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Music For Bassoon And Piano

Music For Bassoon And Piano Classical

Music For Bassoon And Piano

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With his characteristically deft economy of means, Henri Dutilleux explored the two characteristics of the bassoon that have defined it in popular imagination ever since Mickey Mouse whirled his broom in vain at the climax of Walt Disneys cartoon realization of The Sorcerers Apprentice: despite its somber title, the Sarabande et Cortge of 1942 encloses both mournfulness and wit. So too, in no less concise terms, does the Sonatina of Tansman from a decade later. Dutilleuxs work opens this recital, but the earliest work here dates from two decades previously, the Sonata which captures in a nutshell the effortlessly easy-going charm of Saint-Sanss late music, composed with all the succinct mastery of expression to be expected of one who had never been short of a good tune for more than seven decades. Hindemiths Sonata of 1938 is briefer still but a much darker work, anchored by a grave march-rhythm second movement which perhaps reflects the troubled times its composition. The value of Carmen Mainer Martns personal selection of repertoire lies in its diversity of styles. Listening to the album should banish forever any notion of the bassoon as a one- or two-note instrument alternating eccentrically between rubicund jollity and doleful introspection. There are three waltzes for solo bassoon by Francisco Mignone, one of the most talented Brazilian composers working in the generation after Villa-Lobos; and to finish, a remarkable set of variations (Ocho variaciones sobre la imagen de un sueo, from 2017) by the Argentinian Alex Dante, born in 1994. This is scored for the unusual combination of bassoon, flute and piano, and dedicated to the two wind-playing sisters on this recording. Born and raised in Spain, Carmen Mainer Martn now lives and works as both a teacher and performer in Paris.
Product details
Release Date:
2018-06-29
Publication Date:
2018-06-29
Publisher:
Edel Germany GmbH / Hamburg
ISBN13:
5028421957616
Weight:
99 g
Height:
123 cm
Width:
142 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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