Since you are interested in Bassoon Concertos, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ANTONIN DVORAK / BELA BARTOK / W. A. MOZART
Zubin Mehta: Dvorak, Mozart & Bartok David Breidenthal (bassoon) / Los Angeles Philharmoic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Medici Arts / DVD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Zubin Mehta, at the age of 26, was the youngest ever conductor to head a major American orchestra. Truly ingenious, he led them to international acclaim. |
DANZI
Bassoon Concertos Albrecht Holder (bassoon) / Neubrandenburger Philharmonie Nicolas Pasquet, conducto [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2002 ] "Each concerto has lovely, lovingly forged melodie." |
ANTONIO ROSETTI
Bassoon Concertos Albrecht Holder (Bassoon) / New Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicolas Pasquet [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "What joy to hear the bassoon concerti of Mozart's contemporary, Antonio Rosetti! These works (he wrote five) give the bassoon all the virtuosity of any woodwind, not apologizing at all for its unique tone but fully exploiting its range and... |
DUPUY / OLTHUIS / VIVALDI / VILLA-LOBOS
The Art of the Bassoon Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) / Sinfonia Rotterdam, Conrad van Alphen [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) |
JOSE SEREBRIER
Serebrier: Symphony No. 3 / Symphonie mystique Passacaglia / Perpetuum Mobile / etc Carole Farley, soprano / Yi Yao, accordion / Laurent le Chennadec, bassoon / Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra / Jose Serebrier, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] "Throughout this recording there is a great star quality. 5 stars out of 5"" Fono Forum |
W.A. MOZART
Wind Concertos Jacob Slagter (horn) Emily Beynon (flute) Gustavo NAAez (bassoon) Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "All four concertos make a fine program, illustrating the unending imagination and creativity Mozart could so easily summon up." ---John Sunier, Audiophile Audition |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras (Complete) Cynthia Estill, bassoon / Jose Feghali, piano / Erik Gratton, flute / Rosana Lamosa, soprano / Nashville Symphony Orchestra Cellos / Nashville Symphon [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "The market was just crying out for this release ... highly recommended, a considerable bargain and a fine memorial to Kenneth Schermerhorn" (MusicWeb) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Burger als Edelmann (Suite for Orchestra); Duett-Concertino for clarinet and bassoon; etc Daniel Sepec (Violin) Nicole Kern (Clarinet) Higinio Arrua (Bassoon) / The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Paavo Jarvi [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] "This PentaTone release is probably among the five best-sounding high-resolution discs encountered thus far….But this sonic excellence is beside the point if the performances are negligible. This happily, is not the case…the individual virtuosity of... |
WOLF-FERRARI
Complete Wind Concertos Diego Dini Ciacci (oboe / Cor Anglais) Paolo Carlini (bassoon) / Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto / Zsolt Hamar [ CPO / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] The Bassoon Concerto too is a musical fantasy with a scherzo touch here and there, while the English Horn Concerto creates more of a melancholy mood of elegiac beauty - all of this in keeping with the times in which it was written. |
W. A. MOZART
Divertimento in E flat major / Prelude & Fugues for String Trio Hermitage String Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "If you do not have a recording of the Divertimento already here is an ideal opportunity to do so, and I am sure that in so doing many hours of supreme musical pleasure are guaranteed." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
ARNOLD / BEETHOVEN / MORTHENSON / TANSMAN / BOUTRY / etc
The Virtuoso Bassoon Knut Sonstevold (bassoon) with Gunilla von Bahr (flute), Eva Nordwall (harpsichord), Lucia Negro (piano), Eva Knardahl (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/1992 ] Gunilla von Bahr (flute), Knut Sønstevold (bassoon), Eva Nordwall (harpsichord), Lucia Negro (piano), Eva Knardahl (piano) |
W.A. MOZART
Bassoon / Oboe / Clarinet Concertos Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon) Martin Gabriel (oboe) Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) / Vienna Mozart Academy / Johannes Wildner [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] "In his tonal purity and elegantly musical phrasing, Gabriel conjures Leon Goossens in his prime" - Fanfare |