Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2002-12-23 23:41
I was wondering about something. See being an American, when I think of the ideal oboe sound, I think of people like Tabuteau, de Lancie, etc. To me, oboists from other schools of playing (English, French, German, etc.) sound wild and out of control. To me their tone sounds shallow and lacks a singing quality, and their vibrato sounds way too wide and thus distracts from the phrase they're playing.
However, being an open-minded individual, I also understand that I think this because the American sound is what I was brought up to think of as "what an oboe sounds like". So I was wondering what any of you from other countries who post here think of the American oboe sound, for better or worse. Feel free to offer any criticisms, and compare your concept of what the oboe should sound like to how you hear the American sound.
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