Various Artists - 20th Century Music for Oboe & Piano / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This (the latest in Willowhayne Records' Experience series) showcases the organ in the abbey at Engelberg, Switzerland. Built by Goll and restored by Graf, this instrument comprises 9000 pipes, spread over four manuals with 137 stops. Among Markus Kühnis' teachers were Jean Langlais and Hans Vollenweider. This new album is a welcome departure from a traditional organ programme, being instead a collection of the artist's own transcriptions, all of which are played with astonishing virtuosity and are guaranteed to make the listener smile. There is something here for everyone from Rossini's William Tell Overture to Mexican dances. Album Tracks 1. Overture InchWilliam TellInch 2. Cantata BWV 208~Sheep May Safely Graze 3. Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8 4. Jeux d'enfants~Petit mari, petite femme 5. Jeux d'enfants~Le bal 6. Washington Post 7. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067~Badinerie 8. Flight of the Bumblebee (Tale of Tsar Sultan) 9. Marcha de Zacatecas 10. Intermezzo No. 1 11. Tico-Tico no fubá 12. Gavota 13. Stars and Stripes Forever 14. Colonel Bogey and the Gendarmes of St Tropez 15. Music for the Royal Fireworks~Bourée 16. Music for the Royal Fireworks~La Réjouissance 17. Huapango 18. Tournament Galop

This 7-album set presents the complete recordings made by Paul Dombrecht on the Accent tag. Few Flemish woodwind players are as renowned as Dombrecht, whose name is well-known to all budding oboists. The recordings were made between 1978 and 1988 and include music by Telemann, Zelenka, and other baroque composers as well as music for oboe from the romantic period. Dombrecht teams up with Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen, Jos van Immerseel, and other fine early music specialists. Paul Dombrecht performs the oboe on period instruments as well as the modern oboe. He is a much sought-after soloist all over Europe, who plays frequently with other prominent musicians and Baroque orchestras. Along with his profound knowledge of early music, he is also a virtuoso on the modern oboe, performing the complete repertoire for the instrument, including the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to being an oboist, Paul Dombrecht is active as conductor and artistic director of the Baroque orchestra (and choir) Il Fondamento, which he formed in 1989, the wind ensemble Octophoros and the Paul Dombrecht Consort. As a musical director of these ensembles he advocates as intuitive and honest musical approach. As a conductor, he performs works ranging from chamber music to large-scale productions and opera. Album Tracks 1. Oboe Sonatas 1700-1750 2. Sonata II in a 3. Sonata I in B Major 4. Sonata I in E minor 5. Sonata in F Major 6. Sonata in G minor 7. Sonata in C minor 8. French Oboe Sonates 9. Première Suitte Du Deuxième Livre 10. Sonate Pour Le Haubois Avec la B.C 11. Cinquième Suitte Du Premier Oeuvre 12. Seconde Suitte Du Deuxième Livre 13. Premier Concert Des Concerts Royaux 14. Works for Oboe 15. Suite in G minor TWV 41 G4 16. Sonata in B Major TWV 41 B3 17. Partita II in G Major TWV 41 G2 18. Sonata in G minor TWV 41 G6 19. Chamber Music 20.

Album Tracks 1. Prelude a L'apres-Midi D'un Faune - Alexander Rahbari 2. Walzer - Peter Hill 3. I. Andante-Scherzo - Rebecca Hirsch 4. Sehr Ruhig Und Zart - Ulster Orchestra 5. Lebhaft Und Zart Bewegt - Ulster Orchestra 6. Sehr Langsam Und Ausserst Zart - Ulster Orchestra 7. Fliessend, Ausserst Zart - Ulster Orchestra 8. Sehr Fliessend - Ulster Orchestra 9. Forlane Allegretto - Klara Kormendi 10. First Tableau The Shrove-Tide Fair - Philharmonia Orchestra 11. The Mountebank - Philharmonia Orchestra 12. Vivo - Bournemouth Sinfonietta 13. III. Moderato Pesante - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 14. Hymn to St. Cecilia - Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge 15. IV. Allegretto - Ondrej Lenard 16. Introduzione Andante Non Troppo-Allegro Vivace - Alexander Rahbari 1. Romance - Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice) 2. II. Allegro - Ladislav Slovak 3. III. Allegro Agitato - Stephen Gunzenhauser 4. Main Theme from Schindler's List - Paul Bateman 5. The Unanswered Question - Northern Sinfonia 6. Second Electonic Interpolation (Conclusion) - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra 7. Third Electronic Interpolation (Beginning) - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra 8. I. Liturgie de Cristal - Amici Ensemble 9. IV. Commentaire - Idil Biret 10. Warming Up, Leading to Model 1, Bass - Gregory Rose 11. 'Gott Nochmal' Sun God - Gregory Rose 12. 'Vishnu' God of Storms - Gregory Rose 13. God of the Earth - Gregory Rose 14. First Interlude - Boris Berman 15. I. - Roger Heaton 16. Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 17. The Lord's Prayer - Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge 18. II. Lento E Largo-Tranquillissimo - Zofia Kilanowicz 19. Lullaby - Philharmonia Orchestra 20. Vision of the Hunt I - Philharmonia Orchestra 21. Voice for Solo Flute - Robert Aitken