(The) Fibonacci Sequence - Oboe

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Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Edward Elgar, Francis Poulenc, William Alwyn, Jean Françaix

Genre:

Chamber

Label: Deux-Elles

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

Stereo
DDD

Catalogue Number: DXL1121

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christopher O'Neal, Oboe
Fibonacci Sequence (The)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Francis Poulenc, Composer
Christopher O'Neal, Oboe
Fibonacci Sequence (The)
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Adagio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Christopher O'Neal, Oboe
Fibonacci Sequence (The)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Quartet for wind instruments Jean Françaix, Composer
Christopher O'Neal, Oboe
Fibonacci Sequence (The)
Jean Françaix, Composer
Suite for Oboe and Harp William Alwyn, Composer
Christopher O'Neal, Oboe
Fibonacci Sequence (The)
William Alwyn, Composer
Salut d'amour, 'Liebesgrüss' Edward Elgar, Composer
Christopher O'Neal, Oboe
Edward Elgar, Composer
Fibonacci Sequence (The)
Divertimento Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Composer
Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Composer
Christopher O'Neal, Oboe
Fibonacci Sequence (The)
Oboist of The Fibonnaci Sequence since its inception in 1994, Christopher O’Neal was a pupil of Terence MacDonagh (a stellar performer in Beecham’s RPO) at the RCM, before going on to study with Heinz Holliger in Freiburg. He currently serves as principal oboe with the Orchestra of St John’s and London Mozart Players. In addition to his professorial duties at London’s Trinity College of Music, he also helped found the Elysian Wind Quintet and Capricorn chamber ensemble. His playing on this most diverting anthology offers unbridled pleasure in its impeccable expertise, agile grace, tasteful expression and appealing variety of colour and tone.

Whether in the theatrical flourishes of Crusell’s 1822 Divertimento or the finale of the Mozart, or in his role as very much a team player in the entertainingly skittish, tuneful and tangily characterful offerings by Poulenc and Françaix, O’Neal is not found wanting and he strikes up a consistently infectious rapport with his seasoned Fibonacci colleagues. I’d not previously encountered the winsome miniature Suite for oboe and harp that William Alwyn fashioned for the brother-and-sister duo of Léon and Sidonie Goossens: the manuscript was apparently discovered in the legendary oboist’s papers after his death in 1988. O’Neal’s own arrangement (for the same instrumental combination) of Elgar’s vernally fresh Salut d’amour works effectively, too. Boasting realistic sound and balance, this disc makes for delightful late-evening listening and earns an easy recommendation.

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