Voyage of a sea-god

Voyage of a sea-god
The bassoon leading a musical journey through the twentieth century
Laurence Perkins (bassoon)

Available now on Hyperion Records (Downloads - mp3, ALAC, FLAC / CD)
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68371/2
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Featured Tracks:

Bassoon Sonata in G major Op 168 [13'30] Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
with Michael Hancock (piano)
3: Allegretto moderato [2'52]

Incidental music from Macbeth [6'41] Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
6: Lament [2'54]
with Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Amy Thompson (bassoon)

Concerto for bassoon and small orchestra [27'42] Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, William Goodchild (conductor)
29: Adagio lamentoso – [3'45]

Album Includes:

CD1
1: Introduction and Allegro [5'40] Richard Henry Walthew (1872-1951)
with Michael Hancock (piano)
2: Scherzo humoristique Op 12bis [2'48] Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953)
with Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon)
Bassoon Sonata in G major Op 168 [13'30] Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
with Michael Hancock (piano)
3: Allegretto moderato [2'52]
4: Allegro scherzando [4'15]
5: Molto adagio – Allegro moderato [6'23]
Incidental music from Macbeth [6'41] Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
6: Lament [2'54]
with Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Amy Thompson (bassoon)
7: Dance of the witches [3'47]
with Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon)
Threnody and Scherzo [18'11] Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
with Eira Lynn Jones (harp), Carducci String Quartet, Susie Mészáros (viola), Michael Escreet (double bass)
8: Threnody [11'17]
9: Scherzo [6'54]
Bassoon Sonata [8'36] Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
with Michael Hancock (piano)
10: Leicht bewegt [2'12]
11: Langsam – Marsch – Beschluß, Pastorale-Ruhig [6'24]
Quartettino for four bassoons[4'54]William Schuman (1910-1992)
with Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon)
12: Ostinato [1'15]
13: Nocturne [1'29]
14: Valse [0'57]
15: Fughetta [1'13]
Sarabande et Cortège [7'44] Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)
with Michael Hancock (piano)
16: Sarabande [2'41]
17: Cortège [5'03]
18: Minuet 'Grace for a fresh egg' [2'00] Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
with Michael Hancock (piano)
Concertino for bassoon and string orchestra [16'38] Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, William Goodchild (conductor)
CD2
19: Moderato [5'39]
20: Lento espressivo, intimo [5'52]
21: Presto giocoso [5'077
Caliban and Ariel [7'07] Alan Ridout (1934-1996)
22: Caliban [2'46]
23: Ariel [4'21]
Concerto for bassoon and small orchestra [27'42] Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, William Goodchild (conductor)
24: Prologo – [1'51]
25: Recitativo I – [5'12]
26: Recitativo II [2'55]
27: Aria – [10'13]
28: Cadenza – [2'077
29: Adagio lamentoso – [3'45]
30: Epilogo [1'39]
Bassoon Sonata [17'30] Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
with Michael Hancock (piano)
31: Moderato [6'25]
32: Forlana [5'01]
33: Molto allegro – Andante [6'04]
34: Dreams of Stac Pollaidh [5'07] David Bedford (1937-2011)

Label: Hyperion
Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: 2 July 2021
Total duration: 144 minutes 8 seconds

Cover artwork: Cover illustration by Ghislaine Howard (b1953)
Photo © Adrian Lambert
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