Musiche da salotto per Oboe e Pianoforte
Gaetano Donizetti
Musiche da salotto per Oboe e Pianoforte
The tradition of transcribing operas for chamber ensembles arose during the second half of the eighteenth century, when the Austria emperor Joseph founded the first Harmonie, a group of high-quality wind players employed by the Orchestra of the Court Theatre.
Since at that time very few original compositions existed for such a group, the members of the Harmonie themselves made arrangements of some of the most fashionable operas, symphonies and ballets.
This tradition continued in nineteenth-century salons, with arrangements of opera excerpts composed even by famous virtuosos on the piano (F. Liszt), violin (N. Paganini), flute (G. Riccialdi), and by less well-known oboe virtuosos.
This recording presents fantasias based on the operas of G. Donizetti composed by the oboists H. Brod and A. Pasculli, as well as the clarinettist L. Bassi.
Donizetti, unlike other contemporary opera composers, dedicated a great deal of his attention to instrumental music, especially during his early years, and this was certainly due to the cultural training he received during his studies at the Music School in his home town of Bergamo.
Tracklist
Brod, Henri
Fantasie on the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor, Op. 57
Bassi, Luigi
Divertimento on Donizetti's Belisario
Brod, Henri
Duet, Op. 52
Pasculli, Antonio
Fantasia sull'opera Poliuto di Donizetti
Concerto sopra motivi dell'opera La favorita di Donizetti
Donizetti, Gaetano
Oboe Sonata in F Major
Studio No. 1 in B-Flat Major (arr. P. Pollastri for oboe)
A solo in F Minor
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