String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, KV. 387 Spring — The New York Woodwind Quintet Library Series

The first�question is why transcribe a work such as Mozart's String Quartet KV 387, which is so perfectly rendered in the original, for another instrumental ensemble?�The only answer for wind players is to have the opportunity to play and learn�from this great work directly. Mozart�loved the wind instruments, but wrote for them rather differently than for the�strings. Of course, it is much easier for the strings to produce a seamless,�blended sound. The winds, which all produce sound differently, will have to�work hard for this, particularly in the first and third movements of KV387. In�the second movement, with its strange sudden dynamic changes highlighting�individual voices, and in the fourth movement, with its brilliant contrapuntal�writing (a fourth movement of the Jupiter Symphony in miniature), the winds can contribute more color and individuality.