Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham - Berlioz's Lost Oboe: Early French Romantic Music for Oboe and Piano (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 2 Nocturnes, Op. 50: No. 1 in D Minor
02. Vocalises de Crescentini transcrites pour le hautbois: No. 1, Largo espressivo
03. Vocalises de Crescentini transcrites pour le hautbois: No. 2, Largo
04. Aranjuez, Op. 34
05. Elégie sur la mort d’un objet chéri
06. Les soupirs de la harpe éolienne, Op. 121: No. 1, Adagio di molto in A-Flat Major
07. Grand Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 35: II. Romanze
08. L’art du chant appliqué au piano, Op. 70: No. 17, Sérénade de l'opéra "L'amant jaloux" de Grétry
09. Nocturne in A Minor
10. Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht (Transcr. for Oboe and Piano by Christopher Palameta and Olivia Sham)



‘It is simply a badge of historical injustice that oboists must wear.’ Such was the lament of Leon Goosens, echoing the commonly-held view that the nineteenth century was a time of crisis in the history of the oboe. Like a snowball effect, the idée reçue that the instrument fell into disuse because it was considered incompatible with the aesthetics of Romantic expression has been handed down across generations. This recording unearths a handful of evocative compositions from early nineteenth-century France to provide a reassessment of this commonly-held view. These works, all of which have never been recorded before, belong to a large corpus of neglected nineteenth-century chamber music for oboe and fortepiano, and bear witness to a lively, dynamic tradition of wind playing in France. Performed here on a ten-keyed French oboe by Guillaume Adler (Paris, c.1835) and a fortepiano by Erard (Paris, 1840), these sentimental and lyrical rarities beautifully highlight the unique timbres and playing characteristics of these rare original models.

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