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Boismortier: Sonatas for Two Bassoons / Musica Franca

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-03-01

Works: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonata for bassoon & continuo in E minor, Op. 50/1; Sonata for bassoon & continuo in G major, Op. 26/3; Sonata for 2 bassoons (or cellos or viols) in D minor, Op. 40/1; S...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Jackson, Fraser [Bassoon]; Jackson, Nadina Mackie; Lussier, Mathieu; Pare, Richard
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Ensemble: Musica Franca

"... Perhaps most pleasing about the instrumentation is the wonderful dark and sonorous blend of two bassoons, contrabassoon, organ, and theorbo. The adagio, largo, and...continue...

Michel Corrette: Le Phénix, etc / Musica Franca

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-03-01

Works: Michel Corrette: Le Phénix, concerto for 4 bass viols, cellos or bassoons & continuo in D major; Les Délices de la Solitude, 6 sonatas for cello, viol, bassoon & continuo, Op. 20; Concerto ...
Performers: Jackson, Fraser [Bassoon]; Jackson, Nadina Mackie; Jenkins, Paul; Lussier, Mathieu; McLean, Kathlene; Terry McKenna [Lute/Guitar]
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Ensemble: Musica Franca

"The six sonatas are wonderful little gems of music. The fourth one is my favorite, partly because it is in B-flat, a particularly resonant key...continue...

Love Lost and Found - Handel / Djerejian, Ledger, English CO

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2004-03-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Orlando; Lungi da voi, che sieti poli, cantata, HWV 126; Sorgi il dì, HWV 72 "Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo"; Figli del mesto cor, cantata for alto & continuo, HWV 112; Fra...
Performers: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Quinteiro, Eligio; Sherman, Paul
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra