Notes and Editorial Reviews
The Netherlands Wind Ensemble for decades was the greatest group of its type making recordings, so it’s not surprising that these early 1970s performances are beyond reproach. Whether or not you like the music is another matter. Strauss wrote a great deal of “serenade stuff”, and a couple of these pieces, the Sonatina No. 1 and “The Happy Workshop” Symphony for Wind Instruments, are very substantial. The latter runs for some 40 minutes, and the former isn’t much shorter. Let’s face it: they sound long. Strauss may have loved Mozart, but Mozart he was not. Still, the music is consistently pleasant and of course beautifully written. Holliger basically owned the Oboe Concerto, and he plays the living daylights out of it. If you want this
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music, you can’t do better.
-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording
1.
Serenade for Winds in E flat major, Op. 7 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1971
Venue: The Netherlands
Length: 8 Minutes 45 Secs.
2.
Suite for 13 Winds in B flat major, Op. 4 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; Germany
Date of Recording: 08/1972
Venue: The Netherlands
Length: 23 Minutes 27 Secs.
3.
Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144 by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Heinz Holliger (Oboe)
Conductor:
Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1945-1948; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/1970
Venue: London, England
Length: 26 Minutes 29 Secs.
4.
Sonatina no 1 in F major, AV 135 "Werkstatt eines Invaliden" by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1943; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1971
Venue: The Netherlands
Length: 32 Minutes 16 Secs.
5.
Sonatina no 2 in E flat major, AV 143 "Fröhliche Werkstatt" by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Edo De Waart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944-1945; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/1970
Venue: The Netherlands
Length: 39 Minutes 45 Secs.
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