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Professional chamber wind ensembles are common nowadays, but in Mozart's and Beethoven's time, such groups as these composers required were most often ad hoc gatherings of friends or local musicians. Even as late as 1953, when pianist Rudolf Serkin recorded Mozart's Quintet, K. 452, and Beethoven's Quintet, Op. 16, for Columbia, he had to call on wind players from the Philadelphia Orchestra to fill the oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn parts. As a result of this, or perhaps because of insufficient preparation, there are problems of balance and blending in these recordings that practiced wind groups would avoid, yet somehow went unnoticed by Serkin and company. On the whole, John de Lancie's oboe and Sol Schoenbach's bassoon sound even and controlled, well-matched to Serkin's restrained playing; but Anthony Gigliotti's hooting clarinet and Mason Jones' robust horn stray into louder dynamics, and fat bulges in the ensemble's textures frequently occur. Due to the limitations of the mono reproduction, the group's tutti almost overwhelm the single microphone, and the sound is a little obnoxious in fortissimo passages. These recordings have been cleaned of tape hiss but still sound boxy and annoyingly boosted in the ADD transfer. This CD may be judged as an interesting historical document, but it may not appeal to listeners who demand polished playing or clean digital sound with natural resonance.
© TiVo
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Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds, K. 452 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Rudolf Serkin, Piano - Rudolf Serkin, Performer - Howard H. Scott, Producer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Composer - Anthony Gigliotti, Clarinet - Mason Jones, French Horn - John De Lancie, Oboe - Sol Schoenbach, Bassoon
Originally released 1954 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Rudolf Serkin, Piano - Rudolf Serkin, Performer - Howard H. Scott, Producer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Composer - Anthony Gigliotti, Clarinet - Mason Jones, French Horn - John De Lancie, Oboe - Sol Schoenbach, Bassoon
Originally released 1954 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Rudolf Serkin, Piano - Rudolf Serkin, Performer - Howard H. Scott, Producer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Composer - Anthony Gigliotti, Clarinet - Mason Jones, French Horn - John De Lancie, Oboe - Sol Schoenbach, Bassoon
Originally released 1954 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 16 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Rudolf Serkin, Piano - Rudolf Serkin, Performer - Howard H. Scott, Producer - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827), Composer - Anthony Gigliotti, Clarinet - Mason Jones, French Horn - John De Lancie, Oboe - Sol Schoenbach, Bassoon
1954 (P) 1986 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Rudolf Serkin, Piano - Rudolf Serkin, Performer - Howard H. Scott, Producer - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827), Composer - Anthony Gigliotti, Clarinet - Mason Jones, French Horn - John De Lancie, Oboe - Sol Schoenbach, Bassoon
1954 (P) 1986 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Rudolf Serkin, Piano - Rudolf Serkin, Performer - Howard H. Scott, Producer - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827), Composer - Anthony Gigliotti, Clarinet - Mason Jones, French Horn - John De Lancie, Oboe - Sol Schoenbach, Bassoon
1954 (P) 1986 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Professional chamber wind ensembles are common nowadays, but in Mozart's and Beethoven's time, such groups as these composers required were most often ad hoc gatherings of friends or local musicians. Even as late as 1953, when pianist Rudolf Serkin recorded Mozart's Quintet, K. 452, and Beethoven's Quintet, Op. 16, for Columbia, he had to call on wind players from the Philadelphia Orchestra to fill the oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn parts. As a result of this, or perhaps because of insufficient preparation, there are problems of balance and blending in these recordings that practiced wind groups would avoid, yet somehow went unnoticed by Serkin and company. On the whole, John de Lancie's oboe and Sol Schoenbach's bassoon sound even and controlled, well-matched to Serkin's restrained playing; but Anthony Gigliotti's hooting clarinet and Mason Jones' robust horn stray into louder dynamics, and fat bulges in the ensemble's textures frequently occur. Due to the limitations of the mono reproduction, the group's tutti almost overwhelm the single microphone, and the sound is a little obnoxious in fortissimo passages. These recordings have been cleaned of tape hiss but still sound boxy and annoyingly boosted in the ADD transfer. This CD may be judged as an interesting historical document, but it may not appeal to listeners who demand polished playing or clean digital sound with natural resonance.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:20
- Main artists: Rudolf Serkin
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
Originally released 1954 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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