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Author: brwndot
Date: 2008-03-12 02:03
I've played in wind quintets in the past and I'm curious -- what are some of your favorite chamber works? I'm quickly developing an interest in quintets, quartets, mixed ensembles, and other unique pairings (...groupings?).
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2008-03-12 02:35
Brahms Quintet (clarinet + string quartet)
Mozart Quintet (clarinet + string quartet)
Mozart Trio (cl, viola, piano)
Bartok Contrasts (cl, violin, piano)
Beethoven & Mozart Quintets for Piano & Winds (piano, ob, cl, bsn, hn)
Brahms Trio (clarinet, cello, piano)
There are more, but these are my faves...love 'em all!
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Author: tarynone
Date: 2008-03-12 05:41
These are not "standards" in the genre, but I must recommend the woodwind quintets by Theodor Blumer. He was German and I believe you would classify him as neo-Romantic.
I think he wrote 4 or 5 pieces for winds, but I especially liked the op. 52 quintet. He also wrote a nice piano sextet (pno & wwqt) on a Theme & Var, op. 45.
The Moran Quintet, I think, is the only group to have recorded Blumer's works for wind quintet.
Also: I'd appreciate anyone else's recommendations on other Romantic/Neo-Romantic type woodwind quintets! (besides Klughardt)
Thanks!
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2008-03-12 11:09
A little off the beaten path...
The Mihalovici Trio (Eb clarinet, A clarinet, Bb bass clarinet)
And a little more tried and true:
Milhaud trio (cl, vln, pn)
Beethoven trios op. 11 & ?? (trio arr. of septet).
And if you can find the numbers:
Dvorak Wind Serenade
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: nbblazer
Date: 2008-03-12 14:54
Beethoven Trio Op. 11 (Clarinet, Piano, Cello)
Uhl's Divertimento quartet (3 clarinets, bass clarinet)
Stravinski's L'Histoire du Soldat (clarinet, violin, piano)
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Author: tdinap
Date: 2008-03-12 22:41
If you're into twentieth-century music, "Three Pieces" for flute, clarinet, and bassoon by Walter Piston is great, as is Hindemith's "Kleine Kammermusik" for wind quintet. However, be careful if you or anyone else in the group has more conservative musical tastes--for every person I know who enjoys these pieces, there's at least one who hates them with a passion.
Tom
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Author: donald
Date: 2008-03-13 11:07
tonight i performed the Mozart Quintet, a classic already mentioned above, and a duo for Viola and Clarinet by Rebecca Clarke ("Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale")... this has moments that hark back to the 19th century, and it's more "modern" moments are fairly tame by 20th century standards...
Another piece that i love to perform- Quartet by Peter Schikele. This piece seems to always win the audience, it's such a great piece!
dn
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Author: teniralc
Date: 2008-03-13 15:54
Bruch 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano. Yummy- like chocolate.
The wind octets of Krommer- check out Sabine Meyer's recordings. Amazing.
Harbison Wind Quintet and his Trio for Cl, Violin and Piano
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2008-03-13 18:04
A few wind quintet favorites...
Ingolf Dahl, Allegro & Arioso
William Matthias, Quintet
Herman Stein, Sour Suite
Malcolm Arnold, Wind Quintet (Op. 2, not the shanties)
Miguel del Aguila, Wind Quintet #2
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: brwndot
Date: 2008-03-13 23:01
My interest in chamber music has really increased in the last year or so. It seems like I'm finding it everywhere.
Was just inspired after hearing Milan Turkovic, David Shifrin, and Shai Wosner on Saint Paul Sunday: http://saintpaulsunday.publicradio.org/programs/557/
Last night I checked out the Villa-Lobos trio and Alec Wilder's Suite for Horn, Clarinet and Piano, but it looks like I'll be heading back to the library for much more. Thanks for the feedback!
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Author: Bubalooy
Date: 2008-03-13 23:12
There are a great many of my favorites already listed but I'd like to add Samuel Barber's Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet. Dvoraks Seranade is for a fairly large group. Tomorrow I'll think of another dozen, but I won't post all of them, but maybe one or two.
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Author: dfh
Date: 2008-03-14 02:16
How about mixed ensembles with sax? Anyone?
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Author: davyd
Date: 2008-03-14 02:23
Krommer: Quintet for clarinet & strings. (I wish a score was published)
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew themes, for clarinet, string quartet & piano.
Brahms: Two songs, op. 91. Originally for alto voice, viola (or cello), and piano; the voice part will work on clarinet.
Thuille: Sextet for wind quinet and piano.
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One work which I could stand to ignore for a few years is Gounod: Little symphony (scored for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons). Two possible alternatives are: Faure/Grovelez: Nocturne, and Donizetti: Sinfonia in Gm. I haven't had a chance to try these, but they look intriguing.
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