Woodwind Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn

Year
1948
Duration
8'
Category
Chamber

Dedication: To Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger
Buy Score: Associated Music Publishers
Manuscripts: Paul Sacher Stiftung

Premiere: Feb 27, 1949/ Martin Orenstein (fl), David Abosch (ob), Louis Paul (cl), Pinson Bobo (hn), Mark Popkin (bn)/ New York Times Hall, New York, NY

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In 1948 several woodwind players asked me to write a work for woodwind quintet. On looking over some earlier quintet works, I found the composers were in the habit of overlooking the fact that each of these instruments has a different sound. I, on the other hand, was particularly struck by this, and so decided to write a work that would emphasize the individuality of each instrument and that made a virtue of their inability to blend completely.

– Elliott Carter

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Recordings (15)

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet: The Seasons
BIS 2072 (2013)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Weimarer Blaserquintett: A Recital Experience
Genuin 12225 (2012)
Weimarer Blaserquintett
Chicago Pro Musica: Early Chamber Music of Elliott Carter
Cedille (2009)
Chicago Pro Musica | Barbara Haffner, cello
Ensemble Contrasts: Elliott Carter: Chamber Music for Winds
cpo 999 453-2 (1998)
Ensemble Contrasts | Michael Faust, flute | Christian Hommel, oboe | David Smeyers, clarinet | Volker Grewel, horn | Dag Jensen, bassoon | Michael Faust, flute (+11)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet: Summer Music
BIS CD-952 (1998)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Lieurance Woodwind Quintet: Debut Recording
Summit DCD 149 (1995)
Lieurance Woodwind Quintet | Frances Shelly, flute | Willa Henigman, oboe | W. James Jones, clarinet | Nicholas E. Smith, horn | Nancy E. Lutes, bassoon
Westwood Wind Quintet
Crystal CD 752 (1991)
Westwood Woodwind Quintet | John Barcellona, flute | Peter Christ, oboe | David Atkins, clarinet | Joseph Meyer, horn | David Muller, bassoon
Quintetto Arnold: Musica per Quartetto e Quintetto a Fiati
Stradivarius STR 33304 (1991)
Quintetto Arnold | Renato Rivolta, flute | Francesco Pomarico, oboe | Maurizio Longoni, clarinet | Sebastiano Panebianco, horn | Leonardo Dosso, bassoon
Boehm Quintette: American Winds, volume one
Premiere PRCD 1006 (1990)
Boehm Quintette | Sheryl Henze, flute | Phyllis Lanini, oboe | Steven Hartman, clarinet | Joseph Anderer, horn | Robert Wagner, bassoon
Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet: Summer Music
Musical Heritage Society 4782 (1983)
Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet
The York Winds Play Music
Melbourne Records SMLP 4040 (1980)
The York Winds | Douglas Stewart, flute | Lawrence Cherney, oboe | Paul Grice, clarinet | Harcus Hennigar, horn | Gerald Robinson, bassoon
The Dorian Quintet: The Avant Garde Woodwind Quintet in the U.S.A.
Vox SVBX 5307 (3 lp) (1977)
The Dorian Quintet: Karl Kraber, flute; Charles Kuskin, oboe; Jerry Kirkbride, clarinet; Barry Benjamin, horn; Jane Taylor, bassoon
The Dorian Quintet: Carter/Henze
Candide CE 31016 (1969)
The Dorian Quintet: Karl Kraber, flute; Charles Kuskin, oboe; William Lewis, clarinet; Jane Taylor, bassoon; Barry Benjamin, horn
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players: Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, Fine, Carter, Piston
RCA Victor LM 6167; LSC 6167 (1966)
Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flute | Ralph Gomberg, oboe | Gino Cioffi, clarinet | James Stagliano, horn | Sherman Walt, bassoon
New Art Wind Quintet: An American Woodwind Symposium
Classic Editions CE 2003 (1953)
New Art Wind Quintet | Andrew Lolya, flute | Melvin Kaplan, oboe | Irving Neidich, clarinet | Elizabeth Bobo, horn | Tina di Dario, bassoon