From Leipzig to London: Duo Sonatas
Althea Ifeka [Althea Talbot-Howard] (oboe), Katharine May (harpsichord)
Althea Ifeka is a superb oboist with a slightly plangent tone which fits well with the harpsichord, as the engaging Gordon Jacob Sonatina shows with its variety of invention, splicing melancholy,...
From Leipzig to London: Duo Sonatas
Althea Ifeka [Althea Talbot-Howard] (oboe), Katharine May (harpsichord)
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Althea Ifeka is a superb oboist with a slightly plangent tone which fits well with the harpsichord, as the engaging Gordon Jacob Sonatina shows with its variety of invention, splicing melancholy,...
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- Althea Ifeka, Katharine May
- Althea Ifeka, Katharine May
- Althea Ifeka, Katharine May
- Althea Ifeka, Katharine May
- Althea Ifeka, Katharine May
- Althea Ifeka, Katharine May
- Althea Ifeka, Katharine May
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September 2006
Althea Ifeka is a superb oboist with a slightly plangent tone which fits well with the harpsichord, as the engaging Gordon Jacob Sonatina shows with its variety of invention, splicing melancholy, wit and geniality. Elizabeth Maconchy always make you sit up. She writes effectively, ruggedly and intensely; but you have to listen carefully here until she relents in the heart-touching cadenza in the closing Vivo.
