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Paolo Carlini

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Four unique bassoon masterpieces from the Romantic era!During the Romantic period, the bassoon came into its own, and tasteful works were written that made the most of its unique expression.Jules Demersmann of France, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 33, was a genius on the flute, and his “Introduction and Polonaise” is interesting in that it features the bassoon in a very theatrical manner.Gustave Schreck, the first Thomas Kantor of the 20th century, liked Schumann’s Fantasy Pieces, Op.73 so much that he turned the bassoon sonata into a tribute work.Antoine Reicha’s (Anton Reicha) bassoon sonata is a “duo” composed while at the Paris Conservatory but somehow unpublished, which was reintroduced to the world as a “sonata” by the musicologist, Lebermann.Ignatz Moscheles’ “Concerto Grande Sonata” is a masterpiece with a great deal of expression, although the first edition of the score is a