The Privileged Oboe Emma Black, Ilia Korol, Peter Trefflinger, Euène Michelangeli

• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Violin Sonata in F Major, TWV 41:
• 1 Telemann: Violin Sonata in F Major, TWV 41:F3 (Arr. for Oboe, Cello & Basso Continuo): I. Andante 01:50
• 2 Telemann: Violin Sonata in F Major, TWV 41:F3 (Arr. for Oboe, Cello & Basso Continuo): II. Vivace 02:20
• 3 Telemann: Violin Sonata in F Major, TWV 41:F3 (Arr. for Oboe, Cello & Basso Continuo): III. Grave 01:57
• 4 Telemann: Violin Sonata in F Major, TWV 41:F3 (Arr. for Oboe, Cello & Basso Continuo): IV. Allegro 02:16
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Violin Sonata in G Minor (Attrib. J.S. Bach's BWV 1020) [Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Basso Continuo]:
• 5 Bach: Violin Sonata in G Minor (Attrib. J.S. Bach's BWV 1020) [Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Basso Continuo]: I. Allegro 04:07
• 6 Bach: Violin Sonata in G Minor (Attrib. J.S. Bach's BWV 1020) [Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Basso Continuo]: II. Adagio 02:56
• 7 Bach: Violin Sonata in G Minor (Attrib. J.S. Bach's BWV 1020) [Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Basso Continuo]: III. Allegro 05:20
• Oboe Sonata in G Minor, Wq. 135:
• 8 Bach: Oboe Sonata in G Minor, Wq. 135: I. Adagio 02:17
• 9 Bach: Oboe Sonata in G Minor, Wq. 135: II. Allegro 03:51
• 10 Bach: Oboe Sonata in G Minor, Wq. 135: III. Vivace 04:46
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 (Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Basso Continuo):
• 11 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 (Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Basso Continuo): I. Allegro Moderato 02:36
• 12 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 (Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Basso Continuo): II. Adagio 06:55
• 13 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 (Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Basso Continuo): III. Allegro 03:43
• Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528 (Arr. for Oboe d'Amore, Viola & Basso Continuo):
• 14 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528 (Arr. for Oboe d'Amore, Viola & Basso Continuo): I. Adagio 02:37
• 15 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528 (Arr. for Oboe d'Amore, Viola & Basso Continuo): II. Andante 04:48
• 16 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528 (Arr. for Oboe d'Amore, Viola & Basso Continuo): III. Un poco allegro 02:37
• Georg Philipp Telemann: Oboe Sonata in A Minor, TWV 41:a3:
• 17 Telemann: Oboe Sonata in A Minor, TWV 41:a3: I. Siciliano 02:12
• 18 Telemann: Oboe Sonata in A Minor, TWV 41:a3: II. Spirituoso 02:00
• 19 Telemann: Oboe Sonata in A Minor, TWV 41:a3: III. Andante 02:11
• 20 Telemann: Oboe Sonata in A Minor, TWV 41:a3: IV. Vivace 01:19
• Total Runtime 01:02:38

Info for The Privileged Oboe

Of the six works by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach and G.F. Telemann (father, son and godfather) recorded here, only two were composed specifically for the oboe, namely the G minor Sonata by C.P.E. Bach and the A minor Sonata by Telemann. However, all of these works are suitable in terms of colour, range and texture for the instrumental combinations I have chosen here. At the time of composition, it was common practice to borrow and adapt pieces written for other instruments, which I have retained in my choice of repertoire for this recording.

When I perform or teach the Sonata BWV 1020 (attributed to J.S. Bach but generally believed to be by the hand of his son), the obbligato line of the harpsichord right hand has always taken the form of a third performer in my mind. I have taken this idea and transformed it into a solo oboe sonata with obbligato violin and continuo. The recording of the two organ trio sonatas had long been an idea-fixe. The beauty and complexity of these masterpieces perfectly reflect the plaintive and lyrical qualities of the oboe/oboe d'amore and violin/viola.

Emma Black, oboe
Ilia Korol, violin
Peter Trefflinger, cello
Eugene Michelangeli, harpsichord

Emma Black
Australian born Emma Black is the principal oboist with the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble (Thomas Hengelbrock) and principal and soloist with the Wiener Akademie (Vienna) and Le Concert de la Loge (Paris) . With all of these orchestras she has performed in all the major European festivals and can be heard in numerous cd and radio recordings.

Emma Black also plays and records regularly with Musica Aeterna (Teodor Currentzis), the Nederlands Bach Vereinigung ,the Orchestra of the Antipodes, Pinchgut Opera, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie , the Wiener Kammerorchester, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Vienna, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ensemble Prisma, Bach Consort Wien, Les Talens Lyriques, The Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra (ARCO).

As a soloist, she performs regularly with the Wiener Akademie (most recently performing Mozart and Haydn oboe concertos in the Vienna Musikverein ), Emma has also performed often with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, ARCO and the Bach Consort Wien.

Over the past 15 years Emma Black has pursued a strong interest in early music and study of the historical oboe. This interest had its genesis following her move to Zurich in 1993 where she began playing with the Orchester der Opernhaus Zurich with conductors such as Nicholas Harnoncourt, Nello Santi and Franz Weiser-Möst. It was here she had her first experiences with historical instruments in the opera house orchestra La Scintilla. This led to a decision to study historical oboe and performance practice at the Scuola Cantorum, Basel. She subsequently became an active member of the Zurich Bläser Quintett recording several CDs with this group and making regular radio recordings and performances in leading European festivals.

Between the years 2005-2009, Emma was the principal oboist of the Kammerakademie Potsdam, at the time under the artistic direction of Sergio Azzolini and then Andrea Marcon.

Emma Black’s musical studies commenced at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne before relocating to Europe where she studied with Heinz Holliger the Musik Hochschule Freiburg and Maurice Bourgue at the Conservatoire de Geneve.

Between the years 2014-2019 she held the position of professor for oboe at the Kunstuniversität Graz.

Ilia Korol
Born in Kiev, Ilia Korol (Violin) studied violin at the Music Academy Moscow with Abraham Stern and Marina Iashvili. Since 1997 he lives in Austria, where he was rewarded 2001 with the Austrian citizenship due to his musical merits. He appeared with Musica Antiqua Cologne, and performs as concertmaster of Joshua Rifkin?s Bach Ensembles, with the Spanish Barock orchesters RCOC, with the Vienna Academy of Music and furthermore, he is member of the Ensembles Ars Antiqua Austria and the Clemencic Consorts. He recorded several CDs and performed as a member in reknown ensembles at the most important festivals in Europe, Asia and the United States. In 2003 Ilia Korol founded together with Julia Moretti the chamber orchestra moderntimes, that was one of the opening orchestras of the Vienna Festival in 2004, that gave a guest performance at the Ruhr Triennale in 2005, and that was invited to the Salzburg Festival in 2006.

Peter Trefflinger
was born in Steyr, Upper Austria, and studied violoncello with Jannis Chronopoulos at the University of Music in Graz, baroque cello with Jörg Zwicker at the Vienna Conservatory and viola da gamba with Lorenz Duftschmid. Various master classes brought the sought-after baroque cellist into contact with musical personalities such as Philippe Muller, Max Engel, Jaap ter Linden and Kurt Neuhauser. Engagements in various orchestras on original instruments, including the Vienna Academy, the Haydn Academy, the Concilium Musicum Vienna and the L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra Linz have taken him to many countries in Europe and North and South America as well as to Japan. Another focus of his work is chamber music. He works with ensembles such as Ars Antiqua Austria and Ensemble Castor. Numerous CD recordings with Alpha, CPO and ORF, among others, document his skills.

Eugène Michelangeli
was born in France. He began his study of the harpsichord as a child at the music school of Dieppe, where he was awarded the Médaille d’or in 1995. Thereafter he continued his training at the Conservatoire National de Région de Boulogne-Billancourt, where he earned the first prize for harpsichord and basso continuo in 1998. In 2002, Eugène Michelangeli concluded his studies with Gordon Murray at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna with the degree of Magister Artium.

Alongside teaching assignments at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, as well as the Art University in Graz , Michelangeli also pursues an intense domestic and international concert career. He has appeared as a chamber musician at festivals including the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna Festival, the Styriarte in Graz and the Italia Mia Festival in Vienna, as well as in a soloist capacity at the Bach Week in Thüringen.

As a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra during its 2000 and 2003 seasons, he played as a soloist and a continuo player under the direction of Paul Goodwin, Roy Goodman and Lars Ulrik Mortensen in places such as Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Stuttgart (Liederhalle), London, Brussels, Hannover and Riga. He has appeared as a guest performer in numerous opera productions (including at the Festival d’Ambronay, the Bonn Opera, the Teatro Real Madrid, the Vienna Festival and the International Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt).

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