English Chamber Music
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Composer or Director: Gordon (Percival Septimus) Jacob, Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Gustav Holst, E(rnest) J(ohn) Moeran
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 7/1987
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 69
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN8392

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Quintet for Oboe and Strings |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer English Qt Sarah Francis, Oboe |
Air and Variations |
Gustav Holst, Composer
English Qt Gustav Holst, Composer Sarah Francis, Oboe |
(3) Pieces |
Gustav Holst, Composer
English Qt Gustav Holst, Composer Sarah Francis, Oboe |
Quartet for oboe and strings |
Gordon (Percival Septimus) Jacob, Composer
English Qt Gordon (Percival Septimus) Jacob, Composer Sarah Francis, Oboe |
Fantasy-Quartet |
E(rnest) J(ohn) Moeran, Composer
E(rnest) J(ohn) Moeran, Composer English Qt Sarah Francis, Oboe |
Author:
We have come to expect recorded perfection from Chandos and if they occasionally miss that target they are often still ahead of the opposition. On this disc the oboe of Sarah Francis is perhaps a mite too prominent for much of the time, although not always so as there is a movement of emphasis apparent in some parts. The atmosphere generated in the Church of St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury is slightly swimmy and somehow the performances never seems to settle down. Perhaps this is right though, for this is all rather lightweight material.'
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