Fantasies for Bassoon
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN10703
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 26th September 2011
Contents
Works
Salut d'amour, op.12 (arr. for Bassoon and Piano)Songs (14), op.34
Sonata in A minor, D821 'Arpeggione'
Fantasiestucke, op.73 (arr. for Basson and Piano)
Sonata in G major for violin and harp, op.115
Artists
Karen Geoghegan (bassoon)Philip Edward Fisher (piano)
Works
Salut d'amour, op.12 (arr. for Bassoon and Piano)Songs (14), op.34
Sonata in A minor, D821 'Arpeggione'
Fantasiestucke, op.73 (arr. for Basson and Piano)
Sonata in G major for violin and harp, op.115
Artists
Karen Geoghegan (bassoon)Philip Edward Fisher (piano)
About
On this disc, she is accompanied by Philip Edward Fisher in works by some of the greatest composers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Schubert, Schumann, Spohr, Rachmaninov and Elgar. Yet, with a single exception, namely the Sonata in E flat by Gustav Schreck, none of the works recorded here were originally composed for the bassoon.
One of Rachmaninov’s best-loved short pieces, the Vocalise was written for wordless voice and piano. Demonstrating the capacities of the voice as a pure instrument, this work is a prime example of the power of melody without the need for words. In this arrangement, the bassoon takes on the role of ‘wordless voice’, which shows off the instrument’s great lyrical qualities to perfection, as does Elgar’s Salut d’amour.
Schumann’s Fantasiestücke was originally composed for clarinet and piano, its three pieces played without a break, with each subsequent piece taking up and developing melodic ideas from the preceding one. The Sonata in A minor, D 821 by Schubert, which remained unpublished and unperformed for decades after his death, is an emotionally complex work, its moods moving from deep melancholy to excited ebullience.
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