SCHNEEMANN, BART / RADIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - 21404 Lebrun Oboe Concertos
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Its already been about four years since the Radio Chamber Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend and I recorded three of the six of Lebruns last series of oboe concerti. Of course it was inevitable: now weve completed the series. At the time, I tried to explain in my motivation statement that life is no sinecure for anyone with pretensions to being a real oboist. You can guess already: nothing has changed since I wrote that. The greatest composers, after the baroque period didnt write any solo literature for the oboe, neither Schubert, nor Brahms, a bit of Schumann, nor Mendelssohn, nor Shostakovich, nor Stravinsky, a bit of Strauss. Well, yes, we do have Mozart: an oboe quartet and oboe concerto! Beautiful music indeed. And then, of course, our grand obsession: Beethoven! We know for certain that the young Beethoven wrote an oboe concerto, but where is it? Is it somewhere in someones attic in a big box? Stuck behind the wallpaper? Was it burnt? Was it ruined by a flood? Or is the handwriting unrecognizable? In short, the trials and tribulations (for the oboist, of course). But theres a silver lining to every cloud: any real oboist is obliged to go out and search for repertoire by unknown geniuses! And after all, thats not such a bad thing, because sometimes those very same composers bring forth the most innovations and striking ideas. They may not be not of the very first rank, seen in the hard light of posterity, but because of that very lack of pretense, they are free to experiment.
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| Artist | Bart Schneemann oboe and baroque oboe |
| Inlay | Lebrun: Concerto nr. 3 in C Major |
| Biography | Bart Schneemann was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1954. He completed his studies in The Netherlands with Han de Vries in 1977 and early gained orchestra experience which led to his appointment as principal oboist of the celebrated Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. He held this position until 1996 when he decided to focus on building a career as a soloist. He is founder member of the Fodor Quintet and in 1987, he restyled and increased the artistic range and possibilities of the celebrated Netherlands Wind Ensemble which is recognized as being one of the best wind ensembles in the world. Mr. Schneemann is a master in various fields of music. This fact, among other aspects, made him the unanimous winner of the prestigious 3M Music Laureate Prize in 1991(Theo Loevendie and Ton Koopman were previous recipients of this award). The prize was installed to recognize, reward and stimulate and outstanding musical talent in the Netherlands. |
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| Quotes | (...) Bart Schneemann laat met deze cd zowel een document als een juweeltje zien (...) Brabants Dagblad |
| Format | SACD stereo multichannel - hybrid disc |
| Composer | LEBRUN, Ludwig August |
| Type | Solo + Orchestra |
| Total Length | 72:00:00 |
| Year of release | 2004 |
| Number of cd's | 1 |
| Artist | SCHNEEMANN, BART / RADIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA |
