There is a great deal of interest in baroque oboe music for at least two reasons: first, there is so much of it, and second most of it is immensely satisfying for both performer and listener. Approaches to the performance of baroque music have changed tremendously over the past twenty or so years, as reflected in these recorded performances, in line with extensive musicological researches into this period. Antique oboes have been restored to good playing condition and makers of replicas have found ready markets. for their instruments. Michel Piguet and Jurg Schaeftlein, to name only two, have shown potentialities of the baroque instruments undreamed of only a few years ago.

The present-day performer of baroque oboe music faces some dilemmas - should he play his modern instrument or try to find a good replica of a "baroque" instrument? Should this music be approached with the same ideals of tone, phrase shape, and generally high intensity levels we associate with orchestral playing (in a Brahms symphony for example)? Since most of us are trained as - orchestral players, this tradition is not easy to deny, or even put aside temporarily. The question of ornamentation is a prickly one too. The beautiful performances of Tabuteau and Goossens of the Handel G Minor Concerto seem pristine in their unadorned simplicity; Tottcher's recorded performance goes to the other pole, in which the music would almost be overwhelmed by the incredibly complicated embellishments were it not for the basic strength and nobility of the work. To my taste, the performances of Heinz Holliger explore a refreshing middle route through this question of ornamentation; they invariably give an impression of spontaneity and delight the listener with unexpected rhythmic and coloristic variation (for example, the last movements of the Handel C Minor and C Minor Sonatas). Holliger's colleagues are masters of continuo playing and echo his stylish ornaments. In this same vein, the continuo player on Harold Gomberg's beautiful recording of the Telemann D Minor Concerto adds much to the atmosphere of this performance particularly in the first movement. Robert Bloom so aptly describes ornamentation as more than merely adding a trill here or a turn there, but the idea of developing a "new melody;" those who have heard his moving performance of the Handel G Minor Concerto (the third movement in particular) will understand his concept.

Those interested in further comparing ideas of ornamentation will find much to admire in three performances of the CPE Bach Sonata in G Minor, those of Piguet, Holliger, and Evelyn Barbirolli. Here are three personal and distinctive approaches, each satisfying in its own way.

A few words about the following list: the work of the bibliographer is disheartening because it is never finished. Many of the records listed here are now only available in libraries, yet we believe they will repay some searching. If a recorded performance does not appear (and there are many, particularly European, listings we found impossible to trace) this should be construed only as an oversight. We should be eager to supplement this list with significant performances which may have been overlooked. We have limited the scope of the list to solo works only sonatas, concerti, et at There are many splendid recorded performances of baroque orchestral works, and we draw special attention to the Bach cantata series featuring Jurg Schaeftlein and his colleagues, as well as the older Bach Aria Group recordings, with Robert Bloom's magnificent playing. We look forward to listings or reviews of the Brandenburg Concerti and other larger works in which the oboe figures.

Albisoni, Tommaso

Concerto , Op. 9, No. 2 in d minor
Jacques Chambon, oboe
Chamber Orchestra of the Saar, Karl Ristenpart, cond.
Erato LDE 3331 STE 50231

Concerto in D major for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. 7, No. 6
Alfred Hertel, oboe
Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra, Vienna, Edgar Seipenbusch, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 773

Concerti Nr. 2 in d-moll; Nr. 11 in B-dur; Nr. 5 in C-dur; Nr. 8 in g-moll
Heinz Holliger, oboe
I Musici, Maria Tersa Garatti, cembalo
Philips 839 740 DXY

Concerto in B-flat for Oboe and Strings, Op. 7, No. 3
ANDRE LARDROT, oboe
Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Felix Prohaska, cond.
Vanguard 2036

Concerti Op. 9, No. 2 in d minor; Op. 7, No. 3 in B major; Op. 7, No. 6 in D major; Op. 7, No. 9 in F major; Op. 7, No. 12 in C major
PIERRE PIERLOT, oboe
Antiqua Musica Chamber Orchestra Jacques Roussel, cond.
Angel S 36325

Concerti Op. 7, No. 3 in B-flat major and Op. 7, No. 6 in D major
EVELYN ROTHWELL, oboe
Pro Arte Orchestra of London, John Barbirolli, cond.
Vanguard SRV-I91

Concerto for Oboe in C major, Op. 9, No. 4
HELMUT WINSCHERMANN, oboe
Deutsch Bachsolisten, Helmut Winschermann, cond.
Nonesuch H-71148

Concerto in D major for 2 oboe d'amore
SIDNEY SUTCLIFFE and ROGER LORD, oboe d'amore
London Baroque Ensemble, Karl Haas, cond.
Vanguard SRV-192SD

Twelve Concerti a Cinque, Op. 9 for one and two oboes
PIERRE PIERLOT and JACQUES CHAMBON, oboes
I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 1074-1075

Four Concerti a Cinque, Op. 9 for oboe, strings, and continuo
HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
I Musici
Phillips 839 240 DXY

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

Concerto in E-flat for Oboe

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Geneva Baroque Orch., Jean-Marie Auberson, cond.
Monitor MCS 2088

HELMUT HUCKE, oboe
Collegium Aureum
RCA VICS- 1463

Sonata in g minor for Oboe

MICHEL PIGUET, oboe
Lionel Rogg, harpsichord and Hansjurg Lange, bassoon
Odyssey 32 1600 50

EVELYN BARBIROLLI, oboe
Valda Aveling, harpsichord and Dennis Nesbitt, viola da gamba
EMI HQS 1298

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Ursula Holliger, harp; Rama Jucker, cello
Philips 839 787 LY

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Concerto in F major for Oboe
HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Orchestre de Chambre Romande, Alain Milhaud, cond.
Monitor MC 2091 and MCS 2091

Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe

FRIEDRICH MILDE, oboe; Will Beh, violin
Pro Musica Strings of Stuttgart, Rolf Reinhardt, cond.
Vox PL 9580

HAROLD GOMBERG, oboe- Isaac Stern, violin
Members of the New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein, cond.
Columbia ML 6349 and MS 6949

LEON GOOSSENS, oboe; Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Bath Festival Orchestra, Menuhin, cond.
Angel S-36103

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe; Lorand Fenyves, violin
Geneva Baroque Orchestra, Jean-Marie Auberson, cond.
Monitor MC 2088 and MCS 2088

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe; Arthur Grumiaux, violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Edo de Waart, cond.
Philips SAL 6500 119

JURG SCHAEFTLEIN, oboe; A. Harnoncourt, violin
Vienna Concentus Musicus, N. Harnoncourt, cond.
Telefunken S-9557

Concerto for Oboe d'Amore (from BWV 1055)
HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe d'amore
Lucerne Festival Strings, Rudolf Baumgartner, cond.
Deutsche Grammophon 139 432

Sonata in g minor, BWV 1020

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Edith Picht-Axenfeld, cembalo; Marcal Cervera, cello
Philips 839 786 LY

HANS GEORG RENNER, oboe
Mace DM 9027

Sinfonias to Cantatas 12, 21, and 156
HARRY SHULMAN, oboe
Daniel Saidenberg, cond.
Kapp 9041

Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de

Sonata for Oboe
JACQUES SIMARD, oboe
Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord
Pirouette JA 19007

Fasch, Johan Friedrich

Sonata in B-flat major for 2 Oboes da caccia and Continuo
HANS GEORG RENNER and DIETMAR KELLER, oboes da caccia
Mace DM9027

Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes and Strings

MANFRED ZEH and KARLHEINZ ALVES, oboes
Hamburg Baroque Ensemble
Deutsche Grammophon DGG 136-470

HELMUT WINSCHERMANN, oboe
Deutsche Bachsolisten
Nonesuch 71148

Fiocco, Joseph-Hector

Adagio for Oboe
HARRY SHULMAN, oboe
Daniel Saidenberg, cond.
Kapp 9041

Graun, Johann Gottlieb

Concerto in D major for oboe d'amore
ALFRED HERTEL, oboe d'amore
Austrian Tonkunstler Orchestra, Zlatko Topolski, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 714

Handel, Georg Frederic

Three Oboe Concerti
HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
ECO, Raymond Leppard, cond.
Philips 6500 240

Concerto in G minor for Oboe
ANDRE LARDROT, oboe
Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Felix Prohaska, cond.
Vanguard 2036

Concerti for Oboe and Strings, Nos. 1, 2, and 3
ROGER LORD, oboe
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, cond.
Argo ZRG 5442

Two Concerti for Oboe and Strings, Op. 3
HEINZ NORDBRUCH, oboe
The Wuhrer Chamber Orch., Friedrich Wuhrer, cond.
Alshire ASC-803

Concerto in G minor (with Royal Fireworks Music)
PIERRE PIERLOT, oboe
Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Francois Paillard, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 511

Concerto No. 1 for Oboe
HARRY SHULMAN, oboe
Daniel Saidenberg, cond.
Kapp 9041

Concerti in G minor and B-flat major for Oboe and Orchestra
HARRY SHULMAN, oboe
Stradivari String Orchestra, Arnold Eidus, cond.
Stradivari 604

Concerti in G minor and B-flat major and Sonata in F major for Oboe
THEODORA SCHULZE, oboe
Telemann Society Orchestra, Richard Schulze, cond.
Vox PL 16 250

Concerto in G minor for Oboe and Strings
MARCEL TABUTEAU, oboe
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.
Columbia ML 4629

Concerti in G minor and B-flat major
EVERT VAN TRICHT, oboe
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Bernhard Paumgartner, cond.
Mercury SR 90403

Concerti Grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6
JACQUES CHAMBON and LUCIEN DEBRAY, oboes
Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Francois Paillard, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 806-809

Concerti Grossi Op. 3
ROGER LORD and MICHAEL DOBSON, oboes :
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, cond.
Argo ZRG 5400

Sonata in G minor for Oboe, Op. 1, No. 6

HAROLD GOMBERG, oboe
Igor Kipnis, harpsichord; Nathan Stutch, cello; and Morris Newman, bassoon
Columbia ML 6232 and MS 6832

JACQUES SIMARD, oboe
Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord
Pirouette JA 19007

Sonata in g minor, B-flat major and c minor
HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Edith Picht-Axenfeld, cembalo and Marcel Cervera, cello
Philips 839 786 LY

Sonata in B-flat major for 2 oboes and continuo
HANS GEORG RENNER and DIETMAR KELLER, oboes
Mace DM 9027

Hertel, Johann Wilhelm

Oboe Concerto in G major; Partita Nos. 1 and 2; Trio No. 3
ALFRED HERTEL, oboe
Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Sibyl Urbancic, harpsichord and organ; Zlatko Topolski, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 1040

Concerto in E-flat for Oboe and Trumpet

HELMUT HUCKE, oboe; Edward Tarr, trumpet
Das Consortium Musicum, Fritz Lehan, cond.
Nonesuch H 71270

PIERRE PIERLOT, oboe; Maurice Andre, trumpet
Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Francois Paillard, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 869

Concerto in D major for Trumpet and 2 Oboes
PIERRE PIERLOT and JACQUES CHAMBON, oboes; Maurice Andre, trumpet
Paillard Chamber Orchestra Jean-Francois Paillard, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 869

Leclair, Jean Marie

Concerto in C major for Oboe

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Orchestre de Chambre Romande, Alain Milhaud, cond.
Monitor MC 2091 and MCS 2091

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Dresden State Orchestra, Vittorio Negri, cond.
Philips 6500 413

ANDRE LARDROT, oboe
Vienna Solisten, Bottcher, cond.
Vanguard 2138

Locatelli, Pietro

Sonata for Oboe
JACQUES SIMARD, oboe
Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord
Pirouette JA 19007

Lully, Jean Baptiste

Suite for Trumpets, Oboes, and Kettle Drums
JEAN-CLAUDE MALGOIRE, ROBERT CASIER, JACQUES CHAMBON, and PIERRE CASIER (playing musettes, oboes, baritone oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn)
Turnabout TV-S 34376

Marcello, Alessandro

Concerto for Oboe

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Geneva Baroque Orchestra, Jean-Maire Auberson, cond.
Monitor MC 2088 and MCS 2088

JOHN DE LANCIE, oboe
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.
Columbia ML 6377 and MS 6977

HEINZ NORDBRUCH, oboe
The Wuhrer Chamber Orchestra, Friedrich Wuhrer, cond.
Alshire ASC-803

PIERRE PIERLOT, oboe
Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Francois Paillard, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 552

EVELYN ROTHWELL, oboe
Pro Arte Orchestra of London, John Barbirolli, cond.
Vanguard SRV-I91

HARRY SHULMAN, oboe
Daniel Saidenberg, cond.
Kapp 9041

HAN DE VRIES, oboe- Netherlands Kamerorkest, David Zinman, cond.
EMI 5 C 053-23 367

Telemann, Georg P.

Concerto in d minor for Oboe, Strings, and Continuo

HAROLD GOMBERG, oboe
Columbia Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Cond.
Columbia ML 6232 and MS 6832

PIERRE PIERLOT, oboe
Chamber Orchestra of the Saar Radio
Erato STU 70272

Concerto in e minor for Oboe
KURT KALMUS, oboe
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Munich, Redel, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 518

Concerto in f minor for Oboe and Orchestra

ALFRED HERTEL, oboe
Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra, Vienna, Kurt List, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 743

EUGENEI NEPALOV, oboe
The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai, cond.
Angel S 36264

HEINZ NORDBRUCH, oboe
The Wuhrer Chamber Orchestra, Friedrich Wuhrer, cond.
Alshire ASC-803

GUNTER PASSIN, oboe
The Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Muller-Bruhl, cond.
Monitor MC 2100/1 and MCS 2100/1

HARRY SHULMAN, oboe
David Saidenberg, cond.
Kapp 9041

THEODORA SCHULZE, oboe
Telemann Society, Orchestra, Richard Schulze, cond.
Stereovox STPL 514.300
Vox VL 590 STDL 590

Concerto for Oboe d'amore in A major
JACQUES CHAMBON, oboe d'amore
Orchestre de Chambre, Jean-Francois Paillard, cond.
Erato STU 70252

Concerto in G major for Oboe d'amore and Strings

HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe d'amore
Dresden State Orchestra, Negri, cond.
Phillips 6500413

ANDRE LARDROT, oboe d'amore
Solisti di Zagreb, Janigro, cond.
Bach Guild 70679

Concerto in B-flat for 3 Oboes and 3 Violins

JOHN DE LANCIE, CHARLES MORRIS, and STEVENS HEWITT, oboes
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
RCA LSC-3057

PIERRE PIERLOT, EUGENEI NEPALOV, and PIOTR DUBROV oboes
The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai, cond.
Angel S36264

Concerto for 2 Oboes, Trumpet, and continuo

HEINZ NORDBRUCH and H. SCHWESINGER, oboes (Adolf Scherbaum, trumpet)
Hamburg Camerata Instrumentale
Helidor HS 25006

PIERRE PIERLOT and JACQUES CHAMBON, oboes (Maurice Andre, trumpet)
Chamber Orchestra of the Saar Radio
Erato STU 70272

ALFRED SOUS and OTTO WINTER oboes (Heinz Zickler, trumpet)
Mainz Chamber Orchestra, Kehr, cond.
Vox STDL 500.860

JOHN DE LANCIE and CHARLES MORRIS, oboes
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.
RCA LSC-3057

Concerto in D major for 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, timpani, and strings

HENRY SCHUMAN and PHILIP WEST, oboes
Esterhazy Orchestra, David Blum, cond.
Bach Guild BG-695; BGS-70695

HELMUT WINSCHERMANN and ERICH BOLZ, oboes
Chamber Orchestra of the Saar, Karl Ristenpart, cond.
Nonesuch H-71132

Concerto in B-flat for 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, and Strings
HENRY SCHUMAN and PHILIP WEST, oboes
Esterhazy Orchestra, David Blum, cond.
Bach Guild BG-695; BGS-70695

"Napolitana" for Oboe d'Amore and Continuo
ALFRED SOUS, oboe d'amore
Deutsche Grammaphone DGG Archiv 198430

Overture in C major for 3 Oboes, Strings and Continuo
HELMUT WINSCHERMANN, ERICH BOLZ, and LUDWIG TRENZ, oboes
Chamber Orchestra of the Saar, Karl Ristenpart, cond.
Nonesuch H-71132

Sonata in a minor

MICHEL PIGUET, oboe
Hansjurg Lange, bassoon; Lionel Rogg, harpsichord
Odyssey 32 160050

WAYNE RAPIER, oboe
John Perry Piano
Coronet S-i409

ARNO MARIOTTI, oboe
Golden Crest RE 7027

THEODORA SCHULZE, oboe
Vox PL 16.210

Sonata in a minor and Suite in g minor for Oboe and Continuo
ALFRED SOUS, oboe
Deutsche Grammaphone DGG Archiv 198430

Sonata in A major for two oboe d'amore and continuo
HANS GEORG RENNER and DIETMAR KELLER, oboes d'amore
Mace DM 902

Sonata in c minor
HAROLD GOMBERG, oboe
Nathan Stutch, cello; Morris Newman bassoon; Igor Kipnis, harpsichord
Columbia MS-6832

Sonatas in e minor and g minor
HAN DE VRIES, oboe
Janny van Wering, cembalo; Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp, cello
EMI 5 C 053-23 367

Tafelmusik - Trio Sonata in e minor

MICHEL PIGUET, oboe
Deutsch Grammaphon Archive 198
336/37

AD MATER, oboe
Telefunken AWT 9451/52-A

JACQUES SIMARD, oboe
Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord
Pirouette JA 19007

Sonata in E flat Major
EVELYN BARBIROLLI, oboe
Valda Aveling, harpsichord and Dennis Nesbitt, viola da gamba
EMI HQS 1298

Trio Sonatas in a minor, e minor, and d minor for oboe and recorder
THEODORA SCHULTZE, oboe
Vox PL 16.210

Trio Sonatas in c minor and e minor for oboe and recorder
LOIS WANN, oboe
Alfred Mann, recorder; Edith Weiss Mann, harpsichord
Westminster XWN 18589

Six Partitas (Die Kleine Kammermusik)
MELVIN BERMAN, oboe
Kelsey Jones, harpsichord
Vox STPL 514.020

Six Partitas, Sonata in a minor, and 4 Pieces from Getreue Musikmeister
HUMBERT LUCARELLI, oboe
Gerald Ranck, harpsichord; Alan Brown, bassoon
Musical Heritage MHS 996-997

Tessarini, Carlo

Sonata in F Major
EVELYN BARBIROLLI, oboe
Valda Aveling, harpsichord; Dennis Nesbitt, viola da gamba
EMI HQS 1298

Giuseppe, Valentini

Concerto in C major for Oboe
ALFRED HERTEL, oboe
Rudolf Kalup, violin (Largo)
Hilde Langfort, harpsichord; Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra, Vienna, Edgar Seipenbusch, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 773

Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto in F major for Oboe P. 306
HAROLD GOMBERG, oboe
Columbia Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Cond.
Columbia MS 6832

Concerto in C major for Oboe P. 41
ALBERTO CAROLDI, oboe
Gli Accademici di Milano, Piero Santi, cond.
Turnabout TV 4025; TV 34025 S

Five Concerti - c major, P. 41; a minor, P. 42; C major, P. 44; F major, P. 306; D major, P. 187
ALBERTO CAROLDI, oboe
Gli Accademici di Milano, Piero Santi, cond.
Vox PL 10-720

Concerti - C major, P. 41; B-flat major, Op. 7, No. 7; C major, P. 91; D major, P. 187; a minor, P. 42; d minor, Op. 8, No. 9
PIERRE PIERLOT, oboe
I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone, cond.
Musical Heritage MHS 951

Concerti - C major, Op. 8, No. 12; F major, P. 264; C major, P. 44; F major, P. 306; C major, P. 43; B-flat major, Op. 7, No. 1
PIERRE PIERLOT, oboe
I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone, cond.
MHS 952

Concerti for Oboe
HARRY SHULMAN, ARTHUR KRILOV, HARRY SMYLES, oboes
New York Sinfonietta, Max Goberman
Odyssey 32 16 0214

Concerto for 2 Clarinets and 2 Oboes

ALBERTO CAROLDI and ALBERTO ALVAROSI, oboes
Gli Accademici di Milano, Piero Santi, cond.
Turnabout TV 4025; TV 34025 S

SIDNEY SUTCLIFFE and ROGER LORD, oboes
London Baroque Ensemble, Karl Haas, cond.
Vanguard SRV - 192 SD

Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon
ALBERTO CAROLDI, oboe
Gli Accademici di Milano, Piero Santi, cond.
Turnabout TV 4025; TV 34025 S

Sonata in c minor
HEINZ HOLLIGER, oboe
Edith Picht-Axenfeld, cembalo; Marcel
Cervera, cello
Philips 839 786 LY

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