The Fourth Movement consists of two charming Minuets scored principally for winds. This work, Brahms' first orchestral publication which was arranged by the composer for eight string and wind instrume...
for Bassoon Solo, to supplement the Mozart Bassoon Concerto. All three movements of the concerto are represented by these cadenzas, composed by Toscanini for Leonard Sharrow, principal bassoonist of T...
This is a literal transcription of the popular Telemann Viola Concerto, with only changes in register to accommodate the bassoon's range limitations. Probably written between 1716 and 1721 at a rather...
for Wind Quintet. This work consists of 25 variations and a fugue, allowing each instrument ample opportunity for virtuosity. A major addition to the woodwind quintet library, this piece would be exce...
A favorite masterpiece, arranged for wind quintet by bassoonist Mark Popkin.
for Wind Quintet. A wonderful arrangement of this popular piece. Ample opportunity for each member of the quintet to demonstrate their instrument.
Mother Goose Suite' was originally composed for piano - four hands and later expanded into a ballet. This wind quintet version features all of the favorite solo passages for winds. Instrumentation: Fl...
Originally published in 1873 when Brahms was 40. He reputedly had destroyed twenty prior quartets as being unworthy of an heir to Beethoven's throne. ('You have no idea how a man like myself feels whe...
The composer's only string quartet to be published and publicly performed during his lifetime. All four movements arranged here by Mark Popkin. Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (in A), Horn, Bas...
Composed when Dvorak was 38 and had achieved international fame. The 2nd movement is a 'dumka,' a Slavonic form which consists of contrasting melodic and rhythmic sections. Instrumentation: Flute, Obo...
for Wind Quintet. Written in 1893, this is Debussy's only string quartet. This, along with 'Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune' (1892-94) and 'Baudelaire Songs'(1890), comprises Debussy's incipient mus...
for Wind Quintet. Written just 10 years after Debussy's Quartet, Debussy wrote Ravel, 'In the name of the gods of music and of my own, do not change one thing in your Quartet.' Four Movements total
Inspired by the piano waltzes of Franz Schubert, these were originally for piano and later orchestrated. A remarkable transcription of eight movements which blend seamlessly from one to another.
for Double Wind Quintet and Bass. As described by Clara Schumann: 'I cannot find words to express the joy it gives me; it is miraculously beautiful.' A major work for this unique ensemble. Five moveme...
Composed for piano solo and later arranged for small orchestra, this transcription contains seven movements and maintains all the solos from the orchestral version. Scored for Wind Quintet, the Flute...
for Wind Quintet. What would Broadway and Hollywood have done without Borodin? All four movements of this well-known work are well adapted to the woodwind quintet.
for Wind Quintet. One of the six 'Haydn' quartets, subtitled 'The Hunt' as suggested by its jolly, bouncing 6/8 rhythm of the opening subject. This happy mood is sustained through most of the work wit...
Originally published in 1865 for strings. A dedicatory phrase appears in the first movement - A-G-A-D-B-E - referring to a woman with whom Brahms fell in love named Agathe von Seebolt. The composer re...
From the orchestral arrangement of Arensky's 'Quartet No. 2' for strings, based on one of Tchaikovsky's 'Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54' (The Legend). This beautiful short set of variations works...
The third and last of Brahms' string quartets is his most light-hearted, beginning with a bouncing, jovial hunting theme, and concluding in the fourth movement with a gently melodic theme and variatio...
This is an adaptation of the orchestration done by Tchaikovsky in his Fourth Suite for Orchestra, 'Mozartiana.' Great, challenging variations! Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (in A), Horn, Bass...
One of the most famous melodies by Maurice Ravel, arranged for Double Wind Quintet with String Bass (or Contrabassoon) by Mark A. Popkin. This piece was originally composed for piano in 1899, while Ra...
This is an adaptation of Mozart's Adagio, K. 540, originally composed for solo piano. Though originally in the key of B minor, here it has been transposed to C minor to better suit the instruments on...
