An oboe quintet is a chamber music group of five individuals led by an oboist, or music written for this ensemble.
Usually an oboe quintet consists of an oboe and string quartet. Pieces for five oboes or five members of the oboe family are uncommon (only two are listed below): double reed quintets are not only rare but almost always include a bassoon.
Of the 105 listed quintets, 35 were composed between 1770 and 1825, none in the next 65 years, 3 between 1880 and 1920, 27 between 1920 and 1980, and 40 since.
The most performed and recorded oboe quintets are probably those by Arnold Bax and Arthur Bliss, who both dedicated their pieces to the British oboist Léon Goossens.
Music for oboe and string quartet These pieces are for oboe, two violins, viola, and cello unless otherwise indicated.
ComposerTitleYearYears in italics are estimates, which may be off by more than a decade.Length (min.)PublisherRecord labelBernardo Adam-FerreroHomenaje a García Lorca for ob & str qt20058'NCAKalevi AhoQuintet for oboe & strings Aho Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com197329'BIS; FinlandiaRichard ArnellOboe Quintet194424'Jan BachQuintet for ob & str 195818'Meadow MusicSérgio AzevedoOboe Quintet2004AVARobert BaksaQuintet for Oboe and Strings Baksa Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com197218'Carl Fischer; PresserCapstoneVirko BaleyOrpheus Singing199411'Cambria; Musicians ShowcaseChristian Frederik BarthDivertissement in G major for ob & str qt 1820MusicaStoricaArnold BaxOboe Quintet Bax Oboe Quintet at allmusic.comBax oboe quintet program notes192217'Boosey & Hawkes Recorded by 9+ labelsHoward BlakeOboe Quintet, Op. 131197113'Highbridge MusicArthur BlissQuintet for ob & str, Op. 44, F. 21 Bliss Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com192720'OUP; Masters MusicRecorded by 8+ labels Luigi Boccherini6 Oboe Quintets, Op. 45, G. 431-6 Boccherini Oboe Quintets at allmusic.com#1-5 in G, F, D, A, and E-flat major, and # 6 in D minor.17979 to 11'Sikorski; PetersCapriccio; MHSWilliam BolcomSerenata Notturna200521'Presser Rutland BoughtonTwo Pieces for ob & str Entitled 'Somerset Pastoral' and 'The Passing of the Faery'19378'HyperionFrits CelisQuintetto, Op. 57 Celis Oboe Quintet at allmusic.comThe oboist also plays the English horn199521'PhaedraFriedrich CerhaQuintet for ob & str qt Cerha Oboe Quintet at Doblinger Music Publishing200717'Brian CherneyIn the Stillness of the Summer Wind In the stillness of the summer wind at the Canadian Music Center198716'James ClarkeOboe Quintet Clarke Oboe Quintet at James Clarke website19928'Metier; Composers’ ArtJohn CooneyTaking Liberties Winner of the RPS Composition Prize 1991. Revised in 1999199012'BMICJohn CoriglianoAria for ob & str qt Composer's own adaptation from the 4th movement of his 1975 Oboe concerto19856'G. SchirmerAlbanyLewis CornwellRetrospection19816'AMCDonald CrocketCelestial Mechanics Commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra199017'CRIGordon CrosseOboe Quintet198815'Bernhard Henrik CrusellDivertimento in C major, Op. 9182210'Sikorski; Peters; AmadeusHyperion, NaxosEstércio Marques CunhaQuinteto para oboé e quarteto de cordas1999ManuscritoCaspar DiethelmBucolicon, Op. 202 Alternatively for oboe, horn, violin, viola and cello1982Antal DoratiNotturno and Capriccio192613'Dux; MD&G RecordsGeorg DruschetzkyOboe Quintet in C major Druschetzky Quintet at allmusic.com180813'AmbroisieDorothy DushkinQuintet for Amanda1956New ValleyGerald FinziInterlude for ob & str qt, Op. 21 Finzi Oboe Quintet at the Petrucci Music Library193611'Boosey & HawkesBoston; Carlton; ChandosConifer; HyperionChristopher FoxOboe Quintet Fox Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com199515'BMICMetierJoseph-François GarnierQuintette concerto en ut majeur17907'Koch SchwannDorothy GowOboe Quintet in 1 movement Gow Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com193614'Oboe ClassicsStephen GrycFantasy Variations on a Theme of Béla Bartók Later arranged for oboe and string orchestra199211'Opus OneDaron HagenOboe Quintet Hagen Oboe Quintet at Daron Hagen website2000 17'Burning Sled Matthew HindsonRush : for ob & str qt 20019'FaberGustav HolstAir and Variations for ob & str qtThree pieces for ob & str qt Op. 218963'13'ChandosJohn-Paul Christopher JacksonPassacaglia for ob & str qt 19936'Gordon Jacob Concerto for ob & str qt Jacob oboe quinte at Gordon Jacob websiteIn 1935 arranged for oboe and string orchestra as his "Oboe concerto No 1193323'Stainer & BellBernhard KaunQuintet for ob & str 1940LeedsCharles Koechlin6 Pieces, Op. 179 Transcribed by the oboist Lajos Lencses. Originally 14 pieces for oboe and piano1942EschigRodolphe KreutzerGrand Quintet in C major Kreutzer Quintet at allmusic.com180015'Boosey & HawkesHyperion; KochFranz KrommerOboe Quintet P VII:12 in C majorOboe Quintet P VII:13 in E flat major179024'27'NaxosRolands KronlaksConversion20007'Henri LazarofQuintet for ob & str qt 199715' Presser John Anthony LennonMyth of Aeolia200810'ACAElisabeth LutyensThe Fall of the Leafe1966OlivanAndrew Paul MacDonaldPythikos nomos, Op. 39The oboist also plays the English horn and oboe d'amore199623'CentrediscsElizabeth MaconchyOboe Quintet Maconchy Oboe Quintet at allmusic.comReceive the Daily Telegraph chamber music prize in 1933193212'Chester MusicOboe Classics; Dutton VocalionDavid MatthewsThe Flaying of Marsyas, Op. 42198719'FaberMetronomeRobert McBrideQuintet for ob & str 19485'G. Schirmer; ACADarius MilhaudLes Rêves de Jacob, Op. 294 Milhaud Oboe Quintet at the Chicago Chamber Musicians website.Milhaud Oboe Quintet at allmusic.comFor oboe, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. 194817'HeugelCPORichard MillsSongs without Words1998AMCWolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. LucarelliOboe Quintet in C minor, K. 406 For oboe, violin, two violas, and cello. This is a transcription (a.o. by the oboist Humbert Lucarelli) of Mozart's String Quintet No. 2, which was the composer's own arrangement of his earlier Serenade No. 12 for Winds178924'IMCNaxos; Capriccio; Caro Mitis; Amon RaGottfried MüllerQuintet for ob & str qt 195019'Küffner & DrechslerCavalli Vazgen MuradianConcerto for ob & str qt, Op. 25 Muradian Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com196225'CrystalJosef Mysliveček6 Quintets for ob & str qt In B-flat, D, F, C, Ar, and E-flat major.1770There is one undated manuscript in the Biblioteca Comunale in TrevisoSigismund NeukommQuintet for ob & str qt, Op. 8 in B-flatWritten to be played by either oboe or clarinet.180926'AmadeusPan ClassicsPáll PálssonSeptember Sonnet19919'Icelandic Music Gabriel PiernéPiece in G minor for ob & str qt, Op. 5 Composer's arrangement; originally for oboe and piano18833'Masters MusicIgnace Joseph Pleyel3 Quintets, B.280-2821788J.A.OffenbachQuincy PorterOboe Quintet (Elegiac) Porter's last major work; written for the oboist Robert Bloom196619'Highgate PressCRI (CRL235)David L. PostAria for ob & str qt 19946'F.E. WarrenRoger RedgateQuintet for Oboe and Strings Redgate Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com20036'MetierAnton ReichaOboe Quintet in F major, Op. 107182526'Musica RaraHyperion; MDG; PanTim RisherWords and Deeds1993Aulis SallinenEchoes from a Play, Op. 66199015'NovelloGerhard SamuelTwo Moods for ob & str qt 1997LKMPeter SeabourneSoaring Originally for oboe and piano, in 2003 transcribed for oboe and piano quintet; piano dropped in 2007200717'John Shaffer SmithQuintet for ob & str qt 1951Carl FischerIan Stephenshttps://pianosummerschool.com/profile/name/ian-stephens/Quintet for ob & str qt 201420'Composers EditionDevine Art RecordingMargaret SutherlandSerenade1953AMCToru TakemitsuEntre-temps for ob & str qt 198612'SchottTelarcJoan TowerIsland Prelude198910'G. SchirmerNaxosAntonín TučapskýOboe Quintet1997Mark-Anthony TurnageCantilena200111'Onyx ClassicsRobert WardQuintet for ob & str qt 200519'AlbanyDonald WheelockTen bagatelles19729'King's CrownAlbanyJohn WoolrichOboe Quintet199820'FaberAnton Wranitzky3 Quintets in C, G minor, F 1800Paul Wranitzky6 Quintets for ob & str, Op. 11789André
Other settings ComposerTitleYearLength (min.)PublisherRecord labelJos van AmelsvoortQuintetto IFor 2 oboes, oboe d'amore, English horn, and heckelphone199410'DonemusRob du BoisChansons pour appâter les chéiroptères For oboe, 2 oboe d'amores, and 2 English horns19758'DonemusThéodore DuboisOboe Quintet in F major For oboe, violin, viola, cello, and piano.)190528'SilvertrustATMA ClassiqueAnton EberlQuintuor Brillant in C, Op. 48Published posthumously in 1808, but thought to be an early work 179023'CPODavid FroomQuintet for Oboe, Strings and Piano199117'ArabesquePeter GolubQuintet for Oboe, String Trio and Piano2010Franz Anton Hoffmeister6 Notturnos (Quintets) Hoffmeister oboe quintets at allmusic.com.For oboe, violin, two violas, and horn or bassoon.178014' to 22'Tudor RecordsSergei ProkofievQuintet in G minor, Op. 39For oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass192320'Delos; Capriccio; CambriaJohann Samuel SchroeterQuintet 1 in C For oboe, violin, viola, cello, and clavichord1780
See also Oboe quartet
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References
Sources Oboe Quintets at all music.com Oboe Quintets at the Petrucci Music Library