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The Westwood Wind Quintet (of Los Angeles)
was founded in 1959 and has performed and recorded actively for close to 50
years, during which time it has given over 3000 concerts and recorded more than
20 albums. In the mid-1980s, Daniel Carriaga, music critic with the Los Angeles
Times, wrote "An Accumulation of instrumental polish and important
repertoire over a long period has resulted in a treasurable sense of ensemble
and musical solidity." Upon
hearing the Quintet in a concert, Robert Shaw, former music director of the
Atlanta Symphony, wrote ÒOne listens to this ensemble as one listens to
the finest of string quartets. It is a complete and completely satisfying
musical experience.Ó
High Fidelity Magazine wrote: ÒExtraordinary
tone quality. The Westwood performers manifest a technical finesse and a
richness of tone that one would normally expect only from a solo concert
artist.Ó
Fanfare Magazine wrote: Òtop-notch
playing that can only be envied by lesser ensembles. Exceptional recordings.Ó
International Record Review wrote: ÒThe
Westwood Wind Quintet has a standard of ensemble playing that is nothing short
of breathtaking. The fundamental ensemble qualitiesÉare something to be
cherished, and (for some of us) to attempt to emulate.Ó
American Record Guide wrote: ÒThe
Westwood Wind Quintet [has been] for over 40 years one of the finest ensembles
of its kind and the playing here certainly demonstrates that.Ó
Gramophone Magazine wrote: ÒMagnificent
American group. Superlative playing.Ó
CD250:
WOODWIND TREASURES -- Westwood Wind Quintet. August Klughardt, Quintet, op. 79; Luciano Berio, Opus
Number Zoo; George Heussenstamm, Seven Etudes for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon;
Boris Pillin, Scherzo; Robert Linn, Woodwind Quintet; Herman Stein, Sour
Suite. UPC 00941472502-8
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The Quintet by August Klughardt
(1847-1902) is as close to Brahms as woodwind ensembles have. This is a lush,
Romantic piece and this is the only recording of it. The other pieces were all
first recordings and most are still the only recordings available.
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer)Click on the link to hear approximately one minute of the
movement shown.
Klughardt Quintet: Mvt
1(Allegro non troppo) Mvt
2(Allegro Vivace) Mvt3(Andante) Mvt
4(Adagio) Berio
Opus Number Zoo: Tom
Cats Grey
Mouse Fawn Barn
Dance Heussenstam
Etudes: Mvt
1(Andante) Mvt
2(Allegro assai) Mvt
3(Allegretto) Mvt
4(Larghetto) Mvt
5(Allegro giocoso) Mvt
6(Allegro) Mvt
7(Moderato) Pillin: Scherzo Linn
Quintet: Mvt
1(Allegro) Mvt
2(Adagio) Mvt
3(Allegro) Stein Sour
Suite: Parade Larry's
Lullaby Bagatelle Lucky
Seven-Eight
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information on the Reicha Woodwind Quintet series
CD264: Anton Reicha: Woodwind Quintets Vol 4:
opus 91, no.s 1 & 2. Westwood
Wind Quintet
This is the fifth release in Crystal Records' series of Anton Reicha's 24 woodwind
quintets. UPC 00941472642-1
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ÒEach and every one [of the Reicha quintets] is a
masterpiece of the highest order. Those who ignore this legacy are missing out not
only on some terrific wind music but on some of the finest music ever penned.Ó Audiophile Audition
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the
movement shown.
Quintet in C Major, opus 91, no. 1: Allegro
moderato/Andante/Tempo primo
Andante Menuetto Rondo
Finale Quintet in A Minor, opus 91, no. 2: Adagio/Allegro
assai
Andante Menuetto Finale
CD265: Anton Reicha: Woodwind Quintets Vol 5:
opus 91, no.s 3 & 4. Westwood
Wind Quintet
This is the second release in Crystal Records' series of Anton Reicha's monumental 24
woodwind quintets. These are beautiful works, symphonic in scope.
Reicha (1770-1836) was a friend of Beethoven's and his writing illustrates the
style of that period. One of the most influential composers and teachers
of the early 1800s, Reicha was Professor of Counterpoint and Fugue at the Paris
Conservatory. UPC 00941472652-0
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The Westwood Wind Quintet has recorded more than 15 albums in addition to the Reicha series, and has performed over 2000 concerts since its inception in 1959. The group has been called "a complete and completely satisfying musical experience" by legendary conductor Robert Shaw. Daniel Carriaga, writing in the Los Angeles Times about a concert of the Westwood Wind Quintet, said "An accumulation of instrumental polish and important repertory over a long period has resulted in a treasurable sense of ensemble and musical solidity."
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click
on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement shown.
Opus 91, no. 3 Mvmt 1 Mvmt 2 Mvmt 3 Mvmt 4 Opus 91, no. 4 Mvmt 1 Mvmt 2 Mvmt 3 Mvmt 4
CD266: Anton Reicha:
Woodwind Quintets Vol 6: opus 91, no.s 5 & 6. Westwood Wind Quintet
This is the first release of a set of 12 CDs of
Reicha's 24 woodwind quintets. Reicha (1770-1836) was a friend of
Beethoven's and was one of the most influential composers of his period. "The
performances radiate affection for the music and technical virtuosity. A
high recommendation."
Fanfare UPC 00941472662-9
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The Westwood Wind
Quintet, extablished in 1959, has performed over 2000 concerts and recorded
more than 15 albums, not including this Reicha series.
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement
shown.
Quintet in A Major, opus 91, no. 5 Mvmt 1 Mvmt 2 Mvmt 3 Mvmt 4
Quintet in C minor, opus 91, no. 6: Mvmt 1 Mvmt 2 Mvmt 3 Mvmt 4
CD267: Anton Reicha, Woodwind Quintets Volume 7: opus 99, no.s 1 & 2. Westwood
Wind Quintet
This is the third release in
Crystal's exciting project of recording the complete 24 Reicha Woodwind
Quintets. UPC 00941472672-8
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According
to the American Record Guide, "Reicha's wind quintets...probably always
will be regarded as the summit and foundation of the literature...The Westwoood
Wind Quintet is known far and wide to lovers of this sort of music." Gramophone
Magazine has called the Westwood Wind Quintet a "magnificent American
group" and the International Record
Review said "The Westwood Wind Quintet has a standard of ensemble
playing that is nothing short of breathtaking."
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up
to one minute of the movement shown.
Reicha Quintet in C Major, opus 99, no.1 Mvt.
1 Mvt.
2 Mvt.
3 Mvt.
4 Quintet in F Minor, opus 99, no.2 Mvt.
1 Mvt.
2 Mvt.
3 Mvt.
4
CD269: Reicha Woodwind Quintets Vol 9: opus 99, Nos. 5 & 6. Westwood Wind Quintet
This is the fourth release in CrystalÕs exciting project of recording the
complete 24 Reicha Woodwind Quintets.
The Westwood Wind Quintet has already recorded 18 of these, 8 are now on
CD, and we are expecting a new volume to be released every few months. UPC 00941472692-6
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ÒReichaÕs 24 wind quintets
have been and probably always will be regarded as the summit and foundation of
the literature. The Westwood Wind
Quintet is known far and wide to lovers of this sort of music.Ó American Record Guide
Fanfare has said of this series Òonly top-notch playing that can only be
envied by lesser ensembles.Ó ÒThe Westwood Wind Quintet has a standard of
ensemble playing that is nothing short of breathtaking. [It is] something to be
cherished.Ó International Record Review
ÒCrystal RecordÕs devotion to ReichaÕs woodwind quintets is estimable. [These works] are big, sonorous and large-scale
ones published in 1822 and fully deserving of reclamation in such expert hands
as these. The opening of Op.99
No.5 floats in with the most beautiful and well balanced Andante – a
Siciliano of dappled loveliness.
The ensuing tumbling, flowing and exciting extroversion is the perfect
riposte: an Allegro of ravenous yet decorous masculinity. It shows how finely perched these works
are between introspection and well-wrought, technically accomplished self-projection. TheyÕre also formally always of the
highest interest, playing tricks with harmony, structure, form and keys so
subtly that you would barely notice.
Reicha was a master of the form and wrote voraciously for woodwind
quintet. This series is shaping up
to be a major contribution on recordÉbig, symphonic quintets, cleanly
delineated, finely played and bursting with classical ideas and expertise.Ó MusicWeb International
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one
minute of the movement shown.
Quintet in B Minor, opus 99, no. 5: Andante/Allegro Andante Menuetto Finale
Quintet in G Major, opus 99, no.
6: Andante/Allegro
Poco Vivo Air
En Fantaisie. Andante Menuetto Finale
CD601: NIELSEN, HINDEMITH, SCHULHOFF
The Westwood Wind Quintet. Carl Nielsen, Quintet, op. 43;
Paul Hindemith, Kleine Kammermusik fŸr fŸnf BlŠser, op.24, no. 2; Erwin
Schulhoff, Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet, & Bassoon. UPC
00941476012-8
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High
Fidelity Magazine, speaking of this recording of Nielsen and Hindemith
Quintets, wrote "Extraordinary tone quality. The Westwood performers
manifest a technical finesse and a richness of tone that one would normally
expect only from a solo concerto artist. I cannot imagine a better performance
than the one given here by the Westwood Wind Quintet."
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of
the movement shown.
Nielsen: Quintet Mvt
1 (Allegro Ben Moderato) Mvt
2(Menuet) Mvt
3 (Praeludium & Theme and Variations)
Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik Mvt
1 (Lustig, Massig schnelle Viertel) Mvt
2 (Walzer, Durchweg sehr leise) Mvt
3 (Ruhig und einfach.
Achtel) Mvt
4 (Schnelle Viertel) Mvt
5 (Sehr lebhaft) Schulhoff: Divertissement Mvt
1 (Ouverture) Mvt
2 Burlesca Mvt
3 Romanzero Mvt
4
Charleston Mvt
5 Tema con Variazioni e fugato Mvt
6 Florida Mvt
7 Rondino-Finale
CD647, Viola and the Winds.James
Dunham, Viola; Westwood Wind Quintet; Jack Sanders, Guitar. Gustav Holst,
Terzetto for Flute, Oboe, & Viola; Jerzy Sapieyevski, Concerto for Viola
and Winds; Anthony Plog, Four Miniatures for Viola and Wind Quintet; Karl Kohn,
Colla Voce for Viola and Guitar. UPC 00941476472-0
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James
Dunham was violist with the Grammy Award winning Cleveland Quartet. He
presently teaches at the Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas. The
Westwood Wind Quintet, founded
in 1959, has performed thousands of concerts and has been described as
"probably the best group of this kind anywhere." (New
Orleans Courier)
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement
shown.
Sapieyevski: Concerto Holst Terzetto: Mvt
1(Allegretto) Mvt
2(Un poco vivace) Plog
Miniatures: Mvt
1(Pastoral) Mvt
2(Toccata) Mvt
3(Chorale) Mvt
4(Allegro) Kohn: Colla
Voce
CD750: WESTWOOD
WIND QUINTET. Samuel Barber:
Summer Music; Gyorgi Ligeti: Six Bagatelles;
William Mathias: Quintet; Mark Carlson: Nightwings
(tape & woodwind quintet). "Magnificent American
group. Superlative playing...a recording which, equally good in
tone-quality, balance and clarity, can also be described as
superlative." Gramophone Magazine (London) UPC
00941477502-3
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Sound samples (uses RealPlayer)Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement
shown.
Ligeti Bagatelles: Allegro Rubato Allegro Presto Adagio
CD751: WESTWOOD WIND QUINTET. Ingolf Dahl, Allegro and Arioso; Karel Husa,
Serenade for Piano and Wind Quintet; Jerzy Sapieyevski, Arioso for Trumpet and
Wind Quintet; Louis Moyse, Quintet. With Lisa Bergman, piano; Richard
Pressley, trumpet. "..an accumulation of instrumental polish
& important repertory over a long period has resulted in a treasurable
sense of ensemble and musical solidity." Los
Angeles Times "As usual, the Westwood Wind Quintet plays
with spirit, finesse, polish, and magnificent articulation. Very fine
recording." Fanfare. UPC
00941477512-2
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Sound samples (uses RealPlayer)Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement
shown.
Dahl: Allegro
and Arioso Husa
Serenade: Mvt
1(La Montagne) Mvt
2(La Nuit) Mvt
3(La Danse) Sapieyevski: Arioso
CD752: WESTWOOD WIND QUINTET.
Bergsma, Concerto for Wind Quintet; Rochberg, To the Dark Wood; Carter,
Woodwind Quintet 1948; Biggs, Scherzo; Plog, Animal Ditties; Schuller, Suite;
Schuman, Dances for Woodwind Quintet and Percussion with Matthew Kocmieroski,
percussion. "A feast of ...virtuoso music for winds.
Performances are excellent."
In-Tune Magazine. "A superb performing group; first-rate in
every way." Washington D.C.
Sunday Star UPC 00941477522-1
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Sound
samples (uses
RealPlayer)Click on the link to hear up to
one minute of the movement shown.
Bergsma Concerto: Mvt
1(Allegro) Mvt
2(Andante) Mvt
3(Allegro assai)
Rochberg: To
the Dark Wood Carter
Quintet: Mvt
1(Allegretto)
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