12 years!

shnimmuc But also Handel must be played by a gifted musician to sound heavenly; Albrecht Meyer is supremely talented in this respect. Try listening to other musicians who play the oboe - the sound that they produce is rarely as silken and honeyed as his.

I do not know how this guy manages to produce such a beautiful sound from his oboe (D’Amore here or, - when he is playing the more usual oboe). It sounds like what I would imagine silk to sound like if it had a sound, Not an earthly sound, like the tearing of silk, no. This is other worldly- honeyed toned, glistening silk sound. So rare - but he has the gift of producing it. Yet for years I was wondering, “ Why all my friends talk about Albrecht Meyer?” Now, after studying the oboe a bit more, and listening to more of these hautbois people, yes, I get it. He is brilliant. And I will never be more than a dummy at the back of the class orchestra !

Two things. Beginning oboists sound terrible largely because commercially-available reeds are wretched; even a professional would sound crappy on them. Yes, beginners also lack the embouchure to get the most out of any reed, but a good reed goes SUCH A long way on the oboe. Regarding the oboe's reputation as a horrible, nasal, duck of a woodwind, I blame Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. For so many children, this is the first oboe they'll here, and it's a very poor representation of what the instrument is capable of. You may as well have the clarinet play nothing below high G. Kids would think all clarinets were screechy and piercing, not realizing how smooth, dark, and mellow the tessitura (can that term be applied to non-vocal instruments?) can be. The bassoon actually receives similar treatment. Grandfather is gruff and low, but sang with such a plaintive tenor in his younger days.

@@calderwishne9688 cool to remember this coment of mine! Almost a decade later and I still love the oboe. I've become a professional cellist, but someday I will still buy a good oboe and learn it.

I wish I had an oboe d'amore. It's similar to an English horn but not quite as mellow and hollow sounding. Both are lovely.

I thought all lute players chew gumm while playing, they teach you that at Julliard.

Not if Amanda Forsythe is the soprano

Handel is smiling - this is an example of perfect performance by the best in the world. I don't think Handel ever imagined it played like this in his wildest imagination!

@@danmcglaun1 Don''t bet against Handel's imagination. :)

One listener commented that Albrecht should burn the sweater!

Yes, but may be too "accompaniment"? I'd love a bit more life in violin too

yes you're right the recording is bad, even on the CD, what a pity!

Handel, Beethoven and Bach!!!

He never said that lmao

Jack Fletcher And Beecham's comment about the harpsichord? :)

Harry Andruschak Don't know, please enlighten me

Jack Fletcher Something along the lines that a harpsichord sounded like two skeletons copulating n a corrugated tin roof.

Harry Andruschak Well maybe he should have taken a couple of his family's famous pills. I however LOVE the oboe and the harpsichord

Jack Fletcher t

That's an oboe d'amore, which is basically that. It's like playing a little English horn, but definitely distinct enough to be its own instrument.

@@therealtornadosam LMAO damn a reply 12 years later. Thanks for the info though! I don't even play Oboe anymore but good to know.