Koechlin: Chamber Music for Oboe & Other Instruments

Featuring

Stefan Schilli
Oliver Triendl
Christopher Corbett
Marco Postinghel
Henrik Wiese
Cristina Bianchi

Daniel Giglberger
Heather Cottrell
Anja Kreynacke
Kristin von der Goltz
Charles Koechlin

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Composer Biography

Charles Koechlin, the composer, was considered a "late developer" who only found his own musical style around 1908, despite beginning to compose in the 19th century.

Performer Biography

Stefan Schilli has won multiple international competitions, including the 'Prague Spring' and 'ARD Music Competition' in 1996, and the 'German Music Competition' in 1993.

Performer Biography

Stefan Schilli, the oboist on this recording, became solo oboist with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1991 at the age of just 20.

Performer Biography

Stefan Schilli is also a founding member of the baroque ensemble 'L'accademia giocosa,' which received a 'Diapason d'or' for its recording of works by G.P. Telemann.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Koechlin was an eclectic composer who believed there were no "exhausted resources" in music, embracing many styles from modal-archaic chorales to complex polyphony and film scores.

Compositional Technique

Koechlin's compositional style often moved away from traditional tonality, becoming polytonal in a way that was described as "dazzling" and "supple naturalness" rather than "gaping or strange."

Compositional Technique

Koechlin's works often avoid traditional structures like periodic units, repetitions, or symmetries, instead favoring a "technique du développement" or musical spinning forth.