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Résonance - Takashima, Mochizuki

Cryston  OVCC-00181

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Chamber

Takuya Takashima (oboe)
Aki Mochizuki (piano)

All

Works (7)

• Camille Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166
• Francis Poulenc: Oboe Sonata, FP 185
• Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies (3), Op. 7 No. 1 Après un rêve
• Henri Dutilleux: Oboe Sonata (1947)
• Maurice Ravel: Piano Sonatine, M. 40
• Maurice Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera, M. 51
• Olivier Messiaen: Vocalise-Étude (1935)