Composer: Marina Dranishnikova, Edward William Elgar, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Leopold Wallner
Performer: Gabriel Pidoux, Jorge Gonzales Buajasan
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA789
Release: 2022
Size: 870 MB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Elgar: Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 (Transcription for Oboe and Piano)
02. Dranishnikova: Poème pour hautbois et piano
Schumann: Romances, Op. 94
03. I. Nicht schnell
04. II. Einfach, innig
05. III. Nicht schnell
Wallner: Trois pièces dans le style romantique pour hautbois et piano
06. I. Chant d’amour
07. II. Mazurka
08. III. Rêverie
Schumann C: 3 Romances, Op. 22 (Transcription for Oboe)
09. I. Andante molto
10. Mit zartem Vortrage
11. III. Leidenschaftlich schnell
The French oboist Gabriel Pidoux, voted “Instrumental Soloist of the Year” at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2020, has made a name for himself in both early and modern repertories. He now records his first solo album, accompanied by the pianist Jorge González Buajasan. It presents the works of two female and three male composers, beginning with Robert Schumann’s Three Romances, a masterpiece of chamber music with oboe, which Gabriel Pidoux has decided to juxtapose with the Three Pieces of Leopold Wallner (1847-1913), magnificent works which have never been recorded.
Also on the programme is a transcription of Clara Schumann’s Three Romances. “These are pieces from the heart, which set the Romantic tone”, writes Gabriel Pidoux. “We follow them with the Poème of Marina Dranishnikova (1929-94), the only known piece by this Russian composer. It is a rather dark, very tormented piece, wholly Romantic although composed somewhat later, in the middle of the twentieth century”. Finally, a transcription of Elgar’s famous Salut d’amour rounds off the programme.