These offering are from William McColl. Thanks Bill! They are not yet up on the mirror

Schubert Octet on Historical Instruments

Schubert Octet in F major for 2 violins, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. D803 The pitch is A=430.

track:

  1. Adagio - Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Scherzo
  4. Andante
  5. Menuetto
  6. Andante molto - Allegro

Violin 1, Monica Hugget (Director)
Violin 2, Rob Diggins
Viola, Vicki Gunn
Cello, Sarah Freiberg
Bass, Curtis Daily
All strings are "classical" instruments. Clarinet, William McColl (The clarinets are German, ca. 1820) Horn, R.J. Kelley (The natural horn and crooks are ca. 1820) Bassoon, Charles Kaufman (The bassoon is a reproduction of a ca. 1800 original.)

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Five Pieces of Chamber Music

Michael Glinka (1804 - 1857) Trio Pathetique in D minor, for Clarinet

                                Bassoon, and Piano.  Stanley Chapple,
                                piano, William McColl, clarinet; Arthur
                                Grossman, bassoon.

H. E. Apostel (1901 - 1977)     Five Songs for Soprano, Flute, Clarinet
                                and Bassoon, Op. 22  (Text: Felmayer, 1953)
                                Montserrat Alavedra, soprano; Felix
                                Skowronek, flute; William McColl, clarinet;
                                Arthur Grossman, bassoon.

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Choros, Number 7, for Flute, Oboe,

                                Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bassoon, Violin
                                and Cello.  Felix Skowronek, flute; Laila
                                Storch, Oboe; William McColl, clarinet;
                                Dr. Steve Allen, saxophone; Martin
                                Friedmann, violin; Toby Sachs, cello.

Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809)       Eight Pieces for the Floeten-Uhr, arr.
                                Skowronek for flute, oboe, clarinet, and
                                bassoon.

Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959) Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, two

                                Bassoons and Piano (1929).  Felix
                                Skowronek, flute; Laila Storch, oboe;
                                William McColl, clarinet; Arthur Grossman
                                Clyde Jussila, bassoons; Stanley Chapple,
                                piano.

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