MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Souvenirs: Sublime music for the oboe / Romantic Oboe Concertos

The pure, rich tones of the oboe have inspired some of the greatest tunes from composers across the ages. With music spanning four centuries of gorgeous melodies, this album features the oboe in its most soulful moods, from the haunting tango of Piazzolla's Oblivion to the elegance of Baroque composer Marcello and Albinoni, the flowing lines of Rachmaninoff's Vocalise and the shining poetry of Gabriel's Oboe, from the film The Mission. Performed by the incomparable Diana Doherty.

Between 1990 and 1997, Diana Doherty was Principal Oboe in the Symphony Orchestra of Lucerne and a member of the Basler Kammerensemble, the Lucerne Wind Soloists and the trio La Patisserie.

Her first CD of concertos by Haydn, Mozart, Martinů and Zimmerman with the Symphony Orchestra of Lucerne was released in Europe on Pan Classics in 1995.

She joined the Sydney Symphony as Principal Oboe in July 1997. Her second CD, Romantic Oboe Concertos with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Werner Andreas Albert was released on ABC Classics in 1998.

She has performed with all of the Symphony Australia network orchestras, touring China with the Queensland Orchestra in 1994. She has been a soloist at the Prague Spring, MusicaRiva, Bratislava Music, Brisbane and Spoleto Festivals.

NOTE: This is a double CD set featuring two of Diana's recordings