Wind Chamber Music

[Dana]

Thanks for those. That Dvorak disc, especially, looks interesting!

[hautbois]

The standard for Wind Quintets was set long ago by Antoine Reicha. He wrote 24 with Op #'s, and 1 or 2 WoO. They are for Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Horn & Bassoon. Reicha was a master at passing the thematic material around among all the players, and each of these works is a gem in itself. Reicha was a friend and contemporary of Beethoven, outliving him by just a few years.

I don't have this disk, but I have some by the Praguer's on Hyperion and the Michael Thompson Quintet on Naxos. Very commendable.

The 2 cd set with the Prague Academy Wind Quintet is to die for. Such beautiful playing.

Howard

[SonicMan46]

The standard for Wind Quintets was set long ago by Antoine Reicha......................

I'd agree w/ Gurn to checkout Reicha - the Hyperion Dyad contains 5 of these works @ a good price - CLICK on the image to see the listings, if interested. 

Some other composers that might be of interest:

Cartellieri, Antonio - Wind Divermenti & Wind Sextets - 2 separate CDs w/ Consortium Classicum on CPO & MDG, respectively.

Danzi, Franz - Wind Quintets - own a couple of Naxos CDs w/ the Thompson Wind Quintet.

Gambaro, Vincent - Wind Quartets w/ Consortium Classicum on MDG; an unknown to me on purchase.

Hoffmeister, Franz - Wind Serenades w/ Consortium Classicum (yet again!) on CPO; Klocker & this group on CPO & MDG have recorded (and at times discovered) some glorious wind works!

Krommer, Franz - Wind Partitas - have 2 discs, both on Naxos; performers are the Thompson Wind Ensemble & Budapest Wind Ensemble - if you like wind quartets/concertos, etc., Krommer offers much!

Rosetti, Antonio - Wind Partitas - again w/ Consortium Classicum on CPO; as w/ Krommer, this composer also offers a wealth of other wind works.

Strauss, Richard - Wind Music - nice Philips Duo below on these works - 

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Stravinsky's Octet for 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 bassoons, flute & clarinet (Sony Stravinsky Box or Sony Salonen)

Stravinsky is obviously a genius regarding the use of wind instruments, it's noticeable in almost any of his works.

[jochanaan]

Hmmmm . . . .

OOOOMMMMM

[Florestan]

W. A. Mozart - Gran Partita KV 361, Serenade for Winds KV 375 & KV 388, Quintet for Piano and Winds KV 452

L. van Beethoven - Quintet for Piano and Winds op. 16

Also, completely unknown but absolutely smashing:

Pierre Prowo (1697-1757) - Trio Sonatas for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon

[lukeottevanger]

Obviously I was going to say Janacek's Mladi, but it's already been mentioned. So I therefore want to urge a wonderful work which can easily be seen as Mladi's companion - the Wind Quintet by Pavel Haas, Janacek's best pupil and practically his only follower, in as much as Haas absorbed Janacekian traits into his own style when almost no one else was able to do so. The Wind Quintet is utterly delightful, just like the Janacek piece.

Once you're exploring early 20th century Czech music for wind ensemble, you might want to look at Haba's Nonets too....