Hersant - Music for Bassoon
£9.45
In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 95211
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 24th June 2016
Contents
Works
Duo Sephardim for viola and bassoonDuos (8) for viola and bassoon
Hopi for solo bassoon
Niggun for solo bassoon
Pieces (8) for bassoon and instrumental ensemble
Wanderung
Artists
Andrea Bressan (bassoon)Mario Paladin (viola)
Ex Novo Ensemble
Schola Cantorum San Rocco
Works
Duo Sephardim for viola and bassoonDuos (8) for viola and bassoon
Hopi for solo bassoon
Niggun for solo bassoon
Pieces (8) for bassoon and instrumental ensemble
Wanderung
Artists
Andrea Bressan (bassoon)Mario Paladin (viola)
Ex Novo Ensemble
Schola Cantorum San Rocco
About
Gallois’s virtuosity and adventurousness allowed Hersant to explore many new techniques and timbres for the instrument such as particular glissandi and overtone harmonics, but the influence of Messiaen may still be heard not only in the use of folk melodies (Hebrew, Mongolian and American-Indian) which pervade several works, as a kind of found music which is a counterpart to Messiaen’s birds, but in the often open and radiant harmony which characterises Hersant’s music whether for solo instruments such as cello or piano, or in larger-scale works for choir and orchestra.
The Eight Pieces with ensemble form a kind of concerto, or as Hersant describes it, a sequence of paintings, brief and deliberately underdeveloped. The bassoon sometimes melts into the instrumental ensemble (comprising a clarinet, a trombone, a violin, a viola, a cello, a double bass and a piano), whilst in other pieces the soloist role clearly prevails. In the Eight Duos, the popular side of Janacek and Stravinsky may be discerned. Hersant is a craftsman of his art, often working in time-honoured forms of dance, canon and songs without words. This is the most extensive collection of his music for bassoon on record.
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here