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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Oboe Concerto in C major, K 314 / Concerto pour hautbois en ut majeur
Krommer, Franz - Oboe Concerto in F major, op.37 & 52 / Concertos pour hautbois en fa majeur

Sarah Francis, hautbois/hobo 
London Mozart Players, dir. Howard Shelley

Franz Krommer [1759 Moravia-1831 Vienna] was considered a strong rival of Beethoven in the early nineteenth century, his string quartets especially being held in high esteem: more than a few contemporaries compared them with those of Haydn. In the decades following Krommer's death in 1831, however, his reputation faded, in large part because of the increasing dominance of Beethoven. Another factor that has hampered Krommer's popularity over the years is the variable appearance of his name. Instead of the German Franz Krommer, it is often stated as Frantisek Kramár, a Czech form of the name. Sometimes, however, both the German and Czech forms are combined, yielding the quaint Krommer-Kramár.