Berlioz's Lost Oboe - French Romantic Music for Oboe & Piano / Palameta, Sham

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Label
Ramee
Release Date
January 27, 2023
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Robert Schumann, Stanislas Verroust, Gustave Vogt
    • PERFORMER
      Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 27, 2023
    • UPC
      4250128521086
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RAM2108
    • LABEL
      Ramee
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Nocturne No. 1, Op. 50 (arr. for oboe and piano)

      Composer: Nicholas-Charles Bochsa

      Performer: Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham

    2. I. Largo espressivo

      Composer: Gustave Vogt

      Performer: Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham

    3. II. Largo

      Composer: Gustave Vogt

      Performer: Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham

    4. Aranjuez, Op. 34

      Composer: Stanislas Verroust

      Performer: Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham

    5. Elégie sur la mort d'un objet chéri, Op. 10

      Composer: Henri Brod

      Performer: Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham

    6. 2 Romances, Op. 121, "Les Soupirs de la Harpe Eolienne": No. 1. Adagio di molto

      Composer: Frédéric Kalkbrenner

      Performer: Olivia Sham

    7. Oboe Sonata in G Major, Op. 35: II. Romanze

      Composer: Johann Peter Pixis

      Performer: Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham

    8. L'art du chant appliqué au piano, Op. 70: No. 17. Sérénade (from Grétry's L'amant jaloux)

      Composer: Sigismond Thalberg

      Performer: Olivia Sham

    9. Nocturne No. 1 in A Minor

      Composer: Louis-Emmanuel Jadin

      Performer: Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham

    10. Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5. Mondnacht (Moonlit Night) (arr. C. Palameta and O. Sham for oboe and piano)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Christopher Palameta, Olivia Sham


‘It is simply a badge of historical injustice that oboists must wear.’ Such was the lament of Leon Goosens, echoing the commonly-held view that the nineteenth century was a time of crisis in the history of the oboe. Like a snowball effect, the idée reçue that the instrument fell into disuse because it was considered incompatible with the aesthetics of Romantic expression has been handed down across generations. This recording unearths a handful of evocative compositions from early nineteenth-century France to provide a reassessment of this commonly-held view. These works, all of which have never been recorded before, belong to a large corpus of neglected nineteenth-century chamber music for oboe and fortepiano, and bear witness to a lively, dynamic tradition of wind playing in France. Performed here on a ten-keyed French oboe by Guillaume Adler (Paris, c.1835) and a fortepiano by Erard (Paris, 1840), these sentimental and lyrical rarities beautifully highlight the unique timbres and playing characteristics of these rare original models.