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CD321: OBOIST PETER CHRIST. With Crystal Chamber Soloists. Randall Thompson: Suite
for Oboe, Clarinet, & Viola; Vincent
Persichetti:
Parable for Solo Oboe; William
Grant Still: Miniatures for Flute, Oboe, & Piano; William Schmidt: The
Sparrow & The Amazing Mr. Avaunt. Alberto
Ginastera:
Duo for Flute & Oboe. "RECORDING OF SPECIAL MERIT... excellent performance" Stereo Review UPC
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Peter Christ has performed over
2000 concerts with the Westwood Wind Quintet, which he founded in 1959. He has
been first oboe with the San Diego Symphony, the Roger Wagner Chorale
Orchestra, the California Chamber Symphony, the Los Angeles and San Francisco
Ballet Orchestras, and performed frequently with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
and the major film studio orchestras. Click here for more information and details about Peter Christ.
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Thompson Suite: Mvt
1 (Gaio) Mvt
2 (Adagio Assai) Mvt
3 (Allegro) Mvt
4 (Lento Religioso) Mvt
5 (Grave – Allegretto)
Persichetti Parable Ginastera
Duo: Mvt
1 (Sonata) Mvt
2 (Pastorale) Mvt
3 (Fuga) Schmidt The Sparrow and the Amazing_Mr.Avaunt: 1.
The Sparrow 2.
Mr. Avaunt Still Miniatures: Mvt
1 (I Ride an Old Paint) Mvt
2 (Adolorido) Mvt
3 (Jesus is a Rock in the Weary Land)
Mvt
4 (Yaravi) Mvt
5 (A Frog Went A-Courtin’)
CD323: JOHN MACK, OBOE – former principal oboe, Cleveland Orchestra. Mozart: Quartet in F; Loeffler: Deux
Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano; Paladilhe:
Solo de Concert;
Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid.
With the Cleveland Orchestra String Quartet, and Eunice Podis, piano. "...superb performances". Fanfare
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Mozart Quartet in F: Mvt 1(Allegro) Mvt 2(Adagio) Mvt
3(Rondeau) Loeffler Deux Rhapsodies: L'Etang La Cornemuse (beginning
at :20)
Paladilhe: Solo de Concert Britten:
Metamorphoses Pan Phaeton Niobe Bacchus Narcissus Arethusa
CD324: JOHN MACK, OBOE. Schumann: Three Romances; Saint-Saens: Oboe Sonata; Hindemith: Oboe Sonata; Poulenc: Oboe Sonata; also French contest pieces by Murgier, Berghmans, Planel,
and Barraud. With Eunice Podis, piano. "Mack, principal
of the Cleveland Orchestra, is one of the world’s major virtuosos - sheer class
in all departments. Beauty of tone and security of playing are glorious." San Francisco Chronicle UPC 009414732422 BUY
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Schumann Three Romances: Mvt
1(Nicht Schnell) Mvt
2(Einfach, Innig) Mvt
3(Nicht Schnell) Saint-Saens Oboe
Sonata: Mvt 1(Andantino) Mvt 2(Pastorale) Mvt
3(Molto Allegro) Hindemith: Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Poulenc:
Sonata Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Murgier: Capriccio Berghmans: Pavane Planel: Serenade Barraud: Romance
CD326: HARRY SARGOUS, OBOE. William Bolcom: For the Continuation of Life - Aubade; and A Spring Concertino; Leslie Bassett: Dialogues; Henry
Cowell: Three Ostinati with Chorales; Lawrence
Singer: Sensazione II.
Toronto Sinfonietta, Carl St. Clair,
conductor; William Bolcom, piano; Robert
Conway, piano.
"...a handsome production and a valuable one as well" Fanfare. "Sargous may be the greatest American oboist of this genre" American
Record Guide
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Bolcom: For the Continuation of Life Singer: Sensazione II Cowell
Three Ostinati: Chorale I Ostinato I Chorale II Ostinato II Chorale III Ostinato III Bolcom: A Spring Concertino Bassett:
Dialogues Flowing (begin:
35) Assertive Declamatory Reflective
CD327: ARCHITECTURE AND ARIA - THREE CENTURIES OF THE VIRTUOSO OBOE, Harry Sargous, oboe. Bach: Sonata in G Minor for Oboe
& Piano; Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Oboe & Piano; Antonino Pasculli: Gran
Concerto su Temi dall'Opera; Andrew Mead: Scena for Solo Oboe; with Laura Ward,
piano. “...gratifying
to hear; extraordinary instrumental abilities” American Record Guide.
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Bach Sonata in G Minor: Mvt
1(Andante) Mvt 2(Siciliano) Mvt
3(Presto) Wolpe Sonata: Mvt
1(Tanz) (begin :32) Mvt
2(Molto Adagio) Mvt
3(Embittered) Mvt
4(Allegro con grazia) Pasculli: Gran Concerto (begin
1:15)
Mead: Scena
CD328: CAROLYN HOVE, ENGLISH HORN & OBOE. Hindemith: Sonate für Englisch Horn und Klavier;
Vincent Persichetti: Parable for Solo English Horn; Elliott Carter: Pastoral
for English Horn and Piano; Esa-Pekka Salonen: Second Meeting for Oboe &
Piano; John Marvin: Five Pieces for English Horn & Piano; Thomas Stevens:
Triangles IV for English Horn. Carolyn Hove is
solo English horn with Los Angeles Philharmonic. With Gloria Cheng, piano. “Sensational” InTune
Magazine
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Hindemith Sonata: Mvt
1(Langsam) Mvt
2(Allegro Pesante) Mvt
3(Moderato) (begin: 30) Mvt
4(Scherzo, Schnell) Mvt
5(Moderato) &nbs