Klein/Bush - Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas

Grammy Award-winner Alex Klein, former principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performs sonatas that signify the oboe�s 20th-century reemergence as a brilliant solo instrument. One of the world�s most famous oboe players, Klein says he waited to acquire a professional lifetime�s worth of experience before putting his stamp on the six sonatas heard here. With pianist Phillip Bush, Klein plays works that he says �define the modern oboe�: Camille Saint-Sa�ns� jovial, late-Romantic Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 166; York Bowen�s lushly beautiful Sonata for Oboe and Pianoforte, Op. 85; Henri Dutilleux�s emotionally wide-ranging Sonata for Oboe and Piano; Petr Eben�s youthful, inventive Oboe Sonata, Op.1; Francis Poulenc�s late, philosophical Sonata for Oboe and Piano, FP 185; and Eug�ne Bozza�s Sonata for Oboe and Piano, an ethereal, rarely heard tour de force.