Sinfonia Lahti Chamber Ensemble - Kalevi Aho: Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet, Seven Inventions & Postlude, Quintet (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 285 Mb | Total time: 64:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1036 | Recorded: 1999
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 285 Mb | Total time: 64:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1036 | Recorded: 1999
We go right back to the beginning of Aho’s musical career with the first quintet on this disc, composed in 1973. In his booklet notes Aho confesses his love for the oboe; as with the tuba in the Tuba Concerto, he took the trouble to familiarise himself with the oboe's capabilities, the idea being to ‘extend the instrument’s expressive range’.
The first of the two movements opens with a bright, songful introduction on the oboe, soon underpinned by the warm strings. As with the orchestral works there is a remarkable clarity to the writing and a real sense of musical purpose. Even in the extended and more animated passages there is a lively dialogue between oboe and strings, at times building to moments of great intensity.
