Benjamin Britten Phantasy Quartet With score

Composer: Edward Benjamin Britten (22 November 1913 4 December 1976) Performers: Gernot Schmalfuß (oboe), Andreas Krecher (violin), Niklas Schwarz (viola), Armin Fromm (violoncello) Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio, op. 2, written in 1932 Britten s fondness for the oboe shows in his orchestral writing. Time and again, he used the high, clear sound of the oboe to pierce through the general sound, often using it as if a single voice against the world. The first third of the twentieth century is marked by works by many British composers in the form of chamber music named This is simply because of the periodic issuing by a wealthy patron of a commissioning prize for such works. Britten composed this Phantasy Quartet for the great British oboist Leon Goossens. It brought him national and international attention, being performed on the BBC in 1933 and at the annual International Society of Contemporary Music Festival in 1934, an extraordinary occurrenc