Jules Massenet:
Lent et sombre

Philippe Gaubert:
Mouvement de Sicilienne

Edawrd Elgar:
Romance, Op. 62

Eugene Bourdeau:
Troisieme solo de concert
Premier solo de concert
Deuxieme solo de concert

Thomas Dunhill:
Lyric Suite, Op. 96

Herbert Howells:
Minuet (Grace for a fresh egg)

Camille Saint-Saens:
Sonate pour basson et piano, Op. 168

William Hurlstone:
Sonate pour basson et piano en fa majeur

Gabriel Pierne:
Solo de concert, Op. 35

Charles Gounod:
Marche funebre d'une marionnette (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)

In Le monde d’hier, bassonist Mathieu Lussier and pianist Francis Perron explore French and English repertoire for bassoon written at beginning of the 20th century.

The composers recorded here, including Elgar, Gounod, Massenet, and Saint-Saëns, fully embraced the Romantic movement of their era. Gabriel Pierné’s almost jazzy Solo de concert rubs shoulders with the noble and introspective Romance by Edward Elgar. Lussier has also chosen grand sonatas by Camille Saint-Saëns and William Hurlstone, as well as smaller works and short vignettes by Herbert Howells, Eugene Bourdeau, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, and Philippe Gaubert.