This new disc from Profil features a selection of works for oboe and piano by a range of composers from William Alwyn to Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, beautifully performed by Japanese oboist Katsuya Watanabe.

Watanabe has held various posts at the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. He regularly devotes himself to solo activities, giving frequent recitals and performing in concerts with the Philharmonic Orchestras in Bratislava and Zagreb, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and other ensembles.