The Seasons: 20th-Century Music for Wind Quintet

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This is a superb collection of extremely fine performances, and should be part of everyone’s collection: no need to try, just buy! — MusicWeb International, 24th September 2013

Release Date: 1st Jul 2013
Catalogue No: BIS2072
Label: BIS
Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

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Ibert: Pièces brèves (3) for wind quintet

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Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

No. 1, Allegro

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No. 2, Andante

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No. 3, Assez lent - Allegro scherzando

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Tomasi, H F: Printemps

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Manfred Pries
Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

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II. Chant d'amour

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Milhaud: La Cheminée du roi René, Op 205

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I. Cortege

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II. Aubade

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VII. Madrigal-nocturne

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Koechlin: Septuor pour instruments à vent

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Manfred Pries, Gerhard Stempnik
Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

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V. Serenite

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VI. Fugue

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Françaix: Wind Quintet No. 1

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I. Andante tranquillo - Allegro assai

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II. Presto

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IV. Tempo di marcia francese

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Bozza: Scherzo pour quintette à vent

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Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31

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Carter, E: Woodwind quintet (1948)

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I. Allegretto

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II. Allegro giocoso

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Schuller, Gunther: Suite for Wind Quintet

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Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

I. Prelude

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II. Blues

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Machala: American Folk Suite

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Medaglia: Suite 'Belle Epoque in Sud-America'

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I. Tango

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II. Vals Paulista

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III. Chorinho 'Walter´s Requinta maluca'

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Villa-Lobos: Quinteto em forma de chôros, for flute, oboe, clarinet, cor anglais & bassoon

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Nigel Shore
Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

Quintette en forme de Choros

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Pitombeira: Ajubete jepê amô mbaê

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Medaglia: Suite popular brasileira

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I. Choro em Berlin

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II. Baiao

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IV. Frevo

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Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik for wind quintet, Op. 24 No. 2

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I. Lustig

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II. Walzer

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V. Sehr lebhaft

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Henze, H: Quintet - Introduktion, Variationen und Fuge

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I. Introduktion - Thema - Variationen

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II. Sehr ruhig, ohne rubato - Noch langsamer - Sehr langsam, schleppend

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III. Rasch, heiter - Galopp

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Henze, H: L'autunno

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I. Moderato

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II. Allegretto

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IV. Vivace

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V. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae

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Hindemith: Septett für Blasinstrumente

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Thomas Clamor, Manfred Preis
Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

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II. Intermezzo. Sehr langsam

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III. Variationen: Massig schnell

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IV. Intermezzo. Sehr langsam

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V. Fuge, "Alter Berner Marsch": Schnell

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Dean, B: Winter Songs

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Daniel Norman
Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin
Hermann Bäumer

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II. (If in beginning twilight winter will stand)

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Tüür: Architectonics I

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Vasks: Wind Quintet No. 2: In memory of a friend

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Music for a Deceased Friend

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Pärt: Quintettino, Op. 13

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I. Schnell

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II. Langsam

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III. Massig

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Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43 (FS 100)

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Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

I. Allegro ben moderato

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II. Menuet

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III. Praeludium - Tema con variazioni - Andante festivo

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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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24th 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!

The Seasons: 20th-Century Music for Wind Quintet

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