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There are about one hundred classical oboe
concertos, most of which were composed by oboists hoping
to promote appreciation of their own skills. Following in their
footsteps, the Latvian...
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There are about one hundred classical oboe concertos, most of which
were composed by oboists hoping to promote appreciation of their
own skills. Following in their footsteps, the Latvian oboist
Andrius Puskunigis has compiled a recording of four concertos for
oboe and oboe d’amore that represent the classic Viennese
style.From around 1750, the oboe, an instrument hitherto largely
used in chamber and church music, began to make its way into
concert halls, and to be played by virtuoso soloists. The
instrument’s construction was evolving to increase the penetration
of its hi register, making it more suitable both as an orchestral
and a concertante instrument. Even so, the oboe of Mozart’s day
could still only play two keys, thus restricting its technical
range of available music and expression. Mozart overcame those
limitations most wholly successfully, as one might imagine, but
none of the other works here is negligible. His friend Carl Ditters
van Dittersdorf composed four concertos for the instrument and its
close but obsolescent relative, the sweeter and gentler oboe
d’amore, which is heard here in the A major concerto.The first and
most exuberant of three concertos by Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755 -
1810) opens the recording with pleasant and undemanding, slightly
Haydnesque sequences. Then comes a greater rarity, the C major
concerto by Leopold Hofmann (1738 - 1793) of more archaically
Baroque cut, owing a little of its dash and brio to the Italian
concertos for the instrument such as those composed by Vivaldi. In
true classical style, the cadenzas for each concerto were
composed/improvised by Puskunigis, who also contributes booklet
notes which give valuable context to the Classical-era oboe and
discuss the particularities of each composer’s writing for the
instrument.From around 1750 the oboe, an instrument hitherto
largely used in chamber music and church music, began to make its
way into the concert halls, and to be played by virtuoso soloists.
The Oboe Concertos on this new recording represent the Classical
Viennese Style, with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as its undisputed
genius. Although the other composers, Ferlendis, Ditters von
Dittersdorf and Hofmann are lesser known, their Oboe (or Oboe
d’Amore) Concertos share the same grace, sparkle and melodious flow
as Mozart’s masterwork.Andrius Puskunigis, Lithuanian, is first
oboist of the Heidelberger Sinfoniker under Thomas Fey, and as such
a specialist in Authentic performance Practice. His earlier
recording for Brilliant Classics, the Bach Oboe Concertos
(BC94991), won international praise for its stylistic purity,
transparence and “Spielfreude”.The St. Christopher Chamber
Orchestra is one of the finest groups of Lithuania. They recorded
over 20 CD’s, for BIS, Fleur du Son, Ambitus and other labels....