I absolutely love the Cimarosa, but I think rather than purchasing any of these pieces alone you are better of getting a good book with a collection of songs. Considering Cimarosa alone is $10... so are some of the below books:
Solos for the Oboe Player (Whitney Tustin)
Good selection of pieces of varying difficulty.
Etudes et Sonates (H. Brod)
Far more challenging and technical pieces/studies by Brod. A good book.
Rubank Intermediate and Advanced I:
Good for starting out. Intermediate has simple pieces and a great fingering chart. Advanced has good intermediate duets and more studies.
Rubank Advanced Method Book II
Great duets
Great studies
Much better pieces:
Mozart`s Pantomime
Pierne;s Piece in G Minor
Haydn`s Menuetto and Presto
Bach`s Arioso (in almost evey book, lol)
Shumann`s Romance 1
Handel Sonata 1
Melodious and Progressive Studies for
SAXOPHONE
Very melodious and somewhat technical. Nice book to warmup to.
Melodious and Progressive Studies for Oboe 1&2
Studies. Joy. Not nearly as enjoyable as the Sax version, much more tecnical. I would get this after Ferling.
The Oboe Book by Chip Davis
Not recommended unless you looking for something to perform. Simple stuff, but beautiful.
Baroque Music for Oboe by Peter Wastall
My first oboe book. Lots of fast stuff. I loved it more on flute. Still a good one to pick up after everything else.
More Great Hymns for Worship Flute/Oboe by James Curnow
Far too complex to play in a church unless you want to show off, but comes with a CD and if you like religious songs it`s a good pick. I`m not religious, but I figured it could be useful... but not these high paced arrangments.
Selected Studies for Oboe by Voxman
Yep. Studies. Pick these up after the Melodious Oboe ones.
48 Famous Studies by Ferling
Flip to page 25. lol. Some good pieces and then everything else before is study, study, study. Pick this up after Barret/Gekeler 2
Classic Festival Solos Book 1&2
Mary had a little lamb. Beginning pieces. Avoid.
Pares Scales
Really... just scales. I expected more. lol. If you need to see them... here they are in as many patterns as you can imagine.
Telemann Fantasias for Flute
Comfortable with your C#, Left F, Left Eb, and Right Abs? <cackle>
Twenty-Two Russian Melodies by Larry Stitky
I only liked to play a couple of them...
Purcell 40 Songs for Voice and Piano (High)
For singers, but lovely pieces to play on oboe.
Vade-Mecum of the Oboist
Really big book with snippet of most major oboe solos. Not really a "fun" book, but worth the $45. Get your pieces and studies first.
Barret Oboe Method
The Oboe bible. Buy it. Take it Kinkos and get it spiral bound. Knocks over wire stands with a page turn. lol. The regular version has a duet part for English Horn, but there is an Oboe duet version out there too, I would have got that one had I known. Look for that.
Gekeler Method Book II
If you can`t cough up the dough for the Barret book. The Gekeler Method II contains most (36 of 40) of the Forty Progeressive Melodies from Barret and its own scale study section. You miss out on the introduction/music theory, Barret scale study, and Barret Sonatas. Much easier print to read. I do kinda prefer Gekeler just cause of the print and SIZE (much easier to manage).
Gekeler Mehtod Book I
Base beginniner, Rubank books are better. Avoid.
80 Graded Studies for Oboe Books 1&2
Good study books. Nice mix of workable and finger twisters. Definately a good study book after Barret/Gekeler 2... maybe before Ferling.
Orchestra Musician`s CD Library
You have the parts. Good luck playing along with the masters if you have the recordings. Take CD to Kinkos and print and bind. lol.
That`s most of my oboe library... now I can see my floor! Be glad I decided to clean under my bed, lol.
