Back to Home Page Recordings to celebrate the world of the oboe Links & Surprises There are other links throughout this site, attached to particular, appropriate, pages. Fredric T Cohen has passed on this link to the Houston Texans; play the movie clip called SUPER AD: FINAL CUT, and discover the connection between Bach's second Brandenburg concerto and American Football. Nicholas Daniel performs Britten's Metamorphoses on YouTube. This link will take you to Bacchus, but all six movements are there. This performance is featured (in HiFi) on the Britten CD. An article by Christopher Redgate on listening to extreme oboe music. There is also a German version. The Best Laid Plans - an article by Althea Ifeka on planning her CD From Leipzig to London, leading up to the first day of recording on July 7th 2005 - a date when others had a different agenda for London. The Oboist as the custodian of orchestral pitch, article by Geoffrey Burgess (this is a page from the 'More Details' section of The Oboe 1903-53). Working with Janet Craxton by Brian Hawkins. (This is a page from the 'More Details' section of Janet Craxton) How some professional oboists first got started. (This is a page from the 'More Details' section of Ready Steady Blow!) Howarth of London, the maker of the oboe pictured in these pages Feedback from people who have bought these CDs What is a cor anglais? - or english horn - the web site of Geoffrey Browne Doris realised too late where she'd left her oboe The British Double Reed Society which has lots of information, and links to other UK music organisations. Haydn looks after his oboists The home page of Matt Fossa - oboist (Pensacola Symphony) and enthusiast - and an oboist in Hungary, Imre Bojtár, who sells CDs on his site The Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM) - for lovers of contemporary music 'The Enraged Musician' The Polmear Ambache Duo - Jeremy Polmear's Duo site with pianist Diana Ambache FOR OBOE MUSIC, June Emerson Wind Music is probably the best wind music supplier in the world! - for a more specialist site, try www.egge-verlag.de. It's in German, but is understandable to an English speaker. Go to the 'shop' page for huge lists of oboe music. FOR AURAL TESTS (hearing beats in a bar, rhythms, singing notes etc) try www.hofnote.co.uk. If you are a cellist, thanks for being here, and for a cello CD try our sister label Cello Classics - and for a clarinet CD, try the label that started it all, Clarinet Classics Zen and the Art of Oboe Playing - some wise words from Maurice Bourgue The Classical Recording Company handles some of our recordings and mastering, and they also have their own CD catalogue, including English oboe music (John Gardner, Paul Patterson, Andrew Downes and John Mayer) played by George Caird. Classical Music Web - a UK-based web resource for classical music which has given lots of Oboe Classics CDs rave reviews. (Excellent taste! Give them a look.) And finally... Correct Positioning of the Oboe - an Expert Guide Back to Home Page