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Mozart/Strauss: Oboe Concertos (CD review) 

Cristina Gomez Godoy, oboe; Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Warner Classics 0190295077600.By John J. PuccioIt’s true the oboe takes something of a backseat when it comes to being the featured instrument in a concerto, but there have been a surprising number of such concertos since the introduction of the oboe in the mid seventeenth century. Composers like Albinoni, Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Telemann, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, R. Strauss, plus a perhaps surprising plethora of more-modern composers have all contributed to the genre. On the current disc, oboist Cristina Gomez Godoy, conductor Daniel Barenboim, and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra offer two popular examples of their kind, one from Mozart and a later one from Richard Strauss.First, though, a word about the performers. Ms. Godoy is a Spanish oboist who made her recital debut at Carnegie Hall, New York and Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin in 2019. According to her Web site, “for […]

[…] Jeremy Denk will be combining music from Bach's Well Tempered Clavier with readings from his autobiographical book, Every Good Boy Does Fine.Peter Manning and the Bath Festival Orchestra are exploring the sea, with an imaginative programme of music by Takemitsu (from Japan), Daniel Temkin (from the USA), Grace Williams (from Wales), and Joey Roukens (from the Netherlands). Trumpeter Aaron Akugbo joins organist John Kitchin at Bath Abbey for a programme which moves between Bach and Telemann to Messiaen, McDowall and more. Horn player Ben Goldscheider and trumpeter Matilda Lloyd join Jason Thornton and the Bath Philharmonia for a programme that includes concertos by Mozart and Haydn, plus Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Janacek's Sinfonietta. These latter two will feature the combined forces of the Bath Philharmonia and the Band of the Royal Marines School of Music. Should be thrilling stuff! Epic in another way is Steve Reich's Drumming, […]

[…] the best things he ever wrote, and it is worth recording. Bart points out that it is worthwhile remembering what CPE Bach went through as a boy. He went to the Thomasschule, studied with his father, sang in all of JS Bach's passions and played in the Collegium Musicum under his father. He was educated by the greatest musician ever.  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was JS Bach's fifth child and third son, and Telemann was his godfather. He was trained in music almost entirely by his father; in 1738 he took up a post at the court in Berlin and in 1740 became a member of the royal orchestra. He became known as one of the foremost keyboard players in Europe. Finally allowed to leave royal service in 1768, he succeeded Telemann as director of music at Hamburg, and it is from his Hamburg period that Die Auferstehung und […]