A professor at the Paris Conservatory for nearly forty years while simultaneously pursuing a career as an instrumentalist in the leading Parisian orchestras, Gustave Vogt (1781-1870) was a celebrated virtuoso of his time. His Air varié en sol majeur (Air varié en sol majeur) holds a special place among the many compositions he dedicated to the oboe or English horn. Indeed, in 1827-1828, Gustave Vogt made this piece his principal musical calling card on Parisian stages, as well as in concerts giv...