Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra

Composer: DONIZETTI, Gaetano
  • This piece is an arrangement of Donizetti’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano, A 504. It was arranged for oboe and strings by this recording’s oboe soloist, Lajos Lencsés.1
  • It was composed sometime between 1810-1848, and was dedicated to Donizetti’s friend, Severino Degli Antoni.2
  • The original piece was unpublished during Donizetti’s lifetime. Eventually C.F. Peters published it in 1966. 3
  • Donizetti entitled the piece not “sonata,” but “suonata,” perhaps to highlight the term’s  connection to the Italian word, “suonare,” “to sound.”4

Sources

  1. Lajos Lencsés, liner notes to Oboe Italiano, Lajos Lencsés, Kammerorchester Arcata, Patrick Strub, Hänssler 98.467, CD, 2003.
  2. “Suonata per oboe, e pianoforte : dedicato all’amico Severino degli Antoni / Gaetano Donizetti,” Princeton University Library Catalog, accessed September 4, 2019, https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/8786897.
  3. “Oboe Sonata, A 504 (Donizetti, Gaetano),” International Music Score Library Project, accessed September 4, 2019, https://imslp.org/wiki/Oboe_Sonata%2C_A_504_(Donizetti%2C_Gaetano).
  4. “New Items for Oboists,” The Double Reed 8 (1985), 31.

Cut IDs

13363 42017 43585