Unfortunately, the oboe quartet genre has never attained the status of the clarinet quintet in the public's favor. Yet it is no less appealing a combination, and in the 18th century in particular there was an abundance of quartets with oboe, of which only Mozart's virtuoso oboe quartet achieved fame.
The oboist Emma Black and her colleagues set two pieces by Mozart's contemporaries alongside this famous work, which, not least thanks to the all-round convincing realization, arouse curiosity for further compositions in this instrumentation.