Gonzalo X. Ruiz — well known to Bay Area audiences through his long-standing involvement with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra — is among the country’s great Baroque oboists, and this lovely and ...

The title really ought to come in quotation marks, for of the five works that Alexei Ogrintchouk plays on his first solo recording for BIS, only one, the Adagio from the Sinfonia of the Easter ...

In 1945, a corporal in the U.S. army (and oboist) visited Richard Strauss at his home and asked him if he had ever considered writing an oboe concerto. The old man declined. Six months later - aged 81 ...

This is the first Vaughan Williams symphony in Mark Elder's English music series with the Hallé, and it's interesting that he should choose the one work among the nine that was both its composer's ...

Last year it was the tuba that got all the attention during a concert featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Tuba Concerto.” Now the Long Beach Symphony is giving another instrument that doesn’t always ...

From principal oboist Mary Lynch’s reedy mastery to the politely timed coughing of its die-hard patrons (a mini-explosion between movements), the Seattle Symphony holds an eternal soft spot in my ...

The oboe is one of classical music’s quirkiest instruments. And an oboe trio? — Now, that’s even quirkier. “People always thought we were a little crazy, but having fun has always been our main goal,” ...

This new album of concertos is by the British composer David Matthews — not to be confused with the American jam band sensation Dave Matthews. The 68-year-old's symphonies, string quartets and ...