The works here for oboe (or cor anglais) and string quartet are clear products of a specific scene, for all but one were inspired by the same oboist, Léon Goossens, father of the conductor Eugene. The album even has what might be called a hint of historical performance, for Goossens' own oboe, now more than a century old, is used on the Two Interludes from Fennimore and Gerda of Frederick Delius at the end of the program. The unity that comes from the pieces' common inspiration is the strength of the program: it might seem ...
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The works here for oboe (or cor anglais) and string quartet are clear products of a specific scene, for all but one were inspired by the same oboist, Léon Goossens, father of the conductor Eugene. The album even has what might be called a hint of historical performance, for Goossens' own oboe, now more than a century old, is used on the Two Interludes from Fennimore and Gerda of Frederick Delius at the end of the program. The unity that comes from the pieces' common inspiration is the strength of the program: it might seem specialized and arcane, but in fact, these British pieces, all composed within a few decades of each other, are splendidly distinct, and oboist Nicholas Daniel and the Doric String Quartet bring out their distinctiveness. At the center of the program are oboe quintets by Arnold Bax from 1921, and Arthur Bliss, from just six years later. The two use similar harmonic idioms, with Bliss being a trifle more chromatic. Yet, they are entirely different in effect. Daniel catches Bax's...
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Add this copy of British Oboe Quintets to cart. $35.67, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2021 by Chandos.
