Fine Recital, Impeccable Recording
Nicholas A. Deutsch | New York, NY USA | 01/30/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This recital of works (or transcriptions) for oboe & organ goes down smooth as butter, thanks to the elegant, expressive playing of oboist Hansjoerg Schellenberger & organist Hedwig Bilgram. The sound, too, is splendidly vivid & clear. In an attractive program mixing familiar & unfamiliar names, I particularly like the 4 pieces by Johann Ludwig Krebs (a pupil of J.S. Bach) & Frank Martin's powerfully meditative Sonata da chiesa, orginally for viola d'amore & here played most effectively on oboe d'amore. Peter Jona Korn's Fantasia is the most recent work (1981), and although I can't say I find it particularly memorable, it fits nicely into a program that moves from Baroque to Romantic to modern. I've had this CD for several years, and every time it comes down off the shelf I find it rewarding and calming. Recommended."