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Franz Schubert's Lied "Erlkönig, Op.1 D328" for Woodwind Quintet and Piano
Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert in 1815 and published in 1821, setting a text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The poem narrates a nocturnal journey in which a father rides on horseback through a storm carrying his gravely ill son; the child, in a state of delirium, perceives and is addressed by the Erlking — a supernatural... -
Rachmaninoff's Vocalise for Woodwind Quintet
Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff and published in 1915, stands as the concluding work of his cycle of fourteen romances for high voice and piano. Distinguished by its complete absence of text, the work employs a single sustained vowel, requiring the performer to sustain long melodic phrases with exceptional breath control and tonal shaping. Despite its origins as a vocal...
