Pauline Oostenrijk, Ivo Janssen - Oboesession (2007)

Tracklist

01. Sonata Op. 166: Andantino
02. Sonata Op. 166: Ad Libitum - Allegretto - Ad Libitum
03. Sonata Op. 166: Molto Allegro
04. Sonata: Aria (Grave)
05. Sonata: Scherzo (Vif)
06. Sonata: Final (Assez Allant)
07. Sonata: Elégie
08. Sonata: Scherzo
09. Sonata: Déploration
10. Sonatina Op. 13: Moderato (Pastorale)
11. Sonatina Op. 13: Vivo (Scherzo)
12. Sonatina Op. 13: Lento (Notturno)
13. Sonatina Op. 13: Vivo e Gioccoso (Rondo)
14. Obsession

This fascinating survey of 20th century music for oboe and piano, originally released on the Vanguard Classics label is now being re-issued by Challenge Classics. It features the highly-talented Dutch player Pauline Oostenrijk in works by Saint-Saëns, Dutilleux, Poulenc, Mihalovici, and Shinohara.

As far back as 1654, Jean Hotteterre and Michel Danican Philidor built and played oboes at the court of Louis XIV, and in 1700 another court musician, Jean-Pierre Freillon, published the first method for the instrument: Véritable manière d'apprendre à jouer du hautbois. From 1840 the instrument builder Guillaume Triébert and his sons developed the French style oboe, an instrument distinguished from the German instruments by its brighter sound. After Theobald Böhm invented his key mechanism for the flute, it was French builders, once again, who applied the system to the oboe. The Lorée firm's 'Conservatoire' model oboe, which appeared on the market in 1880, is essentially the same as the instrument in use today.

The music on this disc, with pieces by three Frenchmen and two composers who spent lengthy periods in Paris, demonstrates how the expressive qualities of the oboe and its capabilities and limits were taken up in the compositions of various streams of French music in the 20th century.

In 1999 the oboist Pauline Oostenrijk received the Music Prize of the Netherlands, t

Pauline Oostenrijk - oboe
Ivo Janssen - piano

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