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Composer

Nationality

Ewald, Victor  (1860 - 1935)

Russia

Work

Publisher

Quintet No. 2 in E flat minor, Opus 6

© 1978 Sto-Art Publishing Co., Inc. / G. Schirmer, Inc

editions also available by Tarr, Miller, Thomas, & Rickard

Commission

Premier

Composed in 1905

Instrumentation

Modern edition for 2 trumpets in B flat, horn, trombone, tuba

Original instrumentation for 2 cornets in b flat, alto horn in e flat,
tenor horn in b flat, and bass horn in e flat

Special techniques

Duration

Movements

3 movements - c. 16' 50"

Allegro risoluto (c. 5' 00")

Thema con variazioni (c. 7' 20")

Allegro vivace (c. 4' 30")

Discography

year
ensemble
album
label and catalog #
1977
Empire Brass Quintet
Russian Brass
Sine Qua Non Records SQN SA 2012
1978
Tidewater Brass Quintet
Tidewater Brass Quintet III
Golden Crest Records CRSQ 4174
1981
Albany Brass Ensemble
The Albany Brass Ensemble
Self-produced
1981
New York Brass Quintet
Romantic Age Brass
Mentor Music MEN 108
1988
Munich Brass
Munich Brass
Orfeo Records C 166 881 A
1992
American Brass Quintet
American Brass Quintessence
Summit Records DCD 133
1993
Ensemble de Cuivres des Hauts de France
Musique de Chambre à Saint Petersbourg
BNL Records BNL 112861
1994
Stockholm Chamber Brass
Sounds of St. Petersburg
BIS CD 613
1995
The Prince Regent's Band
Russian Revolutionaries, Volume 1
Bayer Records BR 100 251
1996
Copenhagen Brass Quintet
Brass Music from St. Petersburg and Copenhagen
Classico Records CLASSCD 169
1998
Mannheim Brass Quintet
Brass Pieces
Audite Records 97.458
2003
Wallace Collection
Baltic Brass
Deux-Ellis Limited DXL 1042
2005
Mardi Brass
Something Old
London Independent Records LIR 010
2010
Axiom Brass
New Standards
Self-produced
2018
Custom Brass
Brass Cantabile
CAFUA Records
2019
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Brass Quintet
Russian Brass
Cryston Records
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