Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

Reicha: Wind Quintets / Michael Thompson Quintet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Antoine Reicha: Woodwind Quintet in B flat major, Op. 88/5; Woodwind Quintet in C major, Op. 91/1
Conductors:
Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

The twenty-five wind quintets won Reicha immediate acclaim, despite being unusual not only in their combination of instruments but the prominence given to each soloist...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Rossini: Sonatas for Wind Quartet / Michael Thompson Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-02-01

Works: Friedrich Berr: Wind Quartet no 1 in F major (arranged from Rossini String Sonata no 1); Wind Quartet no 2 in G major (arranged from Rossini String Sonata no 2); Wind Quartet no 3 in F major (arrange...
Performers: Hill, Robert [clarinet]; Price, John [Classical]; Snowden, Jonathan; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

Rossini is principally remembered today for his comic operas whose wit, speed, and elegance are perennially fresh. These characteristics are shared by the String Sonatas...continue...

Krommer: Partitas for Wind Ensemble Vol 3 / Michael Thompson

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Franz Krommer: Octet-Partita for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, horn & contrabassoon in E flat major, Op. 69; Octet-Partita for winds in C major, Op. 76; Octet-Partita (Nonet) 2 oboes, 2 clarinets...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

Krommer composed symphonies, masses, string quartets, quintets and, most significantly, music for wind band. This continued the Central European tradition of writing music that was...continue...

Danzi: Wind Quintets Op 68 / Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Franz Danzi: Quintet for winds in A Major, Op 68/1; Quintet for winds no 8 in F major, Op. 68/2; Quintet for winds in D minor, Op 68/3; Sonata for horn & piano in E minor, Op. 44
Performers: Fowke, Philip; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

The German cellist and composer Franz Danzi was taught by the composer Vogler, who also numbered Weber, Meyerbeer and Crusell amongst his pupils. Like Crusell,...continue...

Hindemith, Barber, Larsson, Janacek / Thompson Wind Quintet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-01-27

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, for wind quintet, Op. 24/2; Samuel Barber: Summer Music, for wind quintet, Op. 31; Lars-Erik Larsson: Divertimento for wind quintet, Op. 55 ("Quattro tempi"); Leos...
Performers: Harris, Michael [Clarinet]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

Paul Hindemith completed his Kleine Kammermusik in 1922, with the intention of sweeping away the cobwebs of the late-romantic era, and two years later Czech...continue...

Danzi: Wind Quintets Op 67 no 1-3, etc / Thompson, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-09-01

Works: Franz Danzi: Quintet for winds in G major, Op. 67/1; Quintet for winds in E minor, Op 67/2; Quintet for winds in E flat major, Op 67/3; Sonata for horn (or cello) & piano in E flat major, Op. 28
Performers: Fowke, Philip; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

"Danzi sought to create music for the broad amateur market with concise style, conventional form, and light technical demands. This set of works has attractive...continue...

Danzi: Wind Quintets Op 56, Sextet / Michael Thompson Qnt

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-06-01

Works: Franz Danzi: Quintet for winds no 1 in B flat major, Op. 56/1; Quintet for winds in G minor, Op. 56/2; Quintet for winds, Op 56/3; Sextet for winds in E flat major
Performers: Berry, Richard [French Horn]; Hill, Robert [Clarinet]; Price, John; Tarlton, Philip; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet