034571174532

The Playful Pachyderm - Classic Miniatures For Bassoon And Orchestra

Laurence Perkins; Ronald Corp: New London Orchestra

£13.99
£13.99
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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67453

Release Date:  01 November 2004

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571174532

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  The Playful Pachyderm - Classic miniatures for bassoon and orchestra

  • Description

    This joyous new disc takes us deep into the wondrous world of ‘all-things bassoon’—original pieces, arrangements time-tested and well loved, and new versions for the instrument of old favourites.
    Longfellow described the bassoon as ‘a distant voice in the darkness’—Laurence Perkins takes up the challenge in his arrangements of wordless songs by Faure and Ravel; folk song finds its place—a nod to the instrument’s distinguished ancestry dating all the way back to the medieval period; and humour, of course, is never far away—the bassoon is after all (to paraphrase Ashlyn’s bizarre dialogue between voice and bassoon) an instrument as much suited to the innuendo-laden serenading of one’s lover as to the killing of rodents …

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. My Teddy Bear - Johann Wilhelm Ganglberger
      • 2. Romance Op. 62 - Edward Elgar
      • 3. Allegro Spiritoso - Jean-Baptiste, Senaille
      • 4. Walking song from Appelbo
      • 5. Mist-Covered Mountains - Catriona McKay
      • 6. Piece - Gabriel Faure
      • 7. The Playful Pachyderm - Gilbert Vinter
      • 8. Spurn Point
      • 9. Van Dieman's Land
      • 10. She Borrowed Some Of Her Mother's Gold
      • 11. As I Walked Over London Bridge
      • 12. Bonny at Morn - Laurence Perkins
      • 13. Lucy Song - Fred Godfrey
      • 14. Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles Gounod
      • 15. The Old Grumbler Op. 210 - Julius Fucik
      • 16. Piece En Forme De Habanera - Maurice Ravel
      • 17. The Carnival - James Ord Hume
      • 18. The Bassoon - Richard Suart

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