- Albrecht Mayer
, together with Jonathan Kelly.
Mayer sang as a child in the Cathedral Choir in
Bamberg . He was a student of Gerhard Scheuer, Georg Meerwein, Maurice Bourgue andIngo Goritzki , and began his professional career as principal oboist for the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in 1990. He joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1992.Mayer's instrument is a Buffet Crampon Green Line Oboe.
Selected discography
as soloist
* "New Seasons" - transcriptions of music by
Händel for oboe and orchestra played by Mayer with the Sinfonia Varsovia (Deutsche Grammophon 4760472)
* "Lieder ohne Worte" ("Songs Without Words") - transcriptions of music byJ.S. Bach for oboe and orchestra with Mayer on the oboe,Nigel Kennedy on violin and the Sinfonia Varsovia (Deutsche Grammophon 4760472)
* "Auf Mozarts Spuren" ("In search of Mozart") August 2004, withClaudio Abbado and the Sinfonia Varsovia (Deutsche Grammophon 6231046)
* "Music for Oboe, Oboe d'amore, Cor anglais, and Piano" - chamber music from the 19th century, with Markus Becker on piano (EMI Classics 5731672)
* J.S. Bach's "Double concerto for oboe und violin" with Mayer on oboe and Nigel Kennedy on violin with the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI Classics 5570162)appears on
* "Serenades for Wind Ensemble," January 2006, EMI records
External links
* [http://www.albrechtmayer.com Official web site]
References
* Press kit, January 2006
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