Famed Swiss oboist Heinz Holliger masterfully delivers Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto as well as Witold Lutoslawski’s Double Concerto for Oboe and Harp. Also included are Strauss orchestral favourites “Till Eulenspiegel” and the waltzes from his comic opera “Rosenkavalier.”
Thursday, 15 September 2011 20:21
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto / Lutoslawski: Double Concerto Featured
Written by Pete Marinucci-
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The [Strauss] Oboe Concerto is about the happiest wind concerto written since Haydn, and Holliger chatters away merrily through it.
— American Record Guide
The sound is clear but never analytical, the perspective unobtrusive and outstandingly natural. One can, in short, concentrate undistracted on the performances which, that of the Lutoslawski in particular, are highly distinguished. Holliger has not always seemed quite at home in the Strauss… But without abandoning any of his seemingly effortless dexterity… he has also found a sweetness, an affectionate tenderness… and it is a joy to hear every note so crisply and neatly tucked into place.
After Strauss's backward glances toward the 18th century, it is easier than ever to find others in the Lutoslawski Double Concerto, which is rapidly becoming that rare phenomenon, a truly popular contemporary classic… It is a lovable work, and the Holligers play it with relaxed enjoyment as well as brilliance.
— Gramophone
Two essential twentieth century concertos
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto / Lutoslawski: Double Concerto
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Schippers / Heinz Holliger / Michael Gielen / Ursula Holliger
Alto ALC-1134
Number of Units: 1 CD
EAN: 5055354411342
| CD 1 | |||
| 1 | Oboe Concerto | 24:15 | |
| 2 | Till Eulenspeigel | 15:01 | |
| 3 | Der Rosenkavalier | 1st Waltz Sequence (1944) | 11:32 |
| 4 | Der Rosenkavalier | 2nd Walz Sequence (1911) | 08:17 |
| 5 | Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp, and Chamber Orchestra | 19:26 | |
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Schippers / Heinz Holliger / Michael Gielen / Ursula Holliger
Recorded by Elite Recordings Inc, New York City
(Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz) *DDD 1983/4 Rest: stereo 1976/8
Licensed from Vox/SPJ Music Group, USA
Re-Mastered for alto by Paul Arden-Taylor (www.dinmore-records.co.uk)
