Since you are interested in The Virtuoso Bassoon, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Mozart: Piano Quintet, K. 452 / Beethoven: Piano Quintet, Op. 16 Jeno Jando (piano) Jeno Kevehazi (horn) Jozsef Kiss (oboe) Bela Kovacs (clarinet) Jozsef Vajda (bassoon) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Feb/2006 ] "Excellently recorded" - Penguin Guide |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The French Connection La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler [ Avie / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "The orchestral sound, as always with La Serenissima, achieves bright attractiveness and vivacity without feeling the need to pursue the taut energy of some other groups." Gramophone Awards 2010 - Finalist (Baroque Instrumental) |
W.A. MOZART
The Last Symphonies 39, 40, 41 / Bassoon Concerto in B flat K191 Jane Gower (bassoon) / Anima Eterna [ Zig Zag Territories / 2 CD - released 29/Aug/2006 ] "These performances of Mozart’s last 3 symphonies represnt just about the best we can expect from the school of "historically informed performance", which is to say that they are extremely fine indeed" David Hurwitz Classics Today USA November 2004 |
ROUSSEL
Complete Chamber Music Jet Reling (piano) Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) Herre-Jan Stegenga (cello) Paul Verhey (flute) Henk Guittart (viola) Irene Maessen (soprano) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jan/2007 ] "This attractively packaged set is a convenient assemblage of Roussel’s work in the field of chamber music, a sequence of works characterised by the acute, even astringent, intelligence that has gone into their writing and the distinctive beauty of... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Symphonia Domestica / Eine Alpensinfonie / Oboe Concerto / Duett-Concertino Jonathan Small (oboe) Nicholas Cox (clarinet) Alan Pendlebury (bassoon) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Avie / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "It is a tribute to the recording that even the most cacophonous climax makes sense, and there is no impression at any time of any loss of detail. What an advert for the RLPO this set is! The cultural life of Liverpool is clearly thriving" (MusicWeb) |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Chamber Music Vol. 3 Laurent Lefevre, Jacques Mauger, Ronald van Spaendonck, Alexandre Tharaud, Guy Touvron [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2001 ] This is excellent-warm, cozy, and digitally clean-American Record Guide |
ANDRES / BOUTRY / GLIERE / MILDE / SAINT-SAENS
Works for Bassoon Judith Leclair (bassoon) with Gretchen Van Hoesen (harp) & Jonathan Feldman (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "the best kind of virtuosity, the sort that creates the illusion that the toughest demands were no trouble at all." - The New York Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bassoon Concertos Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] "The instrument is precisely focused and the fineness of her playing shows her to be a musician of cultivated taste and sensibility...Geoghegan arrests attention immediately." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice November 2010 |
HUMMEL / WEBER / ELGAR / JACOBI / etc
Works for Bassoon Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / Opera North Orchestra / Benjamin Wallfisch [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "It is clear that Geoghegan has spent her life so far working hard and nurturing her abilities, under the careful guidance of some excellent teachers, such as Janet Bloxwich and John Orford. With a disc such as this, it is impossible not to take the... |
GROVLEZ / TANSMAN / KOECHLIN / FAURE / BOUTRY / GALLON / DUTILLEUX / BITSCH / JANCOURT / PIERNE / DEBUSSY
French Bassoon Works Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Philip Fisher (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] For the popular young bassoonist Karen Geoghegan this is her third recording with Chandos and aptly demonstrates the capabilities of the bassoon in this unique collection of French music, ably accompanied by Philip Fisher. |
VIVALDI
Bassoon Concertos (with Tartini-Flute Concerto) Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Severino Gazzelloni (flute) / I Musici [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] "The recording is clear, the pacing and tempi perfect and the overall appeal higher than you might have thought if you didn't know the repertoire. It's worth getting to know!" (MusicWeb reviewing the original recording April 2007) |
TELEMANN
Wind Concertos Volume 2 La Stagione Frankfurt / Michael Schneider (conductor) [ CPO / CD - released 15/Feb/2009 ] CPO returns with volume two of CPO's complete Telemann wind concertos. The five concertos featured on this disc reflect the broad instrumental and stylistic spectrum over which Telemann ranged. |