Meditations : Oboe & Harp At The Opera

Celine Moinet (oboe), Sarah Christ (harp)

Pasculli: Fantaisie sur l'opera Poliuto de Donizetti, Omagio a Bellini; Donizetti: Andante sostenuto; Ibert: Entr'acte; Massenet: Meditation de Thais; Honegger: Musique de scène pour la tragedie musicale Antigone; Godard: Berceuse d'apres l'opera Jocelyn; H. Brod: Fantaisie Op.57; Schubert: Romanze aus Zauberharfe; Wagner: Excerpts from Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde - Meditations – Oboe & Harp at the Opera

Before the days of recordings, transcriptions were the only way outside of the concert hall for listeners to enjoy popular compositions of the period. These transcriptions ranged from versions for solo piano to various chamber combinations, and often were remarkably virtuosic. Operas were a rich musical source, and they provide the thematic backbone of this album featuring some of the most famous scenes in the Romantic opera repertoire. With its unusual instrumental combination of oboe and harp, this enchanting collection featuring oboist Celine Moinet and harpist Sarah Christ centers round the evergreen Meditation from Massenet's opera Thais.