This album is the first-ever recording dedicated entirely to British music for solo oboe.
Composer Biography
Gordon Jacob, a composer featured on this album, is perhaps best known for his textbooks on instrumentation, 'Orchestral Technique' (1931) and 'How to read a score' (1944).
Composer Biography
Nicola LeFanu, a composer featured here, is the daughter of composer Elizabeth Maconchy and has composed five operas, with her most recent, 'The Wildman', premiering in 1995.
Performer Biography
Gordon Hunt, the oboist on this recording, is recognized as one of the world's leading oboists and has an extensive career as a soloist, conductor, and orchestral musician.
Instruments
Gordon Hunt performs on an XL Oboe, made in 1996 by Howarth of London.
Composer Biography
Neil Saunders, another composer on this album, had a varied professional career that overlapped with his career as a doctor, composing for over half a century.
Composer Biography
Mary Chandler, a composer on this album, was a principal oboist for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and later founded the Mercian Trio.
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