Bram van Sambeek, Maria-Paula Majoor, Rick Stotijn, Joost Bosdijk, Ellen Corver, Sven Figee, Marijn Korff de Gidts - Bassoon Kaleidoscope (2012)

Tracklist

01. Sacra Partitura for Bassoon, Violin and Basso Continuo: Sonata sopra la Monica
02. Three Arias from 'Il barbiere di Siviglia': Ecco ridente (Arr. for Two Bassoons by Bram van Sambeek)
03. Three Arias from 'Il barbiere di Siviglia': Una voce poco fa (Arr. for Two Bassoons by François René Gebauer and Bram van Sambeek)
04. Three Arias from 'Il barbiere di Siviglia': Largo al factotum (Arr. for Two Bassoons by Bodo Koenigsbeck and Bram van Sambeek)
05. Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 168: I. Allegro moderato
06. Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 168: II. Allegro scherzando
07. Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 168: III. Molto adagio - Allegro moderato
08. Duo Sonata for Two Bassoons
09. L'Histoire du Tango: Café 1930, for Bassoon and Guitar
10. Sonatine Tango for Bassoon and Piano: I. Violent et animé
11. Sonatine Tango for Bassoon and Piano: II. Scherzando
12. Sonatine Tango for Bassoon and Piano: III. Tempo de sarabande
13. Sonatine Tango for Bassoon and Piano: IV. Vivace
14. Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano
15. Harlem Nocturne for Bassoon, Double Bass, Hammond Organ and Drums (arr. Marijn van Prooijen)

The programme on this new recording spans nearly 400 years, and brilliantly showcases the many colours and moods that the bassoon is ideally suited to creating. The music ranges from the early Baroque sonata of Böddecker, dating from 1651, through to Saint-Saëns’s witty, elegant late sonata (1921) and Hagen’s remarkable Harlem Nocturne from 1939, featuring the innovative and brilliant combination of Hammond organ, drums, guitar and bassoon!

Gubaidulina’s Duo Sonata of 1977, Piazolla’s Café 1930 and Dubois’s Sonatine Tango of 1984 provide dazzling and contrasting 20th century flavours, as does the splendid Trio for flute, bassoon and piano by Chick Corea, which appeared on his 1970s album Inner Space.

Bram van Sambeek secured the collaboration of the best Dutch instrumentalists, among which guitarist Izhar Elias, flutist Marieke Schneemann and pianist Ellen Corver. This album is an audio kaleidoscope of sound, colour and moods, a tribute to the bassoon’s versatility.

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