In quantity and quality, his wind chamber music is the most notable since Mozart. The evidence is eloquently presented in this recording. --Joseph McLellan, Washington Post, 1984
The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center
Charles Wadsworth, piano
Paula Robison, flute
Leonard Armer, Oboe
Loren Glickman, Bassoon
Gervase de Peyer, Clarinet
Robert Routch, French horn
Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano, FP 100 (1932-1939)
1I. Allegro vivace07:42
2II. Divertissement Andantino04:29
3III. Finale: Prestissimo05:46
Leonard Amer, Oboe
Robert Routch, Horn
Gervase de Peyer, Clarinet
Loren Glickman, Bassoon
Paula Robison, Flute
Charles Wadsworth, Piano
Sonata For Two Clarinets, FP 7 (1918, rev. 1945)
4I. Presto: Tres rythme01:35
5II. Andante: Tres lent02:29
6III. Vif: Vite avec joie01:48
Gervase de Peyer, Peter Simenauer, Clarinets
Sonata For Clarinet and Piano, FP 184 (1962)
71. Allegro tristamente04:42
82. Romanza - Tres calme04:46
93. Allegro con fuoco03:02
Gervase de Peyer, Clarinet
Charles Wadsworth, Piano
Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, FP 32a (1922)
101. Allegro - Tres rythme01:41
112. Romance - Andante tres doux03:00
123. Finale - Tres anime02:46
Gervase de Peyer, Clarinet
Loren Glickman, Bassoon
13Villanelle, FP 74 (1934)01:39
Paula Robison, Piccolo
Charles Wadsworth, Piano
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano, FP 43 (1926)
141. Presto05:36
152. Andante con moto04:11
163. Rondo: Tres vif02:59
Leonard Amer, Oboe
Loren Glickman, Bassoon
Charles Wadsworth, Piano
Sonata for Flute and Piano, FP 164 (1956)
171. Allegro malinconico04:36
182. Cantilena - Assez lent04:14
193. Presto giocoso03:37
Paula Robison, Flute
Charles Wadsworth, Piano
20Elegie for Horn and Piano, FP 168 (1957)10:18
Robert Routch, Horn
Charles Wadsworth, Piano
Sonata for Oboe and Piano, FP 185 (1962)
211. Elegie - Paisiblement05:23
222. Scherzo - Tres anime04:05
233. Deploration - Tres calme04:39
Leonard Amer, Oboe
Charles Wadsworth, Piano