Oboe quintet

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An oboe quintet is a chamber music group of five individuals led by an oboist, or music written for this ensemble.

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Usually an oboe quintet consists of an oboe and string quartet. Pieces for five oboes or five members of the oboe family are uncommon (only two are listed below): double reed quintets are not only rare but almost always include a bassoon.

Of the 105 listed quintets, 35 were composed between 1770 and 1825, none in the next 65 years, 3 between 1880 and 1920, 27 between 1920 and 1980, and 40 since.

The most performed and recorded oboe quintets are probably those by Arnold Bax and Arthur Bliss, who both dedicated their pieces to the British oboist Léon Goossens.

Music for oboe and string quartet

These pieces are for oboe, two violins, viola, and cello unless otherwise indicated.

ComposerTitleYear [note 1] Length (min.)PublisherRecord label
Bernardo Adam-Ferrero Homenaje a García Lorca for ob & str qt20058' NCA
Kalevi Aho Quintet for oboe & strings [1] 197329' BIS; Finlandia
Richard Arnell Oboe Quintet194424'
Jan Bach Quintet for ob & str195818'Meadow Music
Sérgio Azevedo Oboe Quintet2004AVA
Robert Baksa Quintet for Oboe and Strings [2] 197218' Carl Fischer; Presser Capstone
Virko Baley Orpheus Singing199411'Cambria; Musicians Showcase
Christian Frederik Barth Divertissement in G major for ob & str qt1820MusicaStorica
Arnold Bax Oboe Quintet] [3] [4] 192217' Boosey & Hawkes Recorded by 9+ labels
Howard Blake Oboe Quintet, Op. 131197113'Highbridge Music
Arthur Bliss Quintet for ob & str, Op. 44, F. 21 [5] 192720' OUP; Masters MusicRecorded by 8+ labels
Luigi Boccherini 6 Oboe Quintets, Op. 45, G. 431-6 [6] [note 2] 17979 to 11' Sikorski; Peters Capriccio; MHS
William Bolcom Serenata Notturna200521'Presser
Rutland Boughton Two Pieces for ob & str [note 3] 19378' Hyperion
Frits Celis Quintetto, Op. 57 [7] [note 4] 199521'Phaedra
Friedrich Cerha Quintet for ob & str qt [8] 200717'
Brian Cherney In the Stillness of the Summer Wind [9] 198716'
James Clarke Oboe Quintet [10] 19928'Metier; Composers’ Art
John Cooney Taking Liberties [note 5] 199012' BMIC
John Corigliano Aria for ob & str qt [note 6] 19856' G. Schirmer Albany
Lewis Cornwell Retrospection19816' AMC
Donald Crocket Celestial Mechanics [note 7] 199017' CRI
Gordon Crosse Oboe Quintet198815'
Bernhard Henrik Crusell Divertimento in C major, Op. 9182210'Sikorski; Peters; AmadeusHyperion, Naxos
Estércio Marques Cunha Quinteto para oboé e quarteto de cordas1999 Manuscrito
Caspar Diethelm Bucolicon, Op. 202 [note 8] 1982
Antal Dorati Notturno and Capriccio192613'Dux; MD&G Records
Georg Druschetzky Oboe Quintet in C major [11] 180813'Ambroisie
Dorothy Dushkin Quintet for Amanda1956New Valley
Gerald Finzi Interlude for ob & str qt, Op. 21 [12] 193611'Boosey & HawkesBoston; Carlton; Chandos
Conifer; Hyperion
Christopher Fox Oboe Quintet [13] 199515'BMICMetier
Joseph-François Garnier Quintette concerto en ut majeur17907'Koch Schwann
Dorothy Gow Oboe Quintet in 1 movement [14] 193614'Oboe Classics
Stephen Gryc Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Béla Bartók [note 9] 199211'Opus One
Daron Hagen Oboe Quintet [15] 200017'Burning Sled
Matthew Hindson Rush : for ob & str qt20019' Faber
Gustav Holst Air and Variations for ob & str qt
Three pieces for ob & str qt Op. 2		18963'
13'		Chandos
John-Paul Christopher Jackson Passacaglia for ob & str qt19936'
Gordon Jacob Concerto for ob & str qt [16] [note 10] 193323'Stainer & Bell
Bernhard Kaun Quintet for ob & str1940 Leeds
Charles Koechlin 6 Pieces, Op. 179 [note 11] 1942 Eschig
Rodolphe Kreutzer Grand Quintet in C major [17] 180015'Boosey & HawkesHyperion; Koch
Franz Krommer Oboe Quintet P VII:12 in C major
Oboe Quintet P VII:13 in E flat major		179024'
27'		Naxos
Rolands Kronlaks Conversion20007'
Henri Lazarof Quintet for ob & str qt199715'Presser
John Anthony Lennon Myth of Aeolia200810' ACA
Elisabeth Lutyens The Fall of the Leafe1966Olivan
Andrew Paul MacDonald Pythikos nomos, Op. 39 [note 12] 199623' Centrediscs
Elizabeth Maconchy Oboe Quintet [18] [note 13] 193212' Chester Music Oboe Classics; Dutton Vocalion
David Matthews The Flaying of Marsyas, Op. 42198719'Faber Metronome
Robert McBride Quintet for ob & str19485'G. Schirmer; ACA
Darius Milhaud Les Rêves de Jacob, Op. 294 [19] [20] [note 14] 194817' Heugel CPO
Richard Mills Songs without Words1998AMC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. LucarelliOboe Quintet in C minor, K. 406 [note 15] 178924'IMCNaxos; Capriccio; Caro Mitis; Amon Ra
Gottfried Müller Quintet for ob & str qt195019'Küffner & Drechsler Cavalli
Vazgen Muradian Concerto for ob & str qt, Op. 25 [21] 196225' Crystal
Josef Mysliveček 6 Quintets for ob & str qt [note 16] 1770 [note 17]
Sigismund Neukomm Quintet for ob & str qt, Op. 8 in B-flat [note 18] 180926'AmadeusPan Classics
Páll Pálsson September Sonnet19919'Icelandic Music
Gabriel Pierné Piece in G minor for ob & str qt, Op. 5 [note 19] 18833'Masters Music
Ignace Joseph Pleyel 3 Quintets, B.280-2821788J.A.Offenbach
Quincy Porter Oboe Quintet (Elegiac) [note 20] 196619'Highgate PressCRI (CRL235)
David L. Post Aria for ob & str qt19946'F.E. Warren
Roger Redgate Quintet for Oboe and Strings [22] 20036'Metier
Anton Reicha Oboe Quintet in F major, Op. 107182526' Musica Rara Hyperion; MDG; Pan
Tim Risher Words and Deeds1993
Aulis Sallinen Echoes from a Play, Op. 66199015'Novello
Gerhard Samuel Two Moods for ob & str qt1997LKM
Peter Seabourne Soaring [note 21] 200717'
John Shaffer Smith Quintet for ob & str qt1951Carl Fischer
Margaret Sutherland Serenade1953AMC
Toru Takemitsu Entre-temps for ob & str qt198612' Schott Telarc
Joan Tower Island Prelude198910'G. SchirmerNaxos
Antonín Tučapský Oboe Quintet1997
Mark-Anthony Turnage Cantilena200111'Onyx Classics
Robert Ward Quintet for ob & str qt200519'Albany
Donald Wheelock Ten bagatelles19729'King's CrownAlbany
John Woolrich Oboe Quintet199820'Faber
Anton Wranitzky 3 Quintets in C, G minor, F [note 14] 1800
Paul Wranitzky 6 Quintets for ob & str, Op. 11789 André

Other settings

ComposerTitleYearLength (min.)PublisherRecord label
Jos van Amelsvoort Quintetto I [note 22] 199410' Donemus
Rob du Bois Chansons pour appâter les chéiroptères [note 23] 19758' Donemus
Théodore Dubois Oboe Quintet in F major [note 24] )190528'SilvertrustATMA Classique
Anton Eberl Quintuor Brillant in C, Op. 48 [note 24] [note 25] 179023'CPO
David Froom Quintet for Oboe, Strings and Piano199117' Arabesque
Peter Golub Quintet for Oboe, String Trio and Piano2010
Franz Anton Hoffmeister 6 Notturnos (Quintets) [23] [note 26] 178014' to 22'Tudor Records
Sergei Prokofiev Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 [note 27] 192320' Delos; Capriccio; Cambria
Johann Samuel Schroeter Quintet 1 in C [note 28] 1780

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Years in italics are estimates, which may be off by more than a decade.
  2. ↑
    1. 1-5 in G, F, D, A, and E-flat major, and # 6 in D minor.
  3. ↑ Entitled 'Somerset Pastoral' and 'The Passing of the Faery'
  4. ↑ The oboist also plays the English horn
  5. ↑ Winner of the RPS Composition Prize 1991. Revised in 1999
  6. ↑ Composer's own adaptation from the 4th movement of his 1975 Oboe concerto
  7. ↑ Commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  8. ↑ Alternatively for oboe, horn, violin, viola and cello
  9. ↑ Later arranged for oboe and string orchestra
  10. ↑ In 1935 arranged for oboe and string orchestra as his "Oboe concerto No 1
  11. ↑ Transcribed by the oboist Lajos Lencses. Originally 14 pieces for oboe and piano
  12. ↑ The oboist also plays the English horn and oboe d'amore
  13. ↑ Receive the Daily Telegraph chamber music prize in 1933
  14. 1 2 For oboe, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.
  15. ↑ For oboe, violin, two violas, and cello. This is a transcription (a.o. by the oboist Humbert Lucarelli) of Mozart's String Quintet No. 2, which was the composer's own arrangement of his earlier Serenade No. 12 for Winds
  16. ↑ In B-flat, D, F, C, Ar, and E-flat major.
  17. ↑ There is one undated manuscript in the Biblioteca Comunale in Treviso
  18. ↑ Written to be played by either oboe or clarinet.
  19. ↑ Composer's arrangement; originally for oboe and piano
  20. ↑ Porter's last major work; written for the oboist Robert Bloom
  21. ↑ Originally for oboe and piano, in 2003 transcribed for oboe and piano quintet; piano dropped in 2007
  22. ↑ For 2 oboes, oboe d'amore, English horn, and heckelphone
  23. ↑ For oboe, 2 oboe d'amores, and 2 English horns
  24. 1 2 For oboe, violin, viola, cello, and piano.
  25. ↑ Published posthumously in 1808, but thought to be an early work
  26. ↑ For oboe, violin, two violas, and horn or bassoon.
  27. ↑ For oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass
  28. ↑ For oboe, violin, viola, cello, and clavichord

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References

  1. ↑ Aho Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  2. ↑ Baksa Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  3. ↑ Bax Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  4. ↑ Bax oboe quintet program notes
  5. ↑ Bliss Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  6. ↑ Boccherini Oboe Quintets at allmusic.com
  7. ↑ Celis Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  8. ↑ Cerha Oboe Quintet at Doblinger Music Publishing
  9. ↑ In the stillness of the summer wind at the Canadian Music Center
  10. ↑ Clarke Oboe Quintet at James Clarke website
  11. ↑ Druschetzky Quintet at allmusic.com
  12. ↑ Finzi Oboe Quintet at the Petrucci Music Library
  13. ↑ Fox Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  14. ↑ Gow Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  15. ↑ Hagen Oboe Quintet at Daron Hagen website
  16. ↑ Jacob oboe quinte at Gordon Jacob website
  17. ↑ Kreutzer Quintet at allmusic.com
  18. ↑ Maconchy Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  19. ↑ Milhaud Oboe Quintet at the Chicago Chamber Musicians website.
  20. ↑ Milhaud Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  21. ↑ Muradian Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  22. ↑ Redgate Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  23. ↑ Hoffmeister oboe quintets at allmusic.com.

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