I see George attempted to start some discussion about a wonderful musician in the Place I Shall No Longer Mention and the thread was peremptorily closed.
Anyone want to talk about Janet Craxton here then?
I first became even remotely aware of her work through
this disc, which I commend to all no longer on 3. It was sent to me by a certain CD journal, to whose readers I have already commended it (the website omits to quote my hope that there might be enough material for a volume 2 to follow). There are some very fine and hardly known pieces there but most importantly (to me) there's a musician with an extraordinary technique and a very forthright personality.
She was the oboist of the London Sinfonietta from 1969 until her death and her playing can be heard on quite a few of their recordings - including the Schoenberg recordings they made with David Atherton, of which the wind quintet may still be out there somewhere. Birtwistle dedicated his
An Interrupted Endless Melody to her memory.
George I'm sure you must have seen her play since you seem to have seen everyone else. Anyone else have any recollections to share? I'd like to know a bit more about her since she seems too wonderful a player to be allowed to slip through the cracks.
