Artist: Nicholas Daniel, Britten Oboe Quartet
Album: Mozart, Britten, Knussen & Françaix: A Tribute to Janet
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2017
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:05:59
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 1,12 GB

Tracklist:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
1 Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: I. Allegro 06:46
2 Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: II. Adagio 03:24
3 Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: III. Rondo 04:34
4 Adagio for English Horn, K. 580a 06:09

Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)
5 Phantasy, Op. 2 14:23

Oliver Knussen (1952)
6 Cantata, Op. 15 10:24

Jean Françaix (1912 – 1997)
7 Quartet for English Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello: I. Allego vivace 03:18
8 Quartet for English Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello: II. Andante tranquillo 03:11
9 Quartet for English Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello: III. Vivo assai 03:18
10 Quartet for English Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello: IV. Andantino 02:12
11 Quartet for English Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello: V. Allegro giocoso 03:22
12 Mondnacht for Oboe and String Trio (Arr. Colin Matthews) (Bonus Track) 04:51

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A Tribute to Janet.
The Britten Oboe Quartet here makes its recording debut with a programme of its core repertory. It naturally includes the great Mozart Quartet K.370 and Britten’s own Phantasy Op.2, but also two pieces that have a special resonance for the distinguished oboist Nicholas Daniel, because they were commissioned and premiered by Janet Craxton (1929-81), his ‘beloved teacher’ and inspiration, and her London Oboe Quartet. Thus Oliver Knussen’s Cantata (1977) and the delightful Cor Anglais Quartet of Jean Françaix add further variety to a fascinating anthology that also features Nicholas Daniel’s own completion of Mozart’s elegiac fragment K580a.