RECORDINGS FOR BASSOON

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The Chamber Music of Malcolm Arnold
Gareth Hulse, oboe and Brian Wightman, bassoon perform works by Malcom Arnold.
Malcolm Arnold: Flute Sonatina
Malcolm Arnold: Clarinet Sonatina
Malcolm Arnold: Oboe Sonatina
Malcolm Arnold: Recorder Sonatina
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Clarinet
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Bassoon
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Horn
Malcolm Arnold: Trio for Flute, Viola and Bassoon
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Oboe
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Flute
See sheet music of CD254

Bach and Bassoon
Arthur Weisberg, Bassoon
J.S. Bach: Partita for Flute in a minor, BWV 1013
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 for Violin in d minor, BWV 1004
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 2 for Violincello in d minor, BWV 1008
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 3 for Violincello in C, BWV 1009
See sheet music of CD157

P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
P.D.Q. Bach: Lip My Reeds, with the Tennessee Bassoon Quartet
P.D.Q. Bach: Last Tango in Bayreuth, with the Tennessee Bassoon Quartet
P.D.Q. Bach: "Dutch" Suite with David McGill, bassoon.
See sheet music of CD279

Bassoonatics! CD
The Caliban Quartet: Fraser Jackson, Nadina Mackie Jackson, Kathleen McLean & Michael Sweeney
George Gershwin: Three Preludes
Johannes Brahms: Eight Waltzes, from Sixteen Waltzes Op.39
Jean Sibelius: Little Suite from the Tempest, Op. 109
Reynaldo Hahn: Three Postcards
Mitchell Clarke: Madrigal
Jean Sibelius: Sonatine No. 1, Op. 67
W.A. Mozart: Gigue, K.574
LeRoy Anderson: Bassoonist's Holiday
George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm
Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields/Art Tatum: I'm in the Mood for Love
Duke Ellington: Caravan
Lennon & McCartney: Oh! Darling
Igor Stravinsky: Tango
Michael Welsh: Tango
Kurt Weill: Youkali
Astor Piazolla: Tango
Bill Douglas: Azure

Bassoon Power
David Breidenthal performs works by:
Henri Dutilleux: Sarabande et Cortège
Paul Chihara: Fleeting Shadows, Still Reflections
Gernot Wolfgang: Moody Blues
Vincent Persichetti: Parable for Solo Bassoon
Alexandre Tansman: Suite pour Basson
Paul Chihara: The Beauty of the Rose is in its Passing
Zdenek Sestak: Five Virtuoso Inventions
See sheet music of CD322

The Big Bassoon
Susan Nigro, contrabassoon, Mark Lindeblad, piano perform:
Vazgen Muradian: Contrabassoon Concerto, Op. 86
Donald Draganski: Heart's Desire
lan Palider: The Narwhal
Ralph Nicholson: Miniature Suite
Frank Warren: Music for Contrabassoon and Piano, Op. 28
Matt Doran: Four Movements

Little Tunes for the Big Bassoon
Susan Nigro, contrabassoon, Mark Lindeblad, piano
Luigi Cherubini: Morceau pour le Bassoon
Arcangelo Corelli/Dishinger: Suite from Variations for Violin on Themes of Tartini
Francesco Geminiani/Dishinger: Allegro from Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, No. 2
Claude Debussy/Fitzgerald: Jimbo's Lullaby
Eugene Bozza: Burlesque pour Bassoon et Piano
Ruth Gipps: Honey-Coloured Cow, Op. 3(d)
Ruth Gipps: Leviathan, Op. 59
Ruth Gipps: The Ox and the Ass, Introduction and Carol, Op. 71
Burrill Phillips: Concert Piece for Bassoon and Strings
Harold Laudenslager: Little Suite, Op. 23
Robert Organn: Romance
Paul Desmond/Keller: Take Five
Earle Hagen/Haring: Harlem Nocturne
Henry Mancini/Frackenpohl: The Pink Panther
William Davis: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann
Ferdinand Del Negro/Margolis: Down in the Deep Cellar
Julius Fucik: Der Alte Brummbar, Polka Comique, Op. 210
Traditional/Nigro: Tarantella Napoletano
See sheet music of CD145

Original Tunes for the Big Bassoon
Susan Nigro, Contrabassoon with Mark Lindeblad, Piano, perform:
Ann Marie Kurrasch: A Day at the Park
Frank Proto: Little Suite for the Big Bassoon (unaccompanied contrabassoon)
Elaine Fine: More Greek Myths
Joel Bjorling: Night Shadows (unaccompanied contrabassoon)
David Stybr: ContraBassooNova
Elaine Fine: Harlequin Sonata
Joel Bjorling: Dreamscapes (unaccompanied contrabassoon)
Giorgio Koukl: Potato Polca

Wanted-The Bassoon Brothers
The bassoon section of the Oregon Symphony plays arrangements of:
Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Irving Berlin: Alexander's Rag Time Band
Carl Maria Von Weber: Fantasy #2 (from Concerto in F)
Edvard Grieg: Hall of the Mountain King
David Carroll: The Wedding Guest
Hoagy Carmichael: Georgia On My Mind
Leo Delibes: Pizzicati
Leroy Anderson: Bugler's Holiday
Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach): Last Tango in Bayreuth
Pierre Max Dubois: Scherzo for 4 bassoons
Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart: Bewitched
Georges Bizet: Dragoons (entr'acte from Carmen)
Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach): Blue Set No. 2 for Four Bassoons
Dave Brubeck: Blue Rondo A La Turk
Lowell Shaw: Frippery #19, #2
J. Forest: Night Train
Traditional: Red River Valley
See sheet music of CD156

Captured - The Bassoon Brothers
The bassoon section of the Oregon symphony performs arrangements of:
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (Bassoonist)
John Lennon/Paul McCartney: Hey Jude
Felice Partichala: Mexican Hat Dance
Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart: My Funny Valentine
Smokey Robinson/Ronald White: My Girl
Georges Bizet: Habanera
Carlos Gardel/Alfredo Le Pera: Por Una Cabeza
Georges Bizet: Prelude
Georges Bizet: Aragonaise
Tolchard Evans: Lady of Spain
Alan Ridout: Pigs
Traditional: Yankee Doodle
Richard Berry: Louie, Louie, Roll out the Barrel
Stephen Sondheim: Send in the Clowns
Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Gilbert/Sullivan: Three Little Maids (the Mikado)
Nino Rota: The Godfather Waltz
Jean Sibelius: Sibelius Interlude
Nino Rota: The Godfather Love Theme
Johann Strauss: Pizzicato Polka
Aram Kachaturian: Sabre Dance
Bill Douglas: Rock Etude #10
Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze
Traditional: Londonderry Air
See sheet music of CD315

Bassoon Brothers - Escaped
Another fun recording from the Oregon Symphony bassoonists, containing their arrangements of 23 pieces forming sets from the Twenties and Forties, Gilbert and Sullivan, PDQ Bach, Dance, Northern Europe, Country and Bluegrass, JS Bach, Surfer, and In Memorium.
See sheet music of CD434

Beck and Call
Carolyn Beck, Bassoon and Contrabassoon performs:
Alex Shapiro: Of Breath and Touch for Basson and Piano (commissioned by Ms. Beck)
André Previn: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Michal Spisak: Duetto Concertante for Viola and Bassoon
Moshe Zorman: A Grizzly's Dream for Bassoon and Piano
Marcel Bitsch: Concertino for Bassoon and Piano
Alex Shapiro: Deep for Contrabassoon and pre-recorded track (commissioned by Ms. Beck)
Don Chamberlain: Beck and Call for Bassoon and pre-recorded track (commissioned by Ms. Beck)
See sheet music of CD404

Bravura Bassoon
Benjamin Coelho, Bassoon performs works for bassoon and strings.
Johann Evangelist Brandl: Quintet in B flat, Op. 52, No. 1
Gordon Jacob: Suite
Bernhard Heiden: Serenade
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Corrupio, Bailado
Gerardo Dirié: Anjo Breve

Le Grand Duo
Andrea Bressan, Bassoon, and Cecilia Franchini, Piano, perform:
Astor Piazzola: "Le Grand Tango"
Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Antonio Pasculli: Concerto sopra motivi dell'Opera "La Favorita" by Donizetti
Gioacchino Rossini: Allegro for Bassoon and Piano
Astor Piazzolla: "Sunny's Game" for Piano
Frazli Arslan: "Yaylada" for Bassoon and Piano
See sheet music of CD468

Variazioni Climatiche
Andrea Bressan, Bassoon, Saverio Tasca, Vibraphone, Marimba and Percussion, perform:
Hannes Taljaard: Ihi
Lyle Mays: Chorinho
Paul Ben-Haim: Arioso
Paul Ben-Haim: Ballade
Roman Gottwald: Flaping Maja
Thad Jones: A Child is Born
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh: Desperation
Selman Adali: Ninni
Corrado Guarino: Doppio Gioco
Andrea Mannucci: Aria Intermedia
Egberto Gismonti: Loro/Memoria E Fado (with Arrigo Pietrobon, oboe and English horn)
Chick Corea: Crystal Silence-Captain Marvel
Hannes Taljaard: Thula, Sthandwa

Harmonia Classica
George Sakakeeny, Bassoon, with Kiev Camerata
Alexander Blechinger: Bassoon Concerto op. 111
Alexander Blechinger: Liebeslieder
Werner Pelinka: 2 Inventions for Horn and Piano
Hellmuth Pattenhausen: Concert for Wind and Strings
See sheet music of CD151

Brandl: Bassoon Quintets opp. 14 and 52
The Calamus Ensemble (Rainer Schottstädt (bassoon), Torsten Janicke (violin), Mile Kosi (viola), Urara Seo (Viola), and Johannes Nauber (Cello)) perform:
Johann Evangelist Brandl: Quintet Op. 14
Johann Evangelist Brandl: Quintet Op. 52/1
Johann Evangelist Brandl: Quintet Op. 52/2

Bassoon & Friends
Paula Brusky, bassoon, and friends, perform four winning works of the 2010 Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition.

Jonathan Bartz: Concertino for Bassoon, Piano and Three Strings
Lewis Nielson: What About You? for Bassoon, Violin and Cello
Arthur Gottschalk: American Nights for Bassoon, Violin and Piano
Stefan Cwik: 8 Miniatures for Chamber Ensemble (Hommage a Igor Stravinsky)

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