The album was released on the 4^th of August by the famous Deutsche Grammophon label and highlights the special interest of one of the most important oboists of all time, Albrecht Mayer, in bringing new works to the repertoire for the instrument: new compositions or transcriptions of already well-known works.

This time, it explores the world of the Bach family, not only Johann Sebastian, but also his sons, also well-known composers in the history of music.

These are works by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed for three instruments of the oboe family: the Aria from the Third Suite for orchestra, in a version with English horn soloist, the Badinerie from the Second Suite, in an arrangement for oboe and orchestra, and the aria Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer from the Easter Oratorio, in a version for oboe d'amore and orchestra.

Albrecht Mayer, now 58, principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic and one of the best-known oboists of all time, looks back nostalgically on his relationship with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, which he played from the age of eight as a member of the Bamberg Cathedral boys' choir. "Even if you had no idea about Bach's music, you can still understand it, because it speaks directly to the soul," says Albrecht Mayer, who has devoted his later years to studying the music of the Leipzig cantor, but also to the work of those who have carried on the Bach legacy - Bach's sons. Of these, the best known is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, born in 1714 and died in 1788, who in his time was much better known and appreciated than his father had been. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is the author of the Concerto in G major for harpsichord and orchestra, for which Albrecht Mayer produced a transcription for oboe and orchestra, included on the album "Bach generations".

Eighteen years younger than his brother Carl, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach is another son of Johann Sebastian who made a career in the 18th century. A contemporary of Haydn, born in 1732 and died in 1795, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach is a true exponent of musical classicism, which is also evident from listening to the work included by Albrecht Mayer on the "Bach generations" album: the Concerto in A major for piano and orchestra, transcribed by Albrecht Mayer for oboe and orchestra.

Critics have already praised the album, which was awarded an "editor's choice" award in August by the British online publication Presto, for his mastery of not one but three instruments: oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn, and for the musicality and sense of weightlessness of his playing. Truly, Albrecht Mayer puts the oboe in the gallery of great solo instruments, and this disc is further evidence of his constant concern to make the oboe a star of today's stages - in old repertoire transformed into new clothes, as with Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach's Concerto in A major for piano and orchestra, transcribed for oboe and orchestra.