[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 August 2014
Relative rarities among his output are Richard Strauss's concertos, many written later in his life. This collection brings together works for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (the Duet Concertino) and the scintillating Burleske for piano and orchestra. In addition to conducting the concertos, Ashkenazy also conducts the early tone poem "Aus Italien" and Maazel's humorous reading of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme with the Vienna Philharmonic is restored to the catalogue.
Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon & Strings, AV147
Dimitri Ashkenazy (clarinet), Kim Walker (bassoon)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Oboe Concerto in D
Gordon Hunt (oboe)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Aus Italien, Op. 16
Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60
Willi Boskovsky (violin), Emmanuel Brabec (cello), Friedrich Gulda (piano)