Salazar - Soul Search - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Salza - 35MM [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/14/2017

This features a program of classical works for a unique instrumentation- oboe, clarinet, and orchestra. The first piece, Double Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet, and Orchestra by Eduardo Alonso-Crespo, sets both soloists as equals. The following works- Rosetti's Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Oboe and his Concerto in Eb Major for Clarinet, brilliantly showcase each artist individually. Eleanor Weingartner, an American clarinetist living in Mexico has been principal clarinet of Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra (OSN) since 1990. With the OSN she has played in concert halls throughout Mexico as well as in important venues in Europe and the United States and has participated in many OSN recordings for Sony, among other labels. Miguel Salazar studied music at the University of Guadalajara and later at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. He has previously held positions with the Guadalajara Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra, and is currently principal oboe of the Queretaro Philharmonic Orchestra. Album Tracks 1. Double Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 29~I. Allegro 2. Double Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 29~II. Gymnopédie 3. Double Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 29~III. Rondo 4. Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Oboe, C31~I. Allegro moderato 5. Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Oboe, C31~II. Romanze, Andante 6. Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Oboe, C31~III. Rondo, Allegretto 7. Concerto in Eb Major for Clarinet, C62~I. Allegro assai 8. Concerto in Eb Major for Clarinet, C62~II. Romance, Adagio un poco 9. Concerto in Eb Major for Clarinet, C62~III. Rondo, Allegro molto

Although they each spent their childhood in thoroughly different circumstances, Herbert Schuch and Gülru Ensari feel somehow connected through memories of their first musical moments. Herbert grew up until the age of nine in the Romanian countryside near the Hungarian border, during the bleak last years of communism. Born in Istanbul, Gülru grew up as a city dweller. InchWe both had a record player at homeInch, she remarks, to show what they had in common. Now, as a married couple and piano duo, they have found time and leisure during the pandemic to look back on the past. Overjoyed by the birth of their daughter, they shared memories of certain moments from their own childhood that seem to stand still in time. For this album, InchIn search of...Inch, they looked for music they associate with those moments. In so doing, they were also searching for their own identity. Herbert belongs to the minority of the Banat Swabians InchAlthough there was no direct Hungarian lineage in my family, the language and culture of Hungary played a significant role in our lives. Conversely, although we were in Romania, we practically had no points of contact with Romanian cultureInch, he remembers. InchThe pieces we played at home back then would have seemed out of place on this album; in my parents' home, we exclusively played the Hungarian operetta tunes that were en vogue. My uncle sang, and he was accompanied at the piano by my father, who had brought back LPs from the GDR.Inch