Music for Oboe / Music for Piano
$25.00
Out of Stock2-4 weeks add to cart
BRITTEN
Music for Oboe / Music for Piano
Sarah Francis (oboe) Michael Dussek (piano) Delme Quartet
[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 August 2003
This item is currently out of stock. We expect to be able to supply it to you within 2 - 4 weeks from when you place your order.
'One of the most magical discs of Britten yet made'
'I can highly recommend this CD for the wonderful mixture of Britten's chamber works and the all-round excellent playing'
- The Musician
'One of the most magical discs of Britten yet made'
- Fanfare
'Michael Dussek s'y montre remarquable. Sarah Francis qui dispose d'une gamme dramatique et expressive exceptionelle'
- Répertoire
Tracks:
PHANTASY QUARTET Op 2
for oboe, violin, viola, cello (1932)
Andante alla marcia [13'14]
HOLIDAY DIARY Op 5 [15'48]
Suite for piano (1934)
Early Morning Bath [2'18]
Sailing [4'35]
Fun-Fair [2'49]
Night [6'01]
SIX METAMORPHOSES AFTER OVID Op 49 [12'23]
for solo oboe (1951)
PAN [1'53]
who played upon the reed pipe which was Syrinx, his beloved
PHAETON [1'26]
who made upon the chariot of the sun for one day and was hurled into the river Padus by a thunderbolt
NIOBE [2'11]
Who, lamenting the death of her fourteen children, was turned into a mountain
BACCHUS [1'56]
at whose feast is heard the noise of gaggling women's tattling tongues and shouting out of boys
NARCISSUS [2'19]
who fell in love with his own image and became a flower
ARETHUSA [2'30]
who, flying from the love of Alpheus the river god, was turned into a fountain
TEMPORAL VARIATIONS [12'37]
for oboe and piano (1936)
Theme: Andante rubato [1'26]
Oration: Lento quaisi recitativo [I'39]
March: Alla miarcia [1'09]
Exercises: Allegro molto e fuoco [1'03]
Commination: Adagio con fuoco [1'13]
Chorale: Molto lento [1'37]
Waltz: Allegretto rubato [1'21]
Polka: Tempo di Polka - Allegro [1'12]
Resolution: Maestoso (Ma non troppo lento) [I'49]
FIVE WALTZES [9'52]
for piano (1923/5,1969)
Rather fast and nervous [l'21]
Quick, with wit [1'33]
Dramatic [1'19]
Rhythmic: not fast [2'59]
Variations: Quiet and simple; Flowing; Slow and sad [2'29]
TWO INSECT PIECES [4'30]
for oboe and piano (1935)
The Grasshopper [2'35]
The Wasp [1'49]
NIGHT PIECE (NOTTURNO) [5'36]
for piano (1963)
