Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider - Bassoon Steppes (2022) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Lola Descours, Paloma Kouider
Title: Bassoon Steppes
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Orchid Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 62:47
Total Size: 225 MB / 1.18 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Bassoon Steppes
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Orchid Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 62:47
Total Size: 225 MB / 1.18 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Scriabin: 12 Études, Op. 8: No. 11 in B-Flat Minor (Arr. G. Piatigorsky for Bassoon & Piano) (3:45)
2. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 6, Allegretto (1:21)
3. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 13, Moderato (1:07)
4. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 14, Adagio (2:20)
5. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 15, Allegretto (1:00)
6. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 16, Andantino (1:26)
7. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 24, Allegretto (1:35)
8. Rimsky-Korsakov: 4 Romances, Op. 2: No. 2, Eastern Song (The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose) [Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano] (3:04)
9. Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces, Op. 19, TH 133: No. 4, Nocturne (Arr. I. Kostlan for Bassoon & Piano) (4:20)
10. Auerbach: I Walk Unseen (7:10)
11. Glinka: Do Not Tempt Me (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano) (3:04)
12. Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano): I. Lento (10:14)
13. Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano): II. Allegro scherzando (6:18)
14. Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano): III. Andante (5:50)
15. Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano): IV. Allegro mosso (10:23)
Bassoonist Lola Descours, prize-winner of the prestigious Tchaikovsky competition in 2019, performs an all-Russian program of music transcribed for bassoon and piano.
A passionate advocate for the bassoon and its often underestimated capacity for colour and expression, Lola Descours performs repertoire of great variety, including Glinka, considered to be the first great Russian composer, as well as lyrical Tchaikovsky, romantic Rachmaninov, powerful Scriabin and sardonic Shostakovich. The program is brought up to date with a dream-like piece by contemporary Russian composer Lera Auerbach.
Lola Descours is partnered in this recital by pianist Paloma Koulder, with whom she has made several of the arrangements heard on the album.
A passionate advocate for the bassoon and its often underestimated capacity for colour and expression, Lola Descours performs repertoire of great variety, including Glinka, considered to be the first great Russian composer, as well as lyrical Tchaikovsky, romantic Rachmaninov, powerful Scriabin and sardonic Shostakovich. The program is brought up to date with a dream-like piece by contemporary Russian composer Lera Auerbach.
Lola Descours is partnered in this recital by pianist Paloma Koulder, with whom she has made several of the arrangements heard on the album.
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