Dvorak, Chamber music arranged for wind quintet - Ma'alot Quintet

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)

Four Slavonic Dances (1878/1886)
Quartet for Strings in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American" (1893)
Bagatelles for 2 Violins, Cello and Harmonium, Op. 47/B 79 (1878)

All works arranged for wind quintet by Ulf-Guido Schäfer or Volker Grewel

Ma'alot Quintet
Stephanie Winker - Flute
Christian Wetzel - Oboe
Ulf-Guido Schäfer - Clarinet
Volker Grewel - Horn
Volker Tessmann - Bassoon
(This German quintet takes its name from the common name of psalms 120-134, the "Psalms of Ascent".)

Except for an angry (and, with respect to the misrepresentations of the artists' statements in the booklet, pretty annoying) review in Fanfare this recording has had a rather enthusiastic welcome by the critics. I think that especially the arrangement of the "American" quartet, which is so frowned upon by the Fanfare critic, works very well.

Woodwind Treasures - Westwood Wind Quintet

The Westwood Wind Quintet (of Los Angeles) was founded in 1959 and performed actively for close to 40 years. This CD is made from recordings in 1971 and 1981.


Woodwind Treasures

Westwood Wind Quintet
John Barcellona (Flute 1981), Gretel Shanley (Flute 1971), David Atkins (Clarinet 1971 & 1981), Peter Christ (Oboe 1971 & 1981), Robert Henderson (French Horn 1971), Calvin Smith (French Horn 1981), Kay Brightman (Bassoon 1971), Kenneth Meyer (Bassoon 1981)


August Klughardt (1847-1902)
Wind Quintet in C, Op. 79 (1901)

Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Opus Number Zoo, for speaker & wind quintet (1951/1970)

George Heussenstamm (b.1926)
Seven Etudes, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon, Op. 77 (1964)

Boris Pillin (b.1940)
Scherzo for Wind Quartet

Robert Linn (1925-1999)
Quintet for Winds (1963)

Herman Stein (1915-2007)
Sour Suite, for wind quintet (1968)


First recordings of all works except the quintet by August Klughardt

Lachner, Octet & Nonet - Consortium Classicum

Franz Lachner (1803-1890)

Nonet in F major (1875)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass
I. Andante. Allegro moderato
II. Menuetto (Allegro moderato)
III. Adagio
IV. Finale (Allegro ma non troppo)

Octet in B flat major, op. 156 (published in 1850)
for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons (with double bass ad lib.)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo (Allegro assai)
IV. Finale (Allegro ma non troppo)

Consortium Classicum
Dieter Klöcker

Recorded in 1974
Published on CD in 2002
Out of print

20th century woodwind & reed music taster collection

A bagful of short(-ish) compositions and arrangements for woodwind and reed instruments by 20th century composers

Contents:
Amstel Saxophone Quartet - Arvo Pärt - Fratres
Aurelia Saxophone Quartet - George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Borealis Wind Quintet - George Gershwin - Bess You Is My Woman Now
Dorian Wind Quintet - Lalo Schifrin - La Nouvelle Orleans
East Winds - Malcolm Arnold - Allegro con brio (Shanties for Wind Quintet)
Leta Miller et al - Henry Cowell - Heroic Dance
Quinteto de Vientos Argos - Gerardo Gandini - Double para quinteto de vientos
Reykjavik Wind Quintet - Atli Petersen - Blasarkvintett (Wind Quintet)
Scandinavian Wind Quintet - Per Norgard - Whirl's World
Swedish Wind Ensemble - Hugo Alfvén - Vallflickans dans (from Bergakungen Suite)
The Caliban Quartet - Duke Ellington - Caravan
The Chicago Chamber Musicians - Darius Milhaud - Pastorale

Total playing time 1:19:30



Perhaps I should mention that ....

There was a young fellow called Max
Who kept all his music as Flacs.
He lacked any empathy,
For the old MP3 ...
That's why he missed many good tracks.

Cambini & Briccialdi, Wind Quintets. Avalon Wind Quintet

Giulio Briccialdi (1818-1881)
Wind Quintet in D major, Op. 124

Giuseppe Maria Cambini (1746-1825)
Wind Quintet No. 1 in B major
Wind Quintet No. 2 in D minor
Wind Quintet No. 3 in F major


Avalon Wind Quintet
Daniel Lampert, flute
Stefan Schilli, oboe
Stefan Zimmer, clarinet
Christian Lampert, French horn
Bernhard Straub, bassoon


Penguin Guide 2002 Rosette Recommendation

Druschetzky, Six Partitas for Wind Octet. I Fiati Italiani

Georg Druschetzky / Jiří Družecký
(1745-1819)

Sei partite per otto fiati (1784)

I Fiati Italiani:
oboi - Maurizio Colasanti, C. di Bucchianico
clarinetti - Antonello Pellegrini, R. Masci
corni - Marcello Martella, D. di Martile
fagotti - Alfonso Patriarca, D. Luciani

First recordings

Mondo Musica, 2000 (OOP)

Harmonie Music - Ottetto Amsterdam

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Parthia in E flat major for nine wind instruments (1803)
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Andante piu tosto allegretto
3. Vivace assai

Joseph Myslivecek (1737-1781)
Parthia in E flat major for eight wind instruments and double bass (1770)
4. Allegro maestoso
5. Larghetto un poco sostenuto
6. Menuetto alternativo I, II, III - coda

Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819)
Variazioni for eight wind instruments and double bass (1784)
7. Allegro

Frantisek Kramar (Franz Krommer) (1759-1831)
Harmonie in F major for nine wind instruments (c. 1810)
8. Allegro vivace
9. Andante allegretto
10. Menuetto allegretto - trio - menuetto da capo
11. Allegro


Paul van der Linden, Vincent van Ballegooyen - oboe
Joost Hekel, Jochen Seggelke - clarinetto
Teunis van der Zwart, Franz Josef Pickl - horn
Eckhard Lenzing, Thomas Kiefer - bassoon
Jürgen Eppelsheim - double bassoon
Jacques van der Meer - double bass


Recorded 1993


This CD is out of print but copies may still be available
directly from the artists.