Since you are interested in Bach: Oboe Concertos, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
WIDERKEHR
The Duosonatas Bart Schneemann (classical oboe) Paolo Giacometti (pianoforte) [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] "Bart Schneemann plays them with exceptional fluency and neat phrasing, Paolo Giacometti is an accomplished if occasionally mannered partner. The recording is excellent." BBC Music Magazine |
W.A. MOZART
Oboe Quartets / sonata Bart Schneemann (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) & Rombouts Quartet [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] Mozart's Oboe Quartet! What wonderful music that was for me, and how beautiful the oboe sounded: open, warm, expressive, and piercing. It |
LEBRUN
Oboe concertos vol.2 Bart Schneemann (oboe) / Radio Chamber Orchestra / Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 15/Oct/2004 ] SACD/hybrid pcm, stereo, multichannel Playable on all CD players |
W.A. MOZART
Wind Concertos Jacob Slagter (horn) Emily Beynon (flute) Gustavo NAAez (bassoon) Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "All four concertos make a fine program, illustrating the unending imagination and creativity Mozart could so easily summon up." ---John Sunier, Audiophile Audition |
BELLINI / MOLIQUE / MOSCHELES / RIETZ / VIVALDI
Oboe Concertos Heinz Holliger (oboe) Aurele Nicolet (flute) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eliahu Nicolet [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "..the Philips engineers had perfected their micing to achieve the utmost realism and naturalness in discrete four-channel recording." --John Sunier, audiophile auditio |
J. S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Bach/Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos Heinz Holliger (oboe) / English Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppard [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] These ground breaking performances are now available in PentaTone's unique RQR series. The playing by Heinz Holliger in the Oboe Concertos is surely the bench mark by which all others must be judged. |
HANDEL
Arias for voice & oboe Johannette Zomer (soprano) Bart Schneemann (oboe) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Handel, a child of his time, was fascinated by the poignant human dramas and emotions exemplified by Greek and Roman classical myths, dramas, and poetry. |
ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN
Works for oboe and piano Joris van den Hauwe (oboe, oboe d'amore) & Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (piano) [ Etcetera SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] Joris Van den Hauwe (oboe) is, without doubt, one of today's greatest oboists. His many performances and CD recordings, ranging from baroquer to avant-garde, have been widely acclaimed by both the public and the press alike. The quality of his music,... |
W.A. MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat, K. 364 / Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra in C, K. 190 Julia Fischer (violin) Gordan Nikoli (violin & viola) Hans Meyer (oboe) / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 10/Nov/2007 ] Gramophone Award Winner - Artist of the Year 2007 |
JOHANN WILHELM HERTEL
Trumpet Concertos & Symphonies Wolfgang Bauer (trumpet and direction) Christian Wetzel (oboe) / WArttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn [ MDG / SACD - released 28/May/2008 ] The music composed by the court music director Johann Christian Hertel for the birthday of his noble employer, Duke Adolph Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was supposed to create a festive mood, and Hertel did indeed do just that. |