Salonen, Bortz, Nordheim & Schmidt: Oboe Concertos

Featuring

Esa-Pekka Salonen
Bengt Rosengren
Ole Kristian Ruud
Daniel Börtz
Arne Nordheim
Ole Schmidt

Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester
Miscellaneous

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Performer Biography

Bengt Rosengren is also the principal oboist of the Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, with whom he frequently performs as a soloist.

Performer Biography

Bengt Rosengren, the oboist on this recording, has been the principal oboe in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra since 1983.

Recording & Production

This album features live recordings from the Berwald Hall, Stockholm, made on September 23, 1994, as well as studio recordings from January 1996.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Daniel Bortz, one of the composers, often uses the oboe to signal changes in his compositions, such as shifts in development or contrasts in dynamics and emotion.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Ole Schmidt, another composer, considers the oboe to be a very old, almost oriental instrument, and incorporated musical influences from his years in the Middle East into his concerto.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Arne Nordheim, another composer on this album, views his praise of the oboe as a "declaration of love to the double reed" due to its slender sensuality and connection to historical lamenting music.