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...
