Though Lovers be Lost
A fine concerto, further rescued by another new recording and fascinating companions
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Composer or Director: Benjamin Britten, Henri Dutilleux, Gerald (Raphael) Finzi, (Aynsley) Eugene Goossens, Maurice Ravel
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Oboe Classics
Magazine Review Date: 6/2004
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 69
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CC2008
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Temporal Variations |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Emily Pailthorpe, Oboe Julian Milford, Piano |
Interlude |
Gerald (Raphael) Finzi, Composer
Emily Pailthorpe, Oboe Gerald (Raphael) Finzi, Composer Julian Milford, Piano |
(Le) Tombeau de Couperin |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Emily Pailthorpe, Oboe Julian Milford, Piano Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Sonata for Oboe and Piano |
Henri Dutilleux, Composer
Emily Pailthorpe, Oboe Henri Dutilleux, Composer Julian Milford, Piano |
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra |
(Aynsley) Eugene Goossens, Composer
(Aynsley) Eugene Goossens, Composer Emily Pailthorpe, Oboe Julian Milford, Piano |
Author: Andrew Achenbach
The Goossens forms the concluding item in an appealing programme, the highlight of which perhaps comprises a mellifluous performance of Dutilleux’s neglected 1947 Sonata (like the same composer’s earlier Flute Sonatina, conceived as a test piece for examinations at the Paris Conservatoire). Elsewhere, the arrangement of Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin by the soloist’s husband, Daniel, is enjoyable enough, though not as effective as that of Finzi’s deeply felt Interlude by the composer’s dear friend and colleague, Howard Ferguson. With a pungently characterised account of Britten’s dazzling and nervy Temporal Variations (1936) this makes a very rewarding anthology. The recording is undistractingly natural.
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