CLASSICS CATALOGUE 2016

BAROQUE SPIRIT CC2001 AN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE CC2009 La Fontaine George Caird (oboe) and friends

Sonatas for , recorder, bassoon and Maconchy: Quintet, oboe & strings (1932); continuo by Telemann, Quantz, Brescianello, Bliss: Quintet (1926); Britten: Phantasy Fasch and the Pla brothers Quartet (1933); Gow: Oboe Quintet (1936); Moeran: Fantasy Quartet (1946) “Brilliant control, enviable technique and joyous music making.” News “This is for music lovers of all kinds.” Musical Opinion ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN CC2002 READY, STEADY, BLOW! CC2010 Jeremy Polmear (oboe & ) Oboists of Trinity College of Music Diana Ambache (piano) Thirty three well-known pieces, grades 0 to 3, in Robert Schumann: Drei Romanzen, Op 94; oboe/piano and piano only versions (the sheet Adagio & Allegro Op 70; Stücke im Volkston Op 102; music must be purchased separately) Abendlied Op 85. Clara Schumann: Drei Romanzen Op 22; Romanze (1853) “What a brilliant idea! Beautifully produced, this CD is great for inspiring people to carry on or BBC Music Magazine made this the even take up the oboe.” Nicholas Daniel Benchmark Recording for this repertoire

NEW GROUND CC2003 JANET CRAXTON CC2011 Paul Goodey (oboe & cor anglais) music for oboe and string trio Paul Goodey & Michael Oliva: Xas-Orion (2001); David Sutton- Anderson: New Ground (1994); Graham Fitkin: Ostrich on the Plain Routh Quartet (1977); Maconchy Quartet (1972); (1985); Edwin Roxburgh: At the still point of the turning world... (1979); Stoker Polemics (1970) LeFanu: Variations (1968); Michael Oliva: Into the Light (1997); Timothy Salter: Diptych Lutyens: Driving out the Death (1971) (Abstractions IV) (1992); Cecilia McDowall: Fox Woman (2002) “The disc is urgently recommended." “There is a satisfying range of moods, styles and sounds.” Gramophone International Record Review

THE ART OF HAN DE VRIES CC2004 THE OBOE 1903-53 CC2012 (double CD) Bach: Concerto for oboe & violin, BWV 1060; 41 tracks of oboists including Georges & Fernand Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C KV314; Kalliwoda: Gillet, Gaudard, Morel, Mercier, Goossens, Labate, Concertino in F Op110; Telemann: Concerto in Bleuzet, de Busscher, Tabuteau & Kamesh C minor; Louis Andriessen: Anachronie II (1969) "It should be in the collection of everyone who “The doyen of Dutch oboists is heard to great advantage.” BBC Music Magazine loves the oboe.” Double Reed News

RARE GOOSSENS CC2005 FROM LEIPZIG TO LONDON CC2013 Althea Ifeka (oboe, d’amore, cor Concertos by Marcello, Scarlatti and Colin; anglais), Katharine May (harpsichord) Bax Oboe Quintet; pieces by Barthe, Fauré, J S Bach: Sonatas BWV 1020, 1027 and 1028; Jacob: Fiocco, Kreisler, Pierné, Saint-Saëns, Thomé Sonatina (1963); Dodgson: Suite in D (1972); Maconchy: and Van Phillips Three Bagatelles (1972); Head: Siciliana (1972)

“Historic recordings of Léon Goossens, a great "Althea Ifeka is a superb oboist with a slightly oboist caught in his prime.” Gramophone plangent tone that fits well with the harpsichord... Most stimulating." Gramophone PASCULLI CC2006 Christopher Redgate (oboe) THE SHEBA SOUND CC2014 Two oboes, bassoon & harpsichord Stephen Robbings (piano) (double CD) Antonino Pasculli: Study - Le Api, and Fantasias CD1: arrangements of Bach, Beatles, Byrd, Folk on themes from the operas I Vespri Siciliani, Les Songs, The Carnival of Venice, etc. Hugenots, La Favorita and Poliuto CD2: music by Handel, San Martini, D Matthews, Couperin, Maconchy, Jerace, Damase “A CD to open the ears of oboists and astonish less specialist music-lovers.” BBC Music Mag It’s a natural for Christmas or any other season.” MusicWeb International THE OBOE IN MOZART CC2007 oboe+: berio and beyond CC2015 Jeremy Polmear (oboe & cor anglais) Christopher Redgate and friends with the Ambache Chamber Ensemble C Redgate: ‘...sting of the bee...’ (2006); in F K370; Quintet in C K617; Cor Young: Argrophylax (2004); Finnissy: Pavasiya (1981); Hayden: Recoil (2001); R Redgate: Ausgangspunkte Anglais Adagio K580a; Sonata in F K376/K374d; (1982); Berio: Sequenza VII (1969) Quintet for piano & winds in E flat K452 “A must for oboe-philes; “This extraordinary disc is a showcase... But a rare treat for Mozartians.” Observer while the sounds... are compelling, this is intensely meaningful virtuosity.” The Wire

THOUGH LOVERS BE LOST CC2008 Emily Pailthorpe (oboe) MELODIC LINES CC2016 Julian Milford (piano) Jeremy Polmear (oboe) Britten: Temporal Variations; Finzi: Interlude; Philip Gibbon (bassoon) Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Dutilleux: Diana Ambache (piano) Oboe Sonata; Eugène Goossens: Concerto Lalliet: Terzetto, Op22; G Bush: Trio (1952); Thompson: Green (2006); Dring: Trio (1971); Stoker: Four Miniatures, Op 8; Poulenc: Trio (1926) “Everything in service of a huge musical heart backed by a huge musical brain.” Double Reed “Inspired repertoire, superb sound and exemplary programme notes.” MusicWeb International BRITTEN SIX METAMORPHOSES CC2017 ANTARES CC2019 George Caird, Joy Boughton, Nicholas Daniel Paul Goodey (oboe/oboe d’amore) (oboes) - a CD in a DVD case Edwin Roxburgh: Antares (1988); Cantilena (1991); Three complete performances, performances Images (1967); Elegy (1982); Aulodie (1977); of Britten’s sketches, and 20,000 words Shadow Play (1984); Silent Strings (2005) “George Caird’s fascinating and exhaustive account into “Roxburgh's chosen interpreter and friend Paul Britten’s creative process makes this an essential Goodey rises to every technical and rhythmic guidebook.” Britten-Pears Foundation challenge.” International Record Review

OBOE DIVAS! CC2018 ORPHEUS ELEGIES CC2020 Emily Pailthorpe and Elaine Douvas Melinda Maxwell (oboe) (oboes) Helen Tunstall (harp), Andrew Watts (counter-tenor) Delibes: Flower Duet; Donizetti: Duo from Lucia di Lammermoor; Beethoven: Fidelio, and Là ci darem Birtwistle: 26 Orpheus Elegies (2004), Variations; Blackford: Portrait of Hans Sachs; Three Bach Arias, arr Birtwistle (2004) Rossini: Duo Brilliant; Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin “These vignettes prove to be absolutely "This program embodies what I love about opera and music so much.” American Record Guide compelling.” International Record Review FROZEN RIVER FLOWS CC2021 MUSIC FOR OBOE, HORN AND PIANO New Noise - Janey Miller (oboe), Jeremy Polmear (oboe), CC2022 Joby Burgess (percussion) Stephen Stirling (horn), Richard Saxel (piano) Works by Nigel Osborne, Adrian Lee, Howard Skempton, Iannis Xenakis, Simon Holt, Trios by Mozart, Blanc, Herzogenberg, Molbe, Basler and Damase Dobrinka Tabakova and George Nicholson "This is one of those surprising niche "The composers on this fabulous disc range from absolutely wild to superbly cool." Nicholas Daniel releases that affords considerable and unalloyed pleasure." Fanfare (USA)

cor! CC2023 HAN DE VRIES CC2024 The Radio Recordings Alison Teale (cor anglais) with Elizabeth Burley (piano) 22 concertos (including Cimarosa, Haydn, El amor brujo, Messiaen, Snake, The Swan, Maxwell Davies and Strauss) and 29 Ravel, Piazzolla, Rubbra, Hindemith, Saint- chamber works (including Holliger, Saëns, Pasculli, Bebop Tango etc Nielsen and Mozart) in a box of 9 CDs, a DVD plus a bonus DVD "Music of this variety, played as brilliantly as this, will always delight." The Observer "Not one track is short of compelling." The Double Reed (USA)

THE FRENCH ACCENT CC2025 THE WORLD OF THE OBOE Works by Poulenc, Thuille, Auric, Roussel, CC2026 Roesgen-Champion, Hotteterre, Ferroud, A double CD to introduce the oboe, Stravinsky, Jolivet and Massenet. with 33 selected tracks by 20 players from this and other labels. Includes Original recordings and an extended essay on the articles on reeds and an oboe factory. milieu by oboist and scholar Geoffrey Burgess. "Illustrates perfectly the many qualities "A cornerstone of both performance of this wonderfully expressive instrument." and repertoire" MusicWeb International Jenny Agutter

ENGLISH ACCENTS CC2027 BALKAN BOLERO CC2028 Oboe players active in England during Chamber Music of Isidora Žebeljan, the 1950s, including Sidney Sutcliffe, played by Borislav Èièovaèki (oboe, Léon Goossens, Terence MacDonagh oboe d'amore, cor anglais, oboe sopile) and Evelyn Rothwell. and ensemble. "This disc has been a revelation to me... "Younger players can learn such a lot from this endlessly talented composer deserves the musicality of all the oboe playing here. greater exposure." MusicWeb International Those things never date!" Michael Britton

TRÈS FRANÇAIX CC2029 QUARTETS for ob & stgs CC2030 Chamber music by Jean Françaix - Variations sur un thème plaisant, cor Wanhal in C; Krommer in F; anglais Quatuor, Sixtuor, Elégie and Malcolm Arnold; Ferrer Ferran Horus; L’Heure du Berger. Albéniz Córdoba and Tango "Delightfully French... Altogether a most “A delight..characterised by gorgeous infectious and enjoyable collection.” sonorities from Sarah Roper” Gramophone Double Reed News, UK

GREAT GOOSSENS CC2031 Oboe Classics CDs are obtainable from stores, Concertos by Cimarosa, Eugene Goossens, as downloads or streams, or from Richard Strauss; pieces by Bach, Senaillé, www.oboeclassics.com Pierné, Hughes, Templeton, MacMahon. Jeremy Polmear, Artistic Director “His is an effortless soprano voice” 9 Beversbrook Road, London N19 4QG Nicholas Daniel, in his CD booklet commentary [email protected]