Carlo Besozzi (1738-1791) - Concerto à Oboe obligato in Fa maggiore (c.1756)
Performers: Jan Adamus (oboè); Prague Chamber Orchestra
Further info: Oboe Concertos
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Italian oboist and composer, son of Antonio Besozzi (1714-1781). His
father was undoubtedly his teacher. He must have displayed phenomenal
ability for in 1755 he became a regular member of the Dresden court
orchestra, a position which he retained throughout his life. His tours
of Europe with his father included visits to Paris (1757) and Stuttgart
(1758–9). He was judged favourably by Burney and by Leopold Mozart, who
heard him play in Salzburg in 1778. Schubert heard Carlo in Augsburg and
referred to him as the monarch of oboists and a great, ‘but somewhat
unusual’, theorist. Even though none of Carlo’s music was printed during
his lifetime, 23 concertos, 26 sonatas and a divertimento have
survived. The concertos were clearly written for Carlo to play himself,
and while conceived to display his skill, they rarely indulge in
virtuoso display per se. The final movements are more serious than was
common at that time and often introduce Sturm und Drang characteristics.
There is an emphasis on novelty, frequently of an unexpectedly
chromatic nature. The works for wind ensemble are, with one exception,
in major keys and each of the four movements is usually in the tonic
key. Carlo’s son Francesco (Dresden, 1766 - 23 March 1810 or 1816)
succeeded him as oboist in the Dresden royal chapel in 1792. Francesco
was one of the best-known oboists of his time but no compositions by him
are known to have survived.
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