Nickel / Lynch / Sabee- Concertos for Oboe (CD)
Christopher Tyler Nickel's contemporary classical compositions pack a bracing and emotional punch. His award-winning works for the concert hall, stage and screen have been heard in over 160 countries by audiences in the tens of thousands. His experience as an oboist instills a confidence to compose with an exhilarating freedom to explore the vast expressive range of the instrument, from lyrical and plaintive to acerbic and brittle. The world-premiere recordings of these three concertos for oboe and it's lower-pitched siblings the oboe d'amore and bass oboe receive dazzling performances by Mary Lynch, principal oboe of the Seattle Symphony, and Harrison Linsey, oboist with the Washington D.C.-based National Symphony Orchestra. Grammy Award-winning David Sabee, a tireless advocate of contemporary classical music, conducts the Seattle-based Northwest Sinfonia.
Tracklist:
- Concerto For Oboe (2012): I. Andante
- Concerto For Oboe (2012): II. Andante
- Concerto For Oboe (2012): III. Allegro
- Concerto For Oboe D'amore (2014): I. Andante
- Concerto For Oboe D'amore: II. Andante Misterioso - Andante Agitato - Andante
- Concerto For Bass Oboe (2016): I. Andante
- Concerto For Bass Oboe (2016): II. Adagio
- Concerto For Bass Oboe: III. Allegro Agitato
Christopher Tyler Nickel's contemporary classical compositions pack a bracing and emotional punch. His award-winning works for the concert hall, stage and screen have been heard in over 160 countries by audiences in the tens of thousands. His experience as an oboist instills a confidence to compose with an exhilarating freedom to explore the vast expressive range of the instrument, from lyrical and plaintive to acerbic and brittle. The world-premiere recordings of these three concertos for oboe and it's lower-pitched siblings the oboe d'amore and bass oboe receive dazzling performances by Mary Lynch, principal oboe of the Seattle Symphony, and Harrison Linsey, oboist with the Washington D.C.-based National Symphony Orchestra. Grammy Award-winning David Sabee, a tireless advocate of contemporary classical music, conducts the Seattle-based Northwest Sinfonia.
Tracklist:
- Concerto For Oboe (2012): I. Andante
- Concerto For Oboe (2012): II. Andante
- Concerto For Oboe (2012): III. Allegro
- Concerto For Oboe D'amore (2014): I. Andante
- Concerto For Oboe D'amore: II. Andante Misterioso - Andante Agitato - Andante
- Concerto For Bass Oboe (2016): I. Andante
- Concerto For Bass Oboe (2016): II. Adagio
- Concerto For Bass Oboe: III. Allegro Agitato