This unique cycle was originally intended for the transverse flute, yet its being played by the oboe is fully in keeping with the Baroque performance practice, affording the soloist the opportunity to display to the full the instrument's virtuosity, as well as the wide colour scale and expressive abilities. Telemann, one of the most productive composers of all time.
A similar abundance of characters is also rendered by the collection of Twelve Fantasias by G. In six personifications (Pan, Phaeton, Niobe, Bacchus, Narcissus, Arethusa), the impeccably refined miniatures represent contradictory human features.
How many timbres, shades and characters can a melodic instrument express? The repertoire for solo oboe is sparse, yet oboists can boast of a true gem: the inspiration brought to Benjamin Britten by the oboe and the verse of the Roman poet Ovid gave rise to the cycle Six Metamorphoses. for Flute)īenjamin Britten - Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for Oboe Solo, Op. Georg Philipp Telemann - Twelve Fantasias for Oboe Solo (orig.
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