Ratio Arthur Klaassens

• Steve Reich (b. 1936): New York Counterpoint:
• 1 New York Counterpoint: I. Fast (Arr. for oboe) 05:10
• 2 New York Counterpoint: II. Slow (Arr. for oboe) 02:47
• 3 New York Counterpoint: III. Fast (Arr. for oboe) 03:45
• Luciano Berio (1925 - 20003):
• 4 Sequenza VII per oboe solo 07:11
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004:
• 5 Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemande (Arr. for oboe) 04:50
• 6 Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente (Arr. for oboe) 02:48
• 7 Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabande (Arr. for oboe) 03:27
• 8 Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga (Arr. for oboe) 04:31
• 9 Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona (Arr. for oboe) 14:42
• Jesse Broekman (b. 1985):
• 10 afwezige stemmen (Arr. for oboe) 12:42
• Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585):
• 11 Spem in alium (Arr. for oboe) 08:18
• Total Runtime 01:10:11

Info for Ratio

We’re very pleased to bring you Ratio, an album on which oboe player Arthur Klaassens and 7MNTN producer Frerik de Jong have worked for nearly 5 years.

Ratio takes you on a musical oboe journey in a way you’ve possibly never had before: 40 instruments from the oboe family composing a polyphonic Renaissance choir, swaying rhythms with Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint, impeccable instrument control with Berio’s legendary 7th Sequenza, Bach’s 2nd Violin Partita in a clever and freshly made multi-voiced setting. Commissioned specifically for this album, in close kinship with Klaassens, a haunting composition by one of the most proficient Dutch composers of now, Jesse Broekman.

Arthur Klaassens belongs to a new age of highly skilled oboe players in the Netherlands, but there’s a lot more to cover with this astonishing artist. The unusualy long production period was has been taken for compiling and recording own, incredibly refined arrangements never resounds in a technical listening experience, but primarily a coherent and very musical captivating one. Truly a rare and adventurous musical document is being presented with the oboe, and all it’s family members, in a golden spotlight.

Arthur Klaassens, oboe

Arthur Klaassens
is a multi-faceted and broadly interested oboist based in The Netherlands. He graduated at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with distinction. He is an active chamber musician, and co-founded Trio Cortado, a unique woodwind ensemble for which he is the main arranger. Arthur has extensive experience in playing with professional orchestras. He regularly plays with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Combattimento, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and as principal with the Residentie Orkest, Casco Phil (BE), the ASKO | Schoenberg Ensemble, Het Gelders Orkest, the Orchester pour la Paix (FR) and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. New developments include the addition of the Lupophone to his instrumentarium, and the commissioning of several new pieces to include this exciting instrument.

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