This week Bill explores some of the glorious music written for the popular chamber music combination of flute, clarinet, oboe, horn, and bassoon. Bill will also focus on each instrument alone so we can identify the sound and character that makes it unique. We will hear famous orchestral woodwind solos, duets, and wind quintets by Franz Danzi, Carl Nielsen, and Darius Milhaud.
Wind Quintets
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Playlist
Episode 1
Prokofiev, Sergei: Peter and The Wolf: “On A Branch Of A Big Tree” (excerpt)
Orchestre De L’Opera De Lyon/Nagano; Patrick Sewart, narrator
Peter And The Wolf – La Boîte à Joujoux
Erato 97418
1:43
Mozart, Wolfgang: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K 313
2. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Abbado; Pahud, flute
Flute Concerto No. 1 / Concerto For Flute And Harp / Clarinet Concerto
EMI 57128
8:31
Dvorák, Antonin: Symphony No. 8/Orchestral Excerpts for Flute
Jeanne Baxtresser, Flute
Orchestral Excerpts For Flute (With Spoken Commentary)
Summit Record 159
1:08
Ravel, Maurice: Bolero/Orchestral Excerpts for Flute
Jeanne Baxtresser, Flute
Orchestral Excerpts For Flute (With Spoken Commentary)
Summit Record 159
1:08
Beethoven, Ludwig: Symphony No. 3/Orchestral Excerpts for Flute
Jeanne Baxtresser, Flute
Orchestral Excerpts For Flute (With Spoken Commentary)
Summit 159
1:03
Ravel, Maurice: Daphnis Et Chloë Suite No. 2 (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernstein; Julius Baker, Flute
Sony 60565
2:52
Poulenc, Francis: Sonata for Flute and Piano – 1. Allegro malinconico
Wolfgang Schulz, Flute
Poulenc: Chamber Music
DG 427639
4:33
Reicha, Anton: Quintet for Winds E flat, Op. 88 No. 2, Finale
The New York Woodwind Quintet
Woodwind Encores
Everest SDBR 3092
2:38
Reicha, Anton: Quintet in a Minor, Op. 100, No. 5
I. Andante Con Variazioni
III, Menuetto, Allegro Vivo
Aulos-Bläser Quintet
Complete Wind Quintets, Vol. 6
CPO 9990272
9:59
Cambini, Giovanni Giuseppe: Wind Quintet No. 3 In F Major
2: Larghetto Sostenuto
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Italian Woodwind Music
Columbia MS 6799
5:18
Danzi, Franz: Quintet in e minor
I. Allegro Vivo
II. Minuetto
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Volume 3 – Wind Quintets, Op. 67 Nos. 1-3 / Quintet For Piano And Wind, Op. 53
BIS CD 532
6:56
Dvorák, Antonin: Symphony No. 8 in G , Op. 88 (excerpt)
4. Allego Ma Non Troppo
New York Philharmonic/Masur
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8; Janacek: Sinfonietta
Teldec 90847
1:54
Episode 2
Prokoviev, Sergei: Peter and the Wolf: “Just Then A Duck Came Waddling Around” (excerpt)
Orchestre De L’Opera De Lyon/Nagano; Stewart, narrator
Peter And The Wolf – La Boîte à Joujoux
Erato 97418
1:09
Mozart, Wolfgang: Oboe Concerto In C, K 314
3. Rondo: Allegretto
ASFM/Marriner; Holliger, oboe
Mozart On The Menu
Philips 446762
5:31
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr: Symphony No. 4, II/Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe
John Mack, oboe
Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe
Summit Records 160
1:16
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr: Symphony No.4 in F minor Opus 36
II. Andantino in modo di canzona
Philadelphia Orchestra/Muti; Woodhams, oboe
Symphonies (Complete)
Brilliant Classics 99792
:54
Rossini, Gioachino: Italian in Algiers/Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe
John Mack, oboe
Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe
Summit Records 160
1:31
Ravel, Maurice: Le Tombeau de Couperin/Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe
John Mack, oboe
Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe
Summit Records 160
1:53
Ravel, Maurice: Le Tombeau De Couperin
1. Prelude
Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez; Mack, oboe
Orchestral Music • L’Œuvre Orchestrale • Sämtliche Orchesterwerke • Composizioni Per Orchestra
Sony 45842
3:20
Strauss, Richard: Don Juan, Op. 20 (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti; Still, oboe
Also Sprach Zarathustra • Ein Heldenleben • Eine Alpensinfonie • Don Juan • Till Eulenspiegel
London/Decca 440618
3:16
Briccialdi, Giulio: Quintett, Op. 124
2. Andante
Aulos-Bläser Quintet
Complete Wind Quintets, Vol. 6
CPO 9990272
4:33
Pierné, Gabriel: Pastorale
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Pastorales
Columbia Masterworks MS 1062
3:19
Taffanel, Paul: Bläserquintett – 1. Allegro con moto
Aulos-Bläser Quintet
Complete Wind Quintets, Vol. 6
CPO 9990272
9:37
Foerster, Joseph Bohuslav: Quintet in D Major, Op. 95
I. Allegro Moderato
Dorian Wind Quintet
Retrospectacular
Summit Records 513
4:08
Janáček, Leoš: Mladi (excerpt)
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Music For Wind Ensemble
Chandos 9399
4:25
Barrows, John R.: March
The New York Woodwind Quintet
Woodwind Encores
Everest SDBR 3092
2:15
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Oboe Sonata in D, Op. 166 – Andantino
Vogel, oboe; Pezzone. Piano
Oboe Obsession
Delos 3235
3:49
Episode 3
Prokofiev, Sergei: Peter and The Wolf: “Suddenly Something Caught Peter’s Attention” (excerpt)
Orchestre De L’Opera De Lyon/Nagano; Patrick Stewart, narrator
Peter And The Wolf – La Boîte à Joujoux
Erato 97418
:52
Mozart, Wolfgang: Clarinet Concerto In A, K 622 – 2. Adagio
Cleveland Orchestra/Szell; Marcellus, clarinet
Clarinet Concerto / Sinfonia Concertante
Sony 86793
7:49
Beethoven, Ludwig: Symphony No. 8/Orchestral Excerpts for Clarinet
Larry Combs, clarinet
Orchestral Excerpts for Clarinet
Summit Records 161
1:37
Beethoven, Ludwig: Symphony #8 In F, Op. 93 – 3. Tempo Di Menuetto (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’ / Symphony No. 8
London/Decca 417765
1:29
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Capriccio Espagnol/Orchestral Excerpts for Clarinet
Larry Combs, clarinet
Orchestral Excerpts for Clarinet
Summit Records 161
2:05
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, I & III (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic/Bernstein; Drucker, clarinet; John Corigliano, Sr., violin
Sony 60737
:49
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Symphony No.2 in E Minor, Op. 27 – 3. Adagio (excerpt)
Kirov Orchestra
Symphony No. 2
Philips 438864
2:56
Poulenc, Francis: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
2. Romanza. Très calme
Leister, clarinet
Poulenc: Chamber Music
DG 427639
8:32
Taffanel, Paul: Wind Quintet – 3. Vivace
Aulos-Bläser Quintet
Complete Wind Quintets, Vol. 6
CPO 9990272
7:19
Hindemith, Paul: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2
1: Lustig
2: Walzer, Durchweg sehr leise
3: Ruhig und einfach, Achtel
4: Schnelle viertel; Sehr lebhaft
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Pastorales
Columbia Masterworks MS 1062
12:19
Grainger: Walking Tune
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Pastorales
Columbia Masterworks MS 1062
3:54
Episode 4
Prokofiev, Sergei: Peter and The Wolf: “Grandfather came out” (excerpt)
Orchestre De L’Opera De Lyon/Nagano; Patrick Stewart, narrator
Peter And The Wolf – La Boîte à Joujoux
Erato 97418
:52
Mozart, Wolfgang: Bassoon Concerto in B Flat, K 191
2. Andante Ma Adagio
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy; Bernard Garfield, bassoon
The Four Concertos For Woodwinds And Orchestra Vol. 1 (Concerto For Bassoon, K.191 / Concerto For Flute, K.313)
Columbia Masterworks MS 6451
6:07
Mozart, Wolfgang: Marriage of Figaro/Orchestral Excerpts for Bassoon
David McGill, bassoon
Orchestral Excerpts for Bassoon
Summit Records 162
3:29
Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concerto in G/Orchestral Excerpts for Bassoon
David McGill, bassoon
Orchestral Excerpts for Bassoon
Summit Records 162
1:03
Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concerto in G – III. Presto (excerpts)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Les Concertos Pour Piano / Concertinos
Decca 452448
:27(excerpts)
Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concerto in G – III. Presto (excerpts)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Les Concertos Pour Piano / Concertinos
Decca 452448
:41 (excerpts)
Stravinsky, Igor: Firebird – Lullaby (excerpt)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Tilson Thomas; Paulson, bassoon; Grebanier, violoncello
Stravinsky: L’Oiseau De Feu / Le Sacre Du Printemps / Perséphone
RCA 68898
3:45
Nielsen, Carl: Quintet For Winds
1: Allegro ben moderato
2: Menuet
Woodwind Encores
Everest SDBR 3092
10:33
Persichetti, Vincent: Pastoral For Winds, Op. 21
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Pastorales
Columbia Masterworks MS 1062
5:53
Bozza, Eugene: Scherzo For Wind Quintet, Op. 48
Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
Pastorales
Columbia Masterworks MS 1062
2:36
Barber, Samuel: Summer Music
Prairie Winds
Gale Force
Albany 401
11:52
Mozart, Wolfgang: Bassoon Concerto in B Flat, K 191
3. Rondo
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy; Bernard Garfield, bassoon
The Four Concertos For Woodwinds And Orchestra Vol. 1 (Concerto For Bassoon, K.191 / Concerto For Flute, K.313)
Columbia Masterworks MS 6451
4:23
Episode 5
Prokofiev, Sergei: Peter and The Wolf: “No Sooner Had Peter Gone”
Orchestre De L’Opera De Lyon/Nagano; Patrick Stewart, narrator
Peter And The Wolf – La Boîte à Joujoux
Erato 97418
1:14
Wagner, Richard: Siegfried – Act 2: Sc. 2B (excerpts)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Julie Landsman, solo horn
Der Ring Des Nibelungen
DG 471678
1:25
Mozart, Wolfgang : Horn Concerto #4 In E Flat Major, K. 495 – II. Romanza : Andante
Philharmonia Orchestra/Karajan; Dennis Brain, horn
Mozart The Collector’s Edition 50 cds The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists
EMI 06010
4:29
Shostakovitch, Dmitri: Symphony No. 5/Orchestral Excerpts for Horn
David Krehbiel, horn
Orchestral Excerpts for Horn
Summit Records 115
3:56
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr: Symphony #5 In E Minor, Op. 64 – 2.
Andante Cantabile, Con Alcuna Licenza
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Abbado; Dale Clevenger, solo horn
Symphonies 1-6 • The Nutcracker Suite • Romeo And Juliet And More
Sony 87883
3:09
Wagner, Richard: Siegfried – Act 2: Sc. 2B (excerpts)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Julie Landsman, solo horn
Der Ring Des Nibelungen
DG 471678
2:30
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 5 (excerpt)
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra/Dudamel
Symphony No. 5
DG 000983702
2:32 (excerpt)
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 5 (excerpt)
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra/Dudamel
Symphony No. 5
DG 000983702
1:50 (excerpt)
Françaix, Jean: Quintette À Vents
I. Andante tranquillo, Allegro assai
Prague Wind Quintet
Praga / Supraphon 110372-2
3:58
Ligeti, György: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Rubato : Lamentoso
III. Allegro grazioso
IV. Presto ruvido
V. Adagio Mesto (Bela Bartok in memorium)
VI. Molto vivace
Quintette à vent Claude Debussy
Itunes
11:33
D’Rivera, Paquito: Aires Tropicales: Alborada; Vals Venezolano
Imani Winds
The Classical Underground
Koch 7599
2:40
Schifrin: La Nouvelle Orléans
Imani Winds
The Classical Underground
Koch 7599
7:16
Milhaud, Darius: La Chemineé du Roi Reneé
IV. La Maousinglade
Dorian Wind Quintet
Retrospectacular
Summit Records 513
3:58
Milhaud, Darius: La Chemineé du Roi Reneé
V. Chasse a Valabre
Dorian Wind Quintet
Retrospectacular
Summit Records 513
1:13