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Bliss: Oboe Quintet / Britten: Phantasy / String Quartet No. 3

1/1/2006, 9 Tracks, 1:02:08

Featuring

  • Alex Klein
  • Shmuel Ashkenasi
  • Mathias Tacke
  • Richard Young
  • Marc Johnson
  • Vermeer Quartet
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Arthur Bliss

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Performer Biography

Alex Klein, the oboist on this recording, won a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at WFMT-Chicago, with sessions taking place in October 2005 and April 2006.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Benjamin Britten, composer of the Phantasy Quartet and String Quartet No. 3, often addressed themes of the outsider and misfit individual in his music, such as in his opera Peter Grimes.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Arthur Bliss's Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet was commissioned in 1926 by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, an influential patron of American chamber music.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Arthur Bliss, composer of the Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet, was knighted in 1950 and named Master of the Queen's Music in 1953, a post requiring him to write ceremonial music.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Britten's Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2, is laid out in seven linked sections of contrasting tempos, reproducing the feeling of a Baroque fantasia.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Vermeer Quartet, formed in 1969 at the Marlboro Festival, has achieved international stature and has performed in major cities across North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia.

Source: Booklet

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