Quintets--Audio Samples

If you are a fan of woodwind or brass instruments, you’ll love these marvelous ensembles. If you want something a little more compact, try a woodwind trio or brass trio; classical downsizing at its best!

[15] Woodwind Quintet: all five instruments have distinctly unique sound and color that

blends like a dream for an extraordinary tonal variety.

a. Give My Regards to Broadway (Cohan) Audio Clip

b. Adagio from Clarinet Concerto in A (Mozart) Audio clip

c. Theme from Sting (Joplin)

d. Saint Anthony’s Chorale from Divertimento #1 in B Flat Major (Haydn)

e. Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakoff) Audio Clip

f. Ode to Joy from 9th Symphony (Beethoven)

[16] Brass Quintet: majestic and regal, but also fun! From pure Classical music to rags,

there’s nothing they can’t play. Exciting, stately, and festive!

a. Tiger Rag (Dixie Land)

Rondeau: Masterpiece Theatre Theme (Mouret)

One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story (Bernstein)

c. Minuet from Royal Fireworks (handel)

d. My Heart Will Go On from Titanic (Horner)

Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn)