Quintet No. 1 for Winds

für zwei Hörner zwei Violinen Viola und Bass-It is hardly surprising that Beethoven did not write any more chamber music for winds after 1800. Following the change to middle-class musical culture demand declined for buoyant serenades and divertimenti intended for courtcircles – a genre that Beethoven had reservations about as it was. Composed in 1795 with no known occasion in mind his Sextet op. 81b is thus all the more remarkable standing out on account of the unusual virtuosity of thehorn parts. This edition is the first to provide the bass part as originally intended by Beethoven: for violoncello supported by a double bass. In addition to the original horn parts in E flat it also contains transposed parts inF.

Score-Leonardo Balada's Sonata For Ten Winds (Flute (Piccolo) 2 Trumpets in C Oboe 2 Horns in F Clarinet in Bb Trombone Bassoon Bass Trombone).This work was premiered by the American Brass Quintet and the New York Wind Quintet on March 18 1980 at Carnegie Recital Hall New York. It is available on Destio Records (DC7214) and Cassette (DCX47214) in a performance by the American Brass Quintet and the Dorian Wind Quintet.Duration: approx. 15 minutes.

Clarinet Play-Along Pack-This luscious quintet is scored for piano oboe clarinet horn and bassoon. Mozart's magnificent orchestration of the winds with piano creates a warm and glowing texture of sound and each instrument emerges at times for a prominent position. Cast in three movements: Largo/Allegro moderato Larghetto and Rondo/Allegretto. Truly one of the great works in this format and wonderful fun to practice and perform. Includes the complete clarinet solo part printed on high-quality ivory paper and a CD containing a complete performance of the quintet with soloist then performed again minus the soloist. Performed by Aldo Simonelli clarinet Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen piano NewArt Wind Quintet: Mel Kaplan oboe Tina DiDario bassoon Murray Panitz flute

Performed by Keith Dwyer clarinetAccompaniment : Cassini String Quartet: Charles Roth 1st violin; Marla Smith 2nd violin; John Madison viola; John Iatzko violoncelloWritten for his friend and fellow Mason inVienna Anton Stadler the quintet was completed in September of 1789 and premiered a few days before Christmas of that year. It is one of Mozart's most perfect accomplishments ? a score of proud serenity transparenttexture and radiant beauty. It is also an example of Mozart's uncanny ability to combine the best parts of chamber music and concerto music. The solo clarinet leads the ensemble but does not subjugate it. There is an infinitevariety of interplay between the performing partners and all five instruments undertake the virtuoso's role at one time or another. 'The result ' says Homer Ulrich 'is a piece of music whose charm and delicacy are difficult toduplicate in the literature of strings and winds.' This deluxe 2-CD set includes the quintet in its original key with printed parts for both A and B-flat clarinets and adds a repitched version for B-flat clarinetists allowingplayers of that instrument easier execution plus the ability to learn the same fingerings as the composer's intended A clarinet for performance purposes.Includes a high-quality printed music score for B-flat clarinet; anda compact disc containing a complete version with soloist in split-channel stereo (soloist on the right channel); then a second version in full stereo of the accompaniment minus the soloist. Also includes a second compact disccontaining a recording of the quintet repitched to allow B-flat clarinetists to play the original written part for A-clarinet.

Written for the New Mexico Winds this quintet is a spiritually uplifting composition animated by the unique instrumental colors of the wind quintet dialogue among the instruments and rhythmic energy. The inspiration for the piece springs from two sources: the syncopated improvisatory aura of jazz and water imagery suggesting the light and movement of the sea. It includes tonal/modal passages and sections employing the diminished (half-step/whole-step) scale.