IDAGIO | Mládí - Works by Janácek, Martinu and Reicha 7318590018026

Featuring

Marion Reinhard
Hendrik Heilmann
Michael Hasel
Manfred Preis
Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin
Anton Reicha

Bohuslav Martinů
Leoš Janáček

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Compositional Technique

Martinů's Sextet for piano and winds features an unusual instrumentation, replacing the horn of a standard wind quintet with a second bassoon, and includes a movement written only for flute and piano.

Notable Performances

The premiere of Janáček's Mládí was marred by instrument malfunctions, including a broken clarinet spring that left only five musicians playing at the end, leading Janáček to exclaim, 'I wrote a sextet, not a quintet'.

Composer Biography

Bohuslav Martinů, another composer on this album, was expelled from the Prague Conservatory for 'irredeemable indolence' in his violin studies, as his interest in composition took precedence.

Compositional Technique

Reicha's wind quintets often feature formally unconventional sequential structures in their first movements, departing from classical sonata form, and sometimes include a strict fugue as a middle section in slow movements.

Composition History

Anton Reicha is considered the 'father' of the wind quintet genre, having composed 25 quintets and three independent movements between 1811 and 1820 that form the cornerstone of the classical wind quintet repertoire.

Composition History

Bohuslav Martinů's Sextet for piano and winds, H174, was composed in just one week in 1929, during a period when he was integrating influences from Stravinsky, neo-classicism, jazz, and folk music into his style.

Composer Biography

Anton Reicha, a composer featured on this album, was a distinguished flautist and teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, where his pupils included Berlioz, Gounod, Franck, and Liszt.