Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2007-01-13 14:27
To Thomas,
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"I was surprised when I looked at the gallery not to find many European oboists that I would definitely consider to be very influential/unique players, people like David Cowley, Simon Fuchs, Ruth Bolister, Anthony Camden, Bart Schneemann, Jozef Kiss, Neil Black, Pavel Verner, Salvador Mir, Sarah Francis, Stephan Schilli, David Walter, and a few more I can't remember right now, have any of you heard of these players before?"
I suppose the only reason why they are not in the sound gallery is because
no one contributed them to the webmaster. The sound gallery is always open to contributions.
Late Anthony Camden's unique sound prevails among his best students and one of them happens to be principal oboist in the Malaysian Philharmonic, ex-Oslo Phil, Simon Eames which i am fortunate to hear almost every 2-3 weeks. Camden recorded in my opinion a very beautifully played Cimarosa on the Naxos label.
Bart Schneemann is among my favourite players. Do not miss his Lebrun albums! The only reason why i first approached his playing through records was because i found out he was a student of my favourite oboe player Han de Vries. Discovering him was great, because i have since fallen in love in his playing, especially how musical he is. (owing much to the Dutch oboe tradition of coloring the tones in a variety of ways) He is also leader in the reformed Netherlands Wind Ensemble which has never ceased to amaze me since the days of Werner Herbers and Jan Spronk. (speaking of which are stunning oboe players all from the Concertgebouw)
I have Jozef Kiss's Schumann album from Naxos and i find it to be very special indeed. In fact, it was first ever oboe cd but has been one of the most enjoyable i have ever acquired. (apart from Han de Vries' baroque concertos cd and Klein's Partita/Fantasies cd) I have grown much from those days but to me Kiss' playing have influenced me much.
Sarah Francis's Mozart Concerto cd was the first ever Mozart Concerto cd i acquired. It is of typical English old school AND I LOVE IT!!! You can hear much of Goosens in it and the articulation is so clean. Many players today are reluctant to accept how the old school phrased and articulated, i find clarity in this type of playing and much of it has been lost in the sound of most young players today. To me Neil Black is just as light but darker and he takes less risks, but somehow i prefer how he interprets Mozart both in his rendition of the concerto and quartet.
Many of these players are influential in their parts of the world but of course we can never list them all! We haven't even listed the great baroque oboe players like Paul Goodwin, many of the Italian players, Han de Vries etc yet! An endless voyage it seems!
Howard
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