NEW! Franz Danzi - complete

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet; Love Derwinger, piano.

Released 2006
BIS-1581/82
Total playing time: 233'02
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Tracklist CD 1

  1. Quintet G-Major, Op.67 No.1
  2. Quintet e-minor, Op.67 No.2
  3. Quintet E-flat Major, Op.67 No.3
  4. Quintet F-Major, Op.53, Piano, Fl., Ob., Cl., Bn.

Tracklist CD 2

  1. Quintet B-flat Major, Op.56 No.1
  2. Quintet g-minor, Op.56 No.2
  3. Quintet F-Major, Op.56 No.3
  4. Quintet d-minor, Op.41, Piano, Ob., Cl., Hn., Bn.

Tracklist CD 3

  1. Quintet A-Major, Op.68 No.1
  2. Quintet F-Major, Op.68 No.2
  3. Quintet d-minor, Op.68 No.3
  4. Quintet D-Major, Op.54, Piano, Fl., Ob., Cl., Bn.

Gramophone magazine wrote that the music "has great charm and polish, enhanced by the persuasive craftsmanship of its scoring."  But even more than the music – described in Fanfare as pieces which "could turn Mozart-lovers into lovers of Mozart-loving Danzi" – it was the performances by the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet and (in the three piano quintets) Love Derwinger that moved the reviewers to use superlatives. The French magazine Répértoire claimed that the interpretations were "luminous: alternately flowing and spirited, dreamy and boisterous; of an exhilarating virtuosity, tinged with poetry and in full gala dress." Here, then, is a great opportunity to discover the birth of a genre in the best possible company!