Mozart wrote the five Divertimenti for Wind Sextet between the years 1775 and 1777 when he was living in Salzburg. The Italian title is reminiscent of simple 'light? music, but the pieces' melodic ingenuity and colourful writing for winds show it to be chamber music of the highest quality. Our edition is based on the autograph and brings together all five authentic sextets in one practical edition. An ensemble with the standard instrumentation (two oboes, two horns and two bassoons) will discover a true musical treasure. The two horn parts are provided both in the original transpositions (F/Bb/Eb) and also for horn in F. / 2 Hautbois, 2 Cors Et 2 Bassons

Version 1. Par FELDMANN WALTER. «sexe-tuor» was originally a failed attempt to compose a solo oboe piece for my noyé cycle. For the solo the name 'le sexe du noyé' was intended, and the few measures of sexe-tuor were my first attempt to compose a piece in which more complex rhythms would result in a kind of proportional multiplication of individual fragments from the sextet [hence the French sextuor] le retour du noyé. This proved to be monstrously complicated and absurd. Thus, the ten measures of the «sexe-tuor» fragment represent a capitulation in the face of these complications, presented as the interruption of an immovable column of air in a frozen multiphonic sound. In the event, the solution to the problemwas quite simple: Beginning with the composition of le sexe du noyé the proportionalities of the pitch levels and rhythmic values revealed significant rhythmic possibilities. sexe-tuor remains as it is: a solo piece that can function in another compositional context, as an intermezzo between other, larger works on a concert program. The 90 second piece of music can be played in two versions: either for solo piccolo or solo oboe./ Répertoire / Hautbois

L'opus 71 de Beethoven fait partie d'une série d'oeuvres pour diverses formations d'instruments à vent, composées dans les années 1790. En 1805, lors de l'exécution à Vienne de cette oeuvre au caractère dansant et léger, des auditeurs louèrent ses 'belles mélodies', ainsi que la 'richesse d'idées nouvelles et surprenantes'. Cinq années plus tard, Beethoven se décida finalement à faire publier le Sextuor. Se basant sur la partition de l'édition complète des oeuvres de Beethoven, notre édition propose, comme de coutume, les parties séparées de cors aussi bien dans la tonalité d'origine, en Mi bémol, qu'en Fa. Offerte en supplément, la Marche WoO 29 est la seule autre composition de Beethoven pour deux clarinettes, deux cors et deux bassons. / Clarinettes, Cors et Bassons