Buyers should look carefully at the program for this release by oboist Albrecht Mayer and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, which does not contain Mozart's single completed concerto for oboe and orchestra, the Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314. The reason seems to be that Mayer has recorded that work elsewhere. It does, however, contain an assortment of other attractive pieces, most of them little known, and Mayer is a formidable player. On the list is a new completion of the first movement of an unfinished Oboe ...
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Buyers should look carefully at the program for this release by oboist Albrecht Mayer and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, which does not contain Mozart's single completed concerto for oboe and orchestra, the Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314. The reason seems to be that Mayer has recorded that work elsewhere. It does, however, contain an assortment of other attractive pieces, most of them little known, and Mayer is a formidable player. On the list is a new completion of the first movement of an unfinished Oboe Concerto in F major, K. 293, by Gotthard Odermatt, a lovely thing where Mayer's subtle handling of the solo instrument's first entrance is pretty much worth the price of admission by itself. The rest of the music is adapted for the oboe. One might not think of the motet Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618, as an oboe piece, but this little version has the potential to become a major hit in Mayer's songful treatment. The Concerto for flute, harp, and orchestra, K. 299, is adapted for the odd...
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Add this copy of Mozart: Works for Oboe and Orchestra to cart. $24.67, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2021 by DG.
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