvements, and Cinq Pi�ces en Trio; Bozza's Sonatine, and Trois Pi�ces pour une Musique de Nuit; Debussy's 'Golliwog�s Cakewalk', and �The Little Shepherd�; Gounod�s �Funeral March of a Marionette, Tomasi's Concert Champ�tre; and Fran�aix's Quartet for Wind Instruments.Personnel: Roman Novotny (flute), Jana Brozkova (oboe), Vojtech Nydl (clarinet), Ondrej Roskovec (bassoon)