Composer: Niccolò Paganini
Performer: Andrea Bressan, Giovanni Guzzo, Gabrielle Shek
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Channel
Catalogue: CCS44022
Release: 2022
Size: 2.7 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Divertimenti Carnevaleschi, MS 4
01. II. Alessandrina No. 1
Duetti concertante for Violin and Bassoon, MS 130 No. 1
02. I. Largo – Allegro moderato
03. II. Rondò. allegretto vivo
Divertimenti Carnevaleschi, MS 4
04. X. Valzer No. 1 – XI. Valzer No. 2
Duetti concertante for Violin and Bassoon, MS 130 No. 3
05. I. Allegro con brio poco scherzando
06. II. Petite romance in D Minor. Larghetto
07. III. Polacchina in D Major. Andantino con grazia
Divertimenti Carnevaleschi, MS 4
08. I. Minuetto
Concertino a tre in E-Flat Major for Viola, Cello and Bassoon, BI 388
09. I. Spiritoso risoluto in B-Flat Major
10. II. Largo sostenuto in A-Flat Major
11. III. Tema scherzando
Duetti concertante for Violin and Bassoon, MS 130 No. 2
12. I. Largo – Allegro moderato
13. II. Rondò. Allegro moderato
Divertimenti Carnevaleschi, MS 4
14. XV. Sei contradanze inglesi
It’s an intriguing selection, and here it’s been beautifully brought off…It perhaps sounds – unintentionally – like a back-handed compliment, but I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a bassoon chamber programme so much.
Bassoonist Andrea Bressan (Principal; Budapest Festival Orchestra) and violinist Giovanni Guzzo (Concertmaster; Camerata Salzburg & Guest Concertmaster; London Symphony Orchestra) have teamed up to record new – or never played – repertoire for bassoon and violin.
Great friends and highly respected musicians, Andrea Bressan and Giovanni Guzzo play works from a specific geographical area and a specific historical period. Composers Niccolò Paganini and Alessandro Rolla were also good friends and played concerts as a Violino and Viola duo.
There are only two recordings of the Tre Duetti Concertanti per violino e fagotto by Paganini, while Rolla’s Concertino a tre was never even recorded before! The idea behind including short pieces from Paganini’s Divertimenti Carnevaleschi is to alternate emotional moments and keep listeners active and involved throughout.
Reflecting on playing Italian repertoire, Andrea Bressan tells us: “In many bars and moments of these compositions I found the sounds, the smells and the beautiful light of my country and of my sunny youth.”