The Oboe 1903-1953
A 2 CD set of historic oboe recordings compiled by Geoffrey Burgess. 24 page booklet includes 6,000 word program notes and many photographs. A great companion to the book
"The Oboe" by Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes.
Beethoven: Variations on "La ci darem la mano", performed by Lois Wann, Ferdinand Prior and Engelbert Brenner, also Sidney Sutcliffe, Roger Lord and Natalie James, also Hans Kamesch, Manfred Kaufsky and Hans Hadamowsky
Brahms: Violin Concerto 2nd Movement, performed by Henri de Busscher, Fritz Flemming, Lèon Goossens and Marcel Tabuteau
Carmen: Petite Mignon, performed by Caesar Addimando
Colin: Concertino in D, performed by Georges Longy
Guilhaud: First Concertino and Farandole, performed by Joseph Fonteyn
Handel: Sonata in F, performed by Louis Gromer
Huguenin: La nuit de Noël, performed by Housset
Leroux: Une Soirèe près du lac, performed by Louis Gaudard, Louis Mercier and Paul-Gustave Brun
Mihalovici: Sonatine op. 13, performed by Louis Bleuzet
Milhaud: Suite d'après Corrette, performed by Myrtile Morel
Mozart: Oboe Quartet, performed by Lèon Goossens
Nielsen: Romance and Humoresque (Fantasy Pieces op 2), performed by Svend Christian Felumb
Rimsky-Korsakov: Schéhérézade, performed by Henri de Busscher
Rossini: William Tell, performed by Georges Gillet and "Giorgio"
Satie: Gymnopèdie 1, performed by Fernand Gillet
Robert Schumann: Romance No. 1, performed by Arthur Foreman
Tchaikovsky: 4th Symphony, performed by Henri de Busscher