"Lajos Lencsés is one of the greatest oboists of our time" – thus wrote the French Diapason

magazine in 1990, when his recording won the prestigious "Diapason d’Or" Award. Lencsés was

born in Dorog (Hungary) in 1943 and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music, and then at the

Paris Conservatory. His international career started with victory in the Geneva International

Competition in 1968. He is a member of the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, and also a

soloist of world renown. His rich repertoire ranges from the Baroque age to contemporary music,

and he has recorded dozens of discs.

Most of the pieces on this CD are either originated during the Romanticism era or still carry the

melodically harmonious characteristics of Romantic music in them. Originally, they were composed

for various string and wind instruments. The two following instruments, whose roots and magic can

be found in antique mythology, lend their “voices” to these melodies: the oboe (pan’s aulos) and

the harp (Orpheus’ Lyra). The arias, songs, canzonets, chansons and cavatinas performed here

are all originated from human song itself.