Carl Reinecke, the oldest composer featured, remained committed to German middle-class values and the compositional ideals of Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms throughout his life, even expressing reservations about Wagner's music.
Performer Biography
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet has toured extensively, performing in the United States, South America, Israel, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and has appeared at the Berlin and Salzburg Festivals.
Composer's Artistic Vision
All composers on this album share an aesthetic and compositional orientation towards 19th-century Romantic musicians like Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Wagner.
Album & Artwork
The album could have been titled 'Romantic Music of the Twentieth Century' because all composers on this CD were oriented towards 19th-century Romantic musicians, even though their pieces were written after the turn of the century.
Instruments
The instruments used in this recording include a Gerhard Sachs flute with a J.R. Lafin headjoint, a Marigaux oboe, Wurlitzer clarinets, Gebr. Alexander and Yamaha horns, and a Heckel bassoon.
Recording & Production
The album features works for both standard wind quintet and enlarged ensembles, including sextets by Janáček and Reinecke, and septets by Koechlin and Hindemith.
Performer Biography
The Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin (Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet) was founded in 1988 and is the first permanently established wind quintet in the Berlin Philharmonic's chamber music tradition.
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