Leonarda Records' audiocassette with The New York Bassoon Quartet playing Peter Schickele, Katherine Hoover, Vaclav Nelhybel, Rudolph Palmer, and Alvin Brehm, (bassoonists Bernadette Zirkuli, Jane Taylor, Julie Feves, Lauren Goldstein) and Gregg Henegar playing the Donald Erb Contrabassoon Concerto with The London Philharmonic conducted by Harold Farberman. #LE 302cs. Total Time 58:28. Composer bios and program notes. Performer bios. Leonarda Home Page

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The Bassoon in Quartet & Concerto

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Alvin Brehm (USA)
Colloquy and Chorale (NYBQ) (6:53)

Rudolph Palmer (USA)
Contrasts for Four Bassoons (NYBQ) (13:15)

Vaclav Nelhybel (d.1996) (Czech./USA)
Concert Etudes for Four Bassoons (NYBQ) (10:32)

Katherine Hoover (b.1937) (USA)
Sinfonia (NYBQ) (10:58)

Peter Schickele (USA)
Last Tango in Bayreuth (NYBQ) (2:25)

Donald Erb (b.1927) (USA)
Concerto for Contrabassoon and Orchestra (14:26)

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Erb:"deliciously quirky piece" The Houston Chronicle Sound: "The sound is quite ravishing." The American Record Guide (original NYBQ LP review) Brehm, Palmer, Nelhybel, Hoover, Schickele: "The music is consistently fascinating, and the reproduction is flawless." The New Records (original NYBQ LP review)

Recording: Artistic Director: Bernadette Zirkuli (NYBQ). Recording Producers: Joanna Nickrenz (NYBQ) and Marnie Hall (LPO). Recording Engineers: Marc Aubort (NYBQ) and John Kurlander (LPO). Recorded at Rutgers Church, New York City, 1977 (NYBQ) and Abbey Road Studios, London, England, 1989 (LPO). Post production (LPO) and premastering: producer: Marnie Hall; digital editor: Allan Tucker, (Foothill Productions) Support: This recording is made possible with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional funding was provided by individual donors. Music Publishers: Bassoon quartets: Email Leonarda for information. Erb: Merion Music

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