CD 1:
Richard Henry Walthew:
Introduction and Allegro

Sergei Prokofiev:
Scherzo humoristique, Op. 12bis

Camille Saint-Saëns:
Bassoon Sonata in G major, Op. 168

Sir Granville Bantock:
Incidental music from Macbeth

Arnold Bax:
Threnody and Scherzo

Paul Hindemith:
Bassoon Sonata

William Schuman:
Quartettino for four bassoons

Henri Dutilleux:
Sarabande et Cortege

Herbert Howells:
Minuet 'Grace for a fresh egg'

CD 2:
Elizabeth Maconchy:
Concertino for bassoon and string orchestra

Alan Ridout:
Caliban and Ariel

Andrzej Panufnik:
Concerto for bassoon and small orchestra

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett:
Bassoon Sonata

David Bedford:
Dreams of Stac Pollaidh

Beginning in 1900 with Richard Henry Walthew and ending in 1999 with David Bedford, the intrepid musical journey undertaken by Laurence Perkins and friends celebrates the extraordinary versatility of the twentieth-century bassoon.

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The works by Walthew, Saint-Seans, Hindemith, Dutilleux, Howells & Bennett were recorded in the Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth on 16 & 17 February 2019; those by Prokofiev, Bantock, Bax, Schuman, Ridout & Bedford on 15 & 16 January 2020.