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"A Tribute to Janet": oboe quartets (Mozart, Britten, Knussen, Françaix)

Britten Oboe Quartet, Nicholas Daniel
1h01
Digital
HMM907672
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    A Tribute to Janet.
    The Britten Oboe Quartet here makes its recording debut with a programme of its core repertory. It naturally includes the great Mozart Quartet K.370 and Britten’s own Phantasy op.2, but also two pieces that have a special resonance for the distinguished oboist Nicholas Daniel, because they were commissioned and premiered by Janet Craxton (1929-81), his ‘beloved teacher’ and inspiration, and her London Oboe Quartet. Thus Oliver Knussen’s Cantata (1977) and the delightful Cor Anglais Quartet of Jean Françaix add further variety to a fascinating anthology that also features Nicholas Daniel’s own completion of Mozart’s elegiac fragment K580a.

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    Artists

    • Britten Oboe Quartet
    • Nicholas Daniel
      English horn
    • Nicholas Daniel
      Oboe

    Composers

    Contents


    BENJAMIN BRITTEN [1913-1976]
    · Phantasy, op.2 (14'23)
    OLIVER KNUSSEN
    · Cantata, op.15 (10'24)
    JEAN FRANÇAIX [1912-]
    Quartet for English horn, violin, viola and cello
    · I. Allego vivace (3'18)
    · II. Andante tranquillo (3'11)
    · III. Vivo assai (3'18)
    · IV. Andantino (2'12)
    · V. Allegro giocoso (3'22)
    WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART [1756-1791]
    Oboe Quartet in F Major, K.370
    · I. Allegro (6'46)
    · II. Adagio (3'24)
    · III. Rondo (4'34)
    · Adagio for English Horn, K.580a (6'09)

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