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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: CC2005
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Oboe
Recorded between 1925 and 1947
The CD booklet contains an essay (in English, French and German) about Goossens and his art by Melvin Harris which has recieved much praise - "Melvin Harris' excellently supportive booklet note" (Classical Music Web); "Melvin Harris, author of the excellent insert note" (Gramophone). There are photographs from Goossens' early and middle life, including some not seen before.
Of Léon Goossens it was once said: "There is perhaps only one other musician who can so etherialise his instrument. One thinks of Casals and his cello."
But it was not always so. In his early days Léon Goossens was dissatisfied with the models he was expected to emulate. His first teacher was Charles Reynolds, the renowned lead oboist of the Hallé Orchestra. Great though he was at teaching breath control and practice passages, his tone and phrasing held no magic for his young pupil. Etherealisation was absent from a tone that was broad, without vibrato and, as Léon put it, "bullish". Indeed, to mute his instrument, Reynolds used to hang a robust pocket handkerchief over his music stand and project into it!
Later studies at London's Royal College of Music brought no real inspiration, for the oboe professor there was William Malsch, a kindly man, but an unlovely player. He was dropped from the Queen's Hall Orchestra since his tone set Sir Henry Wood's teeth on edge. An American critic agreed, when he wrote "His tone bites like sulphuric acid".
The great breakthrough came when Léon heard the Belgian oboist Henri De Busscher play at the Queen's Hall. De Busscher's playing was delicate and expressive, with a marvellous singing quality about it. His long, sensitive phrases were a marvel. His cameo-like tone was endowed with a warm vibrato. This was the inspiration that Léon had yearned for. Night after night he listened out for De Busscher's solos, then went back to his room to emulate and aim for the same subtle and singing control over his oboe. He was an eager and gifted pupil, so much so that when De Busscher left for New York, Henry Wood chose the 16-year-old Goossens to take his place. copyright Melvin Harris, 2002 |
| 21.00 eur Buy |
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ID: GI2051
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection: Historical Recordings
Original Recordings: 1939-1947
CD1, CD2 - Pierre Fournier, cello / Arthur Schnabel, piano
CD3
1-3 - Philharmonia Orchestra - Walter Susskind, conductor
4 - Gerald Moore, piano
5-7 - Jean Hubeau, piano
8-10 - Lamoureux Concert Orchestra - Eugene Bigot, conductor |
| 31.00 eur Buy |
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ID: RRC1183
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal and Opera Collection
Arias & Duets from his greatest recordings of Verdi, Puccini, Mozart.
* 1,9,19: with Orchestra conducted by Alberto Erede, Rec. 1948; ** 2,3,4,5,11,12,16: with Orchestra conducted by Umberto Berrettoni. Rec. 1942: *** 8,15,17,18: with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by James Robertson, Rec.1950 |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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