Love Derwinger, the pianist on this recording, made his debut at age 17 with Liszt's Second Piano Concerto and has performed with leading artists and orchestras internationally.
Compositional Technique
Danzi's wind quintets, composed between 1820 and 1824, consistently follow a four-movement pattern: sonata form first movements, song form second movements, minuet third movements, and rondo finales.
Composer Biography
Franz Danzi, born in 1763, received a comprehensive musical training, including cello studies with his father and composition with the renowned Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler.
Critical Reception
Franz Danzi fell into obscurity soon after his death, and it is primarily due to the popularity of his wind quintets that recordings of his music have proliferated in recent years.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Franz Danzi was one of the first composers outside Paris to adopt Anton Reicha's concept of the wind quintet, a genre developed by Reicha for an ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon.
Performer Biography
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, founded in 1988, was the first permanently established ensemble of its kind within the Berlin Philharmonic's chamber music tradition.
