Title: Wonderful Oboe Pieces and Playing
Product review: Alex Klein was a great oboist at this time and he is playing excellent pieces here. Krommer's name may be obscure to the general public, but he was renowned in his lifetime, and he was one of the very best composers of oboe music who ever lived. This is a must-have CD for aspiring oboists. My oboist wife is especially fond of the first Krommer concerto and the Hummel piece. The First Concerto is very much in the style of Mozart while the Second Concerto sounds more like Beethoven. This CD is very well-recorded, with an excellent balance between the oboist and the orchestra. There is no shrillness or distortion in the oboe sound. I would also recommend the Krommer quartets and quintets CD by oboist Nancy Ambrose King.
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