Bassoonatics!

George Gershwin (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Jean Sibelius (Composer), Reynaldo Hahn (Composer), Mitchell Clarke (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Leroy Anderson (Composer), Jimmy McHugh (Composer), Duke / Tizol, Juan Ellington (Composer), John / McCartney, Paul Lennon (Composer), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Michael Welsh (Composer), Kurt Weill (Composer), Astor Piazzolla (Composer), Bill [1] Douglas (Composer), Caliban Quartet (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Caliban Quartet
• Composer: George Gershwin, Johannes Brahms, Jean Sibelius, Reynaldo Hahn, Mitchell Clarke, et al.
• Audio CD (February 17, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Musica Viva
• ASIN: B0000067V1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,656 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Bassoonastics, September 26, 2003

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belinda edwards (melbourne, victoria Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bassoonatics! (Audio CD)

This would have to be the best bassoon ensemble cd on the market. The arrangements are stylish and clever, and the performances brilliant! Fraser Jackson must be the most accomplished contrabassoonist I have ever head. This cd is a must for any bassoonists collection be you amateur or proffessional.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSTANDING QUARTET, April 14, 2002

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Juan de Gomar (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bassoonatics! (Audio CD)

This disc is really superb!!! Not only is the playing at an extremely high level by the group, the arrangements are also outstanding. The Brahms is abolutely beautiful. The group goes from lightning fingers bravura to sweet soulful singing. It is a joy to listen to again and again.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bassoon Me!, August 8, 2004

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bassoonatics! (Audio CD)

I delight in the bassoon! What a unique and great sound, throaty and thrillingly coarse, yet soaring to sound at times like sax, like oboe, like cello, like a bunch of bassoonatics!

This is delightful collection of musical styles played by this innovative and talented quartet. Choosing to select pieces that are not typically of the bassoon repertoire, we go from Waltz to Gershwin to Broadway to Motzart to Lennon/McCartnye to Sibelius to most of us unknowns such as Mitchell Clarke to Duke Ellington.

All played with passion and gusto and excellent tonality, phrasing and tempo.

Bassoon Me again!