Gassmann: Oboe Quartets & Quintets

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For oboe lovers especially these are wonderful works. Short as they are, they’re brimful of melodic charm and grace, and the scoring is that of a composer who worked closely with the musicians... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2023 More…

Release Date: 3rd Mar 2023
Catalogue No: 555528-2
Label: CPO
Length: 66 minutes

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Gassmann: Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B flat major (After "Amor und Psyche"), H. 571

Work length11:13

$3.00

$3.90

After "Amor und Psyche"
Lajos Lencsés (oboe)
Szigeti Quartet

I. Allegro

Track length4:09

$1.00

$1.30

II. Larghetto

Track length3:33

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegretto

Track length3:31

$1.00

$1.30

Gassmann: Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in B flat major (After "Amor und Psyche"), H. 573

Work length11:25

$3.00

$3.90

After "Amor und Psyche"
Lajos Lencsés (oboe)
Szigeti Quartet

I. Adagio

Track length4:28

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro moderato

Track length2:31

$1.00

$1.30

III. Poco allegro

Track length4:26

$1.00

$1.30

Gassmann: Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in E flat major, H. 482

Work length11:57

$3.00

$3.90

Lajos Lencsés (oboe)
Szigeti Quartet

I. Adagio

Track length2:59

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro assai

Track length5:24

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegretto

Track length3:34

$1.00

$1.30

Gassmann: Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in B flat major, H. 483

Work length12:09

$3.00

$3.90

Lajos Lencsés (oboe)
Szigeti Quartet

I. Andante

Track length2:26

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length3:06

$1.00

$1.30

III. Moderato

Track length6:37

$1.00

$1.30

Gassmann: Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in D major, H. 486

Work length9:19

$3.00

$3.90

Lajos Lencsés (oboe)
Szigeti Quartet

I. Adagio

Track length3:03

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length3:54

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro

Track length2:22

$1.00

$1.30

Gassmann: Cassatio for 2 Cors anglais, Bassoon & 2 Horns, H. 532

Work length10:44

$7.00

$9.10

Lajos Lencsés (oboe), Lena Gersbacher (cor anglais), Libor Šíma (bassoon), Josef Weissteiner (horn), Wolfgang Wipfler (horn)

I. Adagio

Track length1:51

$1.00

$1.30

II. Allegro

Track length2:17

$1.00

$1.30

III. Menuetto

Track length2:04

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Adagio

Track length0:53

$1.00

$1.30

V. Menuetto

Track length2:07

$1.00

$1.30

VI. Allegro

Track length0:36

$1.00

$1.30

VII. Alternativo

Track length0:56

$1.00

$1.30

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From today's perspective, Florian Leopold Gaßmann (1729-1774) falls into one of those time gaps that, like black holes in the universe of art, threaten to swallow up everything that cannot be easily assigned to an era in retrospect. And this despite the fact that the German from Bohemia was anything but a minor master of music notation during his lifetime and for several decades thereafter, both in Italy, where he began his actual career, and in Austria, where shortly before his untimely death he was appointed imperial court conductor: his operas were in such demand on both sides of the Alps that Gaßmann really did not have to worry about making a living, and his instrumental music was also distributed widely, mostly in the form of copies. This production cleverly combines the two main areas of his activity, for the two quintets for oboe and strings recorded here are arrangements of some particularly popular arias from the successful opera Amor und Psyche, while other light music undoubtedly belonged to the "occasional works" that the "court and chamber composer" of Joseph II. These are all extremely beautiful-sounding, imaginative and varied creations, which are coming to life under the umbrella of the now legendary master oboist Lájos Lencsés and, thanks to their colorfulness, will no longer have to fear a black hole.

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Sep/Oct 2023

For oboe lovers especially these are wonderful works. Short as they are, they’re brimful of melodic charm and grace, and the scoring is that of a composer who worked closely with the musicians he wrote these pieces for and knew how to bring out the best in them, both the players and their instruments. Strongly recommended.

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