Lajos Lencses - Divertimenti / Oboe Quintets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

From today's perspective, Florian Leopold Gaßmann (1729-1774) falls into one of those time gaps that, like black holes in the universe of art, threaten to swallow up everything that cannot be easily assigned to an era in retrospect. And this despite the fact that the German from Bohemia was anything but a minor master of music notation during his lifetime and for several decades thereafter, both in Italy, where he began his actual career, and in Austria, where shortly before his untimely death he was appointed imperial court conductor his operas were in such demand on both sides of the Alps that Gaßmann really did not have to worry about making a living, and his instrumental music was also distributed widely, mostly in the form of copies. This production cleverly combines the two main areas of his activity, for the two quintets for oboe and strings recorded here are arrangements of some particularly popular arias from the successful opera Amor und Psyche, while other light music undoubtedly belonged to the Inchoccasional worksInch that the Inchcourt and chamber composerInch of Joseph II. These are all extremely beautiful-sounding, imaginative and varied creations, which are coming to life under the umbrella of the now legendary master oboist Lájos Lencsés and, thanks to their colorfulness, will no longer have to fear a black hole. Album Tracks 1. Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B Flat Major After Amor and Psyche [H571] 2. Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B Flat Major After Amor and Psyche [H573] 3. Quintet (Divertimento) for Oboe & Strings in E Flat Major [H482] 4. Quintet (Divertimento) for Oboe & Strings in E Flat Major [H483] 5. Quintet (Divertimento) for Oboe & Strings in D Major [H486] 6. Cassatio for Two English Horns, Bassoon and Two Horns [H532]

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Allegro 4. I. Allegro 5. II. Largo 6. III. Allegro 7. I. Allegro Non Molto 8. II. Larghetto 9. III. Minuetto 10. I. Allegro Non Molto 11. II. Larghetto 12. III. Allegro 13. I. Allegro 14. II. Largo 15. III. Allegro 16. I. Allegro 17. II. Largo 18. III. Allegro

Album Tracks 1. Allegro Moderato 2. Andantino Con Moto 3. Finale. Moderato Maestoso 4. Andante Con Moto 5. Allegro Ma Non Troppo 6. Andantino 7. Allegro Non Troppo 8. Andantino 9. Allegro Moderato 10. Andante Con Moto 11. No.1 Perlude. Andante Espressivo 12. No.2 Valse Lente. Allegro Quasi Andantino