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Quartetto Bernardini

Description:

Five carefully selected historical oboes bring back the excitement of the time the music was composed!When one thinks of an oboe quarteta string trio with the addition of an oboeMozarts works are usually the first to come to mind. In fact, a surprisingly large number of works in this genre were composed from the Classical period through the early Romantic era. Among those worksburied in the annals of history and long forgottenthere are many that reveal their true value only when performed on the instruments actually used by the composers at the time. Bernardini, who is tirelessly dedicated to the study of historical oboes, focused here on original 18th- and 19th-century instruments preserved throughout Europe. Through a carefully curated program, he revealed the true character of oboe quartets composed around the time of Mozart. Making the most of the elegant, antique timbre unique to o