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Mozart, Weber & Du Puy - Bassoon Concertos

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Catalogue numberBIS-2467 SACD
Release date2020-04-03
Discs1
Orig. sample rate96000Hz
Total time66:15

As Bram van Sambeek writes in the liner notes to his new disc, bassoonists consider Mozart’s Concerto in B flat major the absolute pinnacle of their repertoire. A man of great contrasts himself, Mozart recognised the potential of the bassoon as a vehicle for expressing a wide range of moods and attitudes – from the joking and playful to the dreamily tuneful. Another composer who showed a special understanding for the instrument was Carl Maria von Weber, whose Concerto in F major doesn’t come far behind Mozart’s on the list of all-time bassoon hits. But as all bassoonists would agree, that list is on the short side – compared to the piano or the violin, the bassoon has been sadly underused by composers. How much easier then to imagine van Sambeek’s excitement when, by chance, he came across an unknown bassoon concerto. From a library in Stockholm he had requested a quintet for bassoon and strings by the Swiss-born, Swedish-based singer-conductor-composer and jack-of-most-trades Édouard Du Puy (c. 1770—1822) but, by mistake, he was sent a copy of the autograph manuscript for Du Puy’s ‘Concerto pour le Basson’ in C minor. Recognising the importance of the discovery, van Sambeek organised for a modern edition to be made. Describing it as ‘a work which deserves a place amongst the few important bassoon concertos that we have’, he has now chosen to present it to the world alongside Mozart and von Weber, with spirited support from the acclaimed Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by his colleague and long-time collaborator, the oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk.
 
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Extra material for download
 
 
  Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K 191 (1774) 17:19
01 I. Allegro 07:11 $ 1.75 USD
02 II. Andante ma Adagio 06:16 $ 1.52 USD
03 III. Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto 03:52 $ 0.99 USD
 
 
  Composer: Weber, Carl Maria von
  Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75 (1811/1822) 16:56
04 I. Allegro ma non troppo 08:04 $ 1.97 USD
05 II. Adagio 04:29 $ 1.10 USD
06 III. Rondo. Allegro 04:23 $ 1.12 USD
 
 
  Composer: Du Puy, Édouard
  Bassoon Concerto in C minor (1812) 30:17
07 I. Adagio non troppo — Allegro moderato 13:00 $ 3.15 USD
08 II. Adagio 06:58 $ 1.70 USD
09 III. Rondo. Allegretto 10:19 $ 2.60 USD
 
  Album total 66:15
ComposerDu Puy, Édouard
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Weber, Carl Maria von
ConductorOgrintchouk, Alexeï
OrchestraSwedish Chamber Orchestra
BassoonSambeek, Bram van

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