“The Vienna Instruments Special Woodwinds fully meet the high expectations we have by a VSL release. […] I feel that this instrument collection is, based on its unique sound and its great strength of expression, most definitely worth the money.”
Interface, November 2007
Special Woodwinds (31GB) has five new, rare instruments. The bass flute sounds beautifully warm and breathy, especially in its sumptuous low register. Played in combination with strings, it creates a psychoacoustic effect akin to being wrapped in cotton wool and dipped in warm caramel. If that thought makes you feel amorous, you might fancy a quick tottle on the lovely oboe d’amore (a warm exotic-sounding reed instrument reminiscent of a cor anglais, but with a slightly brighter tone). Sounding like a bass oboe, with which it is often confused, the hecklephone is stunningly expressive and lyrical, and one of the nicest sounding woodwinds in VSL’s collection.
Dave Stewart, Sound on Sound, October 2007
Company: Vienna Symphonic Library