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Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2007-07-28 13:47
Greetings to all,
Here is a charming recording which was supplied to me by Rolf from his great LP transfers website at http://homepages.ipact.nl/~otterhouse/ of the legendary Leon Goosens performing the Vivaldi Concerto in D minor, Op. 8, No. 9 and
the first movement (Allegro) of Albinoni's Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 7, No. 3.
The zip file can be downloaded from: http://www.mediafire.com/?7xtzppr0jvd
Hope this can be an interesting reference for anyone interested in historical oboe performance.
From Rolf's original e-mail:
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Hello Howard,
this was send to me:
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Hello all,
Here's a charming and little-known recording by that
prince of
oboists, Leon Goossens. This is the Vivaldi Concerto
in D minor, Op.
8, No. 9 (the same opus of Vivaldi that gives us "The
Four Seasons"),
recorded June 1, 1949 at EMI's Abbey Road Studio No. 1
with Walter
Susskind conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Dr.
Thornton
Lofthouse, harpsichord continuo. It was released on
UK Columbia DX
8367 and 8368 (automatic sequence numbers; there was
no manual
sequence release of this set). The Vivaldi concerto
takes three
sides; the filler is the first movement (Allegro) of
Albinoni's
Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 7, No. 3, recorded March 27,
1950 at the same
venue with the same orchestra and conductor (though
the
harpsichordist, this time, is unnamed). Recording
dates are not only
from CHARM but also from Carole Rosen's book "The
Goossens: A Musical
Century."
Sourced from the actual 78s, from a Dutch pressing but
with the UK
catalog numbers. The two works, main course and
filler, are in one
ZIP file.
Enjoy!
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I have only recently been informed through a copy of the IDRS journal from my conservatory's library that my oboe hero Pierre Pierlot has passed away early this year. This Goosens recording is of such nostalgic value and reminds me of Pierlot's work from the same period. They played so beautifully, passionately, and most importantly, took risks which many of us today dare not. May the oboe continue to sound in the heavens above!
Amen!
Howard
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