Forbes Classical CD of the Week: Franz Berwald, Édouard Du Puy, Septet, Wind Quartet, Basson Quintet

…The title of the disc, “A Bassoon in Stockholm” refers to the fact that Berwald (1796 – 1868) and Du Puy (1770 – 1822), both, wrote their works for their fellow Royal Orchestra musician, über-bassoonist Frans Preumayr, a sort of Franz Liszt of the bassoon of his time, apparently: A silly title that would have mislead me, had I not heard from a perceptive friend about this disc…

-> Classical CD Of The Week: Bassoon Delight From Sweden

Franz Berwald, Édouard Du Puy, Septet, Wind Quartet, Basson Quintet, Donna Agrell (bassoon), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Marc Destrubé, Franc Polman (violins), Yoshiko Morita (viola), Albert Brüggen (cello), Robert Franenberg (double bass), Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), BIS SACD