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Temporal variations - Music for Oboe and Piano between 1935 & 1941 - Schmieder, Yamashita

Temporal variations - Music for Oboe and Piano between 1935 & 1941 - Schmieder, Yamashita

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Britten: Temporal Variations, Two Insect Pieces, Hindemith: Sonata for Oboe & Piano, Sonata for Cor Anglais & Piano, Skalkottas: Concertino for Oboe & Piano accompaniment, Haas: Suite for Oboe & Piano

Birgit Schmieder (oboe)
Akiko Yamashita (piano)


This collection of duos for oboe (specifically English horn) and piano by Benjamin Britten, Pavel Haas, Paul Hindemith and Nikos Skalkottas are not only interrelated by the period in which they arose - the years 1935-1941 - but also as haunting documents of musical paths through an increasingly gloomy time. Hindemith's sonatas for English horn and piano, part of his larger sonata oeuvre, reflect internalization and technical dispassion before and during his emigration. Pavel Haas' suite is a subtle protest against the annexation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany. Skalkottas' concertino is part of a unique oeuvre that the student of Schönberg wrote in artistic isolation and under desolate external circumstances in his home country. In both ingenious works of the young Benjamin Britten, a deep unease with the political conditions of the pre-war period is perceptible beneath a surface of virtuosic luster. An enormous contribution to the small repertoire of 20th century oboe literature, these works also present great musical and artistic challenges to the performers.

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