Nicholas Daniel
Oboist Nicholas Daniel is among his country's foremost players on his instrument. A noted educator who has been active in Britain, the U.S., and Germany, he has commissioned and performed numerous new works for the oboe.
Daniel was born on January 9, 1962. His first musical experiences came as a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral, and he attended the cathedral's school and then the Purcell School, receiving a rich musical education. Daniel made a major splash by winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 1980. He attended the Royal Academy of Music in London, studying with Janet Craxton and Celia Nicklin, and then went on for private lessons with clarinetist Anthony Pay and with musician and music writer Hans Keller. His career became established early with a debut at the BBC Proms, and he has since appeared as a soloist with major orchestras in many countries. Daniel is especially notable for the large number of works he has commissioned and performed, many of them from top composers, including Harrison Birtwistle, Thea Musgrave, and, in 2010, the Oboe Concerto of James MacMillan. He is a founding member and principal oboist of the Britten Sinfonia, with which he has often appeared as a soloist, and which he has also directed; he also co-founded the Haffner Wind Ensemble and, beginning in 1981, appeared as one half of a duo with pianist Julius Drake. He has also performed with the Carducci and Vogler string quartets. He is also the principal oboist of the Camerata Pacifica in California and has served as the music director of the Leicester International Music Festival in Britain.
Daniel has made more than 25 recordings, many of them of new works or of neglected oboe repertory. His Five Italian Oboe Concertos album of 1999 featured Baroque works by Vivaldi and lesser-known composers. Among the contemporary works he has recorded are those by Musgrave, on the album Chamber Works for Oboe (2013). In 2021, he was heard on the Signum Classics label in a performance of the chamber work Heartfelt by Roxanna Panufnik. Daniel's activities as an educator have taken him from London, where he served as professor of oboe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for ten years, to the U.S., where he began teaching oboe and conducting at the Indiana University School of Music in 1997. He returned to the Royal College of Music in London and then, in 2004, moved to the Musikhochschule Trossingen in Germany, where he remains on the faculty. He also serves as the music director of Triorca, an organization open to young musicians from Serbia, Germany, and the U.K. Daniel's later career has been enriched by several prestigious awards, including the Queen's Medal for Music in 2011, a BBC Magazine Premiere Award for his 2016 recording of oboe concertos by Vaughan Williams and MacMillan, and designation as Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in 2020.
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Outi Tarkiainen: Midnight Sun Variations & Other Orchestral Works
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Daniel, Nicholas Collon
Classique - Paru chez Ondine le 2 févr. 2024
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Ralph Vaughan Williams & James MacMillan: Oboe Concertos
Nicholas Daniel, Britten Sinfonia and James MacMillan
Classique - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 6 avr. 2015
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British Oboe Quintets
Nicholas Daniel, Doric String Quartet
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Chandos le 3 sept. 2021
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Witold Lutosławski : Opera Omnia, Vol. 3 (Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings - Double Concerto for oboe, harp and chambe rorchestra)
Musique concertante - Paru chez CD Accord le 12 juil. 2011
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Saint-Saëns, Koechlin & Poulenc: Oboe Sonatas
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 1 janv. 1994
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The Berkeley Edition, Vol. 2
Richard Hickox, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Nicholas Daniel
Symphonies - Paru chez Chandos le 1 nov. 2002
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Musgrave: Chamber Works for Oboe
Trios - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 9 avr. 2013
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A Tribute to Janet (Mozart, Britten, Knussen, Françaix)
Nicholas Daniel and Britten Oboe Quartet
Musique de chambre - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 16 juin 2017
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Moeran: The 2 String Quartets; Fantasy-Quartet; Piano Trio
THE VANBRUGH QUARTET, Nicholas Daniel, Joachim Piano Trio
Classique - Paru chez Decca (UMO) le 1 janv. 1998
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Edition Berkeley, volume 2
BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Nicholas Daniel, Richard Hickox
Musique symphonique - Paru chez Chandos le 1 nov. 2002
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Horovitz: Trumpet Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Jubilee Serenade; Sinfonietta
Nicholas Daniel, James Watson, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Joseph Horovitz
Classique - Paru chez Decca (UMO) le 1 janv. 1998
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Alwyn: Oboe Concerto & Concerti Grossi Nos. 1-3
Richard Hickox, City Of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Daniel, Rachel Masters
Musique concertante - Paru chez Chandos le 1 avr. 1992
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Maw: Hymnus; Little Concert; Shahnama
Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Daniel, Oxford Bach Choir, The BBC Concert Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Decca (UMO) le 1 janv. 1999
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5 Italian Oboe Concertos
Peterborough String Orchestra, Nicholas Daniel
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 sept. 1999
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Alwyn: Concerto for Flute and Wind Instruments, Suite for Oboe and Harp, Naiades, Music for Three Players & Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano
Nicholas Daniel, Haffner Wind Ensemble of London
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Chandos le 1 mai 1993
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Alwyn: Chamber Works, Vol. 1
Kate Hill, Haffner Wind Ensemble, Ieuan Jones, Nicholas Daniel
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Chandos le 1 mai 1993
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Succubus Moon
Nicholas Daniel, Arcadiana, Thomas Bowes, Oscar Perks, Andres Kaljuste, Hannah Sloane
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Navona le 16 avr. 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo