The title of this release by Portuguese-Swiss bassoonist Rui Lopes (who in all but spelling shares his name with a famous chess opening) is accurate enough: Through Time runs from Vivaldi through Mozart to the 20th century, the last well represented by a trio of works. But what's impressive is not simply the breadth of the program but Lopes' facility in a great variety of bassoon sounds. He excels in the bruising virtuosity of Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto in C major, RV 472, the delicate melodicism of the young Mozart, the ...
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The title of this release by Portuguese-Swiss bassoonist Rui Lopes (who in all but spelling shares his name with a famous chess opening) is accurate enough: Through Time runs from Vivaldi through Mozart to the 20th century, the last well represented by a trio of works. But what's impressive is not simply the breadth of the program but Lopes' facility in a great variety of bassoon sounds. He excels in the bruising virtuosity of Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto in C major, RV 472, the delicate melodicism of the young Mozart, the broad conceits of the little-known Romance for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 62, by Elgar, and the gentle exoticism of Villa-Lobos. The biggest attraction is a work by the sorely underrated neo-classicist Jean Françaix, who should be twice as well known as Joaquín Rodrigo but instead is maybe one-tenth as celebrated. Hear the soaring slow movement of his Divertissement for bassoon and string orchestra, and Lopes' perfectly controlled treatment. The classical repertoire for bassoon is much...
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Antonio Vivaldi; Edward Elgar; Heitor Villa-Lobos; Jean Françaix; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
