Out of print 1996 Koch Schwann CD of three oboe quartets
and two oboe quintets of French late-Classical composers, played by
Quatuor Altair with oboist Jean Pierre Arnaud. The largest, and for me
most gratifying, piece is the Grand Quintetto Concertante of
Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766 - 1831), the dedicatee of Beethoven's sonata. An
elaborate, modulation-filled Allegro is followed by a slow but
dancelike Andante, then an oddly out-of-scale final Allegro lasting only
1'50. There's also a lot of invention in the quartet l'Art de la Modulation
of Francois Andre Danican Philidor (1726 - 1795), which actually sounds
like an updating of a Baroque suite. The remaining works are quartets
of Genaro Rava and Carl Joseph Toeschi (1731 - 1788), and the quintet of
Joseph Francois Garnier (1755 - 1825).
Disc, booklet, and case are in mint condition.
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