Bassoon: All the Genres are in Its Power

Part I

James Waterson
Souvenir de Donizetti

Alexei Bazhalkin (bassoon)
Marina Tyakht (piano)

Peter Schickele
P.D.Q. Bach. “Dutch” Suite in G major for bassoon and trumpet

Sergei Bobchenkov (bassoon)
Fyodor Shagov (tuba)

Reinhold Glière
Impromtu and Humoresque, op. 35

Taras Zhukovsky (bassoon)
Elizaveta Malashenko (piano)

Francis Poulenc
Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, FP 43

Sofia Belyaeva (oboe)
Alexei Bazhalkin (bassoon)
Elena Popkova (piano)

Jean Françaix
Divertissement for bassoon and strings

Andrei Rudometkin (bassoon)
Vladimir Sklyarevsky (violin)
Ekaterina Butakova (violin)
Lubov Tokareva (viola)
Boris Lifanovsky (cello)
Pavel Stepin (contrabass)


Part II

François Devienne
Trio in B-flat major, op. 61. No 5 for flute, clarinet and bassoon

Natalia Bereslavtseva (flute)
Mikhail Mering (clarinet)
Taras Zhukovsky (bassoon)

Paul Jeanjean
Prélude et Scherzo

Sergei Bobchenkov (bassoon)
Elizaveta Malashenko (piano)

Anton Brejestovski
“Three Windows in Bryusov Lane”

Alexei Bazhalkin (bassoon)
Anna Rashina (violin)
Elena Popkova (piano)
Vasily Moiseev (percussion)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
Transcription for Bassoon Quintet:

Alexei Bazhalkin, Andrei Rudometkin,
Taras Zhukovsky, Sergei Bobchenkov,
Alexei Marutaev