Richard Strauss: Music For Wind Ensemble/Oboe Concerto

Richard Strauss: Music For Wind Ensemble/Oboe Concerto

On this CD:

1. Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major, Op. 7
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Edo de Waart

2. Suite for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, Op. 4
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Edo de Waart

3. Sonatina No. 1 for 16 wind instruments in F major ("From the Workshop of an Invalid"), AV 135
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Edo de Waart

4. Sonatina No. 2 for 16 wind instruments in E flat major ("Happy Workshop"), AV 143
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Edo de Waart

5. Oboe Concerto in D major, AV 144
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Edo de Waart

Editorial Reviews
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Richard Strauss wrote his four wind-ensemble works in pairs, early and late in his life. The felicitous Serenade and Suite find the teenage composer already in possession of a fluent, assured technique and a Midas touch for effective orchestration. In the Sonatine and Symphony, the aged Strauss basks in his patented brand of late-19th-century chromaticism with wistful aplomb. Arguably Strauss's finest concert work, the Oboe Concerto's prodigious demands are no problem for Heinz Holliger, whose astonishing breath control and rhythmic ebullience set new standards here. Edo De Waart offers sturdy support, though without the robust sophistication that marks Rudolf Kempe's unforgettable Dresden version. A bargain not to be overlooked. --Jed Distler

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