British Oboe Quintets

HBDirect Verified independent store

→

The legendary British oboist Leon Goossens inspired all the composers represented on this recording, and they wrote all but one of the pieces for his oboe, on which he premièred th e works by Delius, Bax, Bliss, and Finzi featured here. The piece by Vaughan Williams is written for cor anglais, but Goossens’s precious instrument also premièred Vaughan Williams’s Oboe Concerto, in 1944. (Chandos) Show more