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The Seasons - 20th-Century Music for Wind Quintet
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The Seasons - 20th-Century Music for Wind Quintet
Composer
Samuel Barber
Elliott Carter
Brett Dean
Jean Francaix
Hans Werner Henze
Paul Hindemith
Jacques Ibert
Charles Koechlin
Kazimierz Machala
Julio Medaglia
Darius Milhaud
Carl Nielsen
Liduino Pitombeira
Gunther Schuller
Henri Tomasi
Peteris Vasks
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer
Thomas Clamor
Daniel Norman
Manfred Preis
Nigel Shore
Gerhard Stempnik
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Hermann Bäumer, conductor
Period
Modern
Catalogue Number
BIS-2072 CD
EAN
7318590020722
Format
CD
– 4 discs
Release date
May 2013
Total time
268'43
4 CDs for the price of 2
MusicWeb International
, September 2013: ”This is a superb collection of extremely fine performances, and should be part of everyone’s collection: no need to try, just buy!”
If the wind quintet genre has its origins in the early 19th century, it was during the 20th that it came of age. The possibilities that the combination of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn offered in terms of sounds and musical character were exploited to the full by composers such as
Carl Nielsen
,
Paul Hindemith
and
Darius Milhaud
. Once the ensemble had become firmly established, it also became common practice to add instruments, or to vary the timbres in other ways. In his
Septuor
, Charles Kœchlin
included not only an alto saxophone but also a cor anglais, the same instrument that
Heitor Villa-Lobos
replaced the (French) horn with in the
Quintette en forme de Chôros
. One of the most extreme cases in the literature, however, is
Hans-Werner Henze's
L'autunno
'for five players of wind instruments', in which each player is required to perform on almost all the related instruments in the family of his main instrument, resulting in an instrumentarium ranging from piccolo flute to Wagner tuba and contrabassoon. Together with three other compositions, Henze's autumnal piece has lent its name to the discs included in this box set, the others being
Printemps
by
Henri Tomasi
,
Samuel Barber
's
Summer Music
and
Winter Songs
,
Brett Dean
's settings of five poems by E. E. Cummings for tenor and wind quintet. Individually released by the
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
between 1992 and 2003, these four discs are here gathered into a full seasonal cycle: a catalogue of 20th-century music for wind quintet, performed by an ensemble that a reviewer in
BBC Music Magazine
has described as follows: ’Accustomed to working together with the world’s most gifted and demanding conductors, the five players distil all the discipline, versatility and musical characterisation that is demanded of them daily. They combine this with the mutual generosity and tangible sense of enjoyment of those just freed from the maestro’s yoke.’
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Disc 1
Jacques Ibert
Trios Pièces brèves for wind quintet
6'48
01
I. Allegro
2'20
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02
II. Andante
1'42
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03
III. Assez lent - Allegro scherzando
2'46
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Henri Tomasi
Printemps for wind quintet and saxophone
9'08
04
I. Réveil des oiseaux
1'34
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05
II. Chant d´amour
1'46
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06
III. Danse des oiseaux
5'48
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Darius Milhaud
La Cheminée du roi René for wind quintet
12'45
07
I. Cortège
2'01
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08
II. Aubade
1'47
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09
III. Jongleurs
1'12
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10
IV. La maousinglade
2'31
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11
V. Joutes sur l´arc
0'55
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12
VI. Chasse à Valabre
1'29
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13
VII. Madrigal-nocturne
2'50
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Charles Koechlin
Septuor pour instruments à vent
15'24
14
I. Monodie
2'36
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15
II. Pastorale
4'01
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16
III. Intermezzo
1'48
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17
IV. Fugue
1'42
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18
V. Sérénité
3'45
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19
VI. Fugue
1'32
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Jean Françaix
Quintette no 1 for wind quintet
20'07
20
I. Andante tranquillo - Allegro assai
4'12
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21
II. Presto
4'30
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22
III. Tema. Variation 1 - 4
7'08
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23
IV. Tempo di marcia francese
4'17
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Eugène Bozza
24
Scherzo pour quintette à vent
2'35
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Disc 2
Samuel Barber
01
Summer Music, Op.31 (1956) for woodwind quintet
11'06
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Elliott Carter
Woodwind Quintet (1948)
7'42
02
I. Allegretto
3'56
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03
II. Allegro giocoso
3'46
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Gunther Schuller
Suite (1957)
5'34
04
I. Prelude
2'14
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05
II. Blues
1'51
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06
III. Toccata
1'29
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Kazimierz Machala
07
American Folk Suite (1980)
1'48
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Julio Medaglia
Suite 'Belle Epoque in Sud-America' (1994-97)
9'10
08
I. Tango
2'23
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09
II. Vals Paulista
3'22
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10
III. Chorinho 'Walter´s Requinta maluca'
3'25
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
11
Quintette en forme de Chôros (1928) for flute, oboe and bassoon
9'44
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Liduino Pitombeira
12
Ajubete jepê amô mbaê (1991)
4'52
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Julio Medaglia
Suite popular brasileira (1991-93)
8'24
13
I. Chôro em Berlin
1'47
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14
II. Baiao
2'42
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15
III. Seresta
2'11
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16
IV. Frevo
1'44
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Disc 3
Paul Hindemith
Kleine Kammermusik Op.24, Nr.2
13'12
01
I. Lustig
2'52
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02
II. Walzer
1'52
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03
III. Ruhig und einfach
4'39
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04
IV. Schnelle Viertel
0'57
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05
V. Sehr lebhaft
2'52
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Hans Werner Henze
Quintet (1952) Introduktion, Variationen und Fuge
10'31
06
I.Teil
6'00
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07
II.Teil
2'46
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08
III.Teil
1'45
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Hans Werner Henze
L´autunno
24'40
09
Moderato - Più mosso - Lo stesso tempo (Clarinet cadenza) (quasi attacca) -
6'23
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10
Allegretto
2'58
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11
Allegramente (Horn cadenza) - Malincolia - Allegretto (Bossoon cadenza) - attacca -
3'00
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12
Vivace - Allegramente - Molto meno mosso - Vivace e burlesco (including bassoon cadenza) - Con moto - Un poco meno mosso - Ancora meno mosso (Contrabassoon cadenza) - attacca -
9'26
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13
Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae
2'53
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Paul Hindemith
Septett für Blasinstrumente (1948)
15'05
14
I. Lebhaft
4'04
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15
II. Intermezzo
1'52
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16
III. Variationen
3'42
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17
IV. Intermezzo
1'55
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18
V. Fuge schnell: 'Alter Berner Marsch'
3'32
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Disc 4
Brett Dean
Winter Songs for tenor and wind quintet (1994/2000) after poems of e.e.cummings
26'06
01
I.
12'00
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02
II.
7'36
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03
III.
6'30
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Erkki-Sven Tüür
04
Architectonics I for wind quartet (1984)
4'40
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Peteris Vasks
05
Music for a deceased friend, for wind quartet (1982)
9'49
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Arvo Pärt
Quintettino, Op.13 (1964)
3'47
06
I. Schnell
0'59
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07
II. Langsam
1'39
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08
III. Mässig
1'09
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Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (1922)
25'05
09
I. Allegro ben moderato
8'09
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10
II. Menuet
4'31
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11
III. Praeludium - Tema con variazioni - Andante festivo
12'25
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Album total
268'43
Composer
Barber, Samuel
Bozza, Eugène
Carter, Elliott
Dean, Brett
Françaix, Jean
Henze, Hans Werner
Hindemith, Paul
Ibert, Jacques
Koechlin, Charles
Machala, Kazimierz
Medaglia, Julio
Milhaud, Darius
Nielsen, Carl
Pitombeira, Liduino
Pärt, Arvo
Schuller, Gunther
Tomasi, Henri
Tüür, Erkki-Sven
Vasks, Peteris
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Alto saxophone
Preis, Manfred
Cor anglais
Shore, Nigel
Stempnik, Gerhard
Bass clarinet
Preis, Manfred
Trumpet
Clamor, Thomas
Tenor
Norman, Daniel
Conductor
Bäumer, Hermann
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