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Simon Van Holen - Pro Contra! (2016)

Simon Van Holen - Pro Contra! (2016)

BAND/ARTIST: Simon Van Holen

  • Title: Pro Contra!
  • Year Of Release: 2016
  • Label: Challenge Classics
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 68:12
  • Total Size: 284 MB
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Tracklist:

1 Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet: Vivace 02:24
2 Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet: Lento 02:44
3 Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet: Vivo assa 02:05
4 Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet; Allegro 02:26
5 Baßnachtigall for contrabassoon solo op. 38: Melancolia 02:25
6 Baßnachtigall for contrabassoon solo op. 38: Perpetuum Mobile 00:49
7 Baßnachtigall for contrabassoon solo op. 38: Fuga 01:21
8 Sonata for bassoon and cello KV292: Allegro 05:22
9 Sonata for bassoon and cello KV292: Andante 04:19
10 Sonata for bassoon and cello KV292: Rondo-Allegro 03:20
11 Quartet for bassoon, 2 violas and cello op. 46 no. 1: Allegro 08:42
12 Quartet for bassoon, 2 violas and cello op. 46 no. 1: Andante 05:02
13 Quartet for bassoon, 2 violas and cello op. 46 no. 1: Menuetto. Moderato-Trio 04:04
14 Quartet for bassoon, 2 violas and cello op. 46 no. 1: Rondo 03:36
15 Concertino for contrabassoon and string quintet 19:33

An unusual disc devoted to the bassoon and contrabassoon, 'Pro Contra!' features music by Mozart, Kees Olthuis, Franz Krommer, Erwin Schulhoff and Jean Françaix, performed by Belgian Simon van Holen, contrabassoonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Van Holen, a world-beater for sheer virtuosity and singing ability on his instruments, is accompanied on this stunning recording by string players, also from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Even following the instrument's wave of emancipation last century, the very first composition ever published for solo contrabassoon, 'Bassnachtigall' (1922) by Erwin Schulhoff, is still something of a rarity, and sounds serious and droll at the same time. It takes the merest whiff of the frivolous elegance in Mozart's Sonata, KV292 to be enchanted by how the composer allows the bassoon to sing. The Divertissement for bassoon and string quintet (1942) by Jean Françaix is a telling example of French 'joie de vivre': lively, whimsical, waspish and brimming with rhythmic subtleties. The Quartet, op. 46 no. 1 (1804) by Franz Krommer is a gallant and dashing work with a contrasting touch of melancholy in its andante.


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