Vivaldi - Bassoon Concertos, Vol. 1 (1986)

1. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 467~Allegro 	
2. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 467~Andante 
3. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 467~Allegro 	
4. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 491~Allegro molto 	
5. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 491~Largo 
6. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 491~Allegro 	
7. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 500~Allegro 	
8. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 500~Largo 	
9. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 500~Allegro 	
10. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 499~Allegro 	
11. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 499~Largo 	
12. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in A minor, RV 499~Allegro 
13. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 466~Allegro 	
14. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 466~Largo 	
15. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 466~Allegro 	
16. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 486~Allegro non molto 
17. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 486~Largo 	
18. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 486~Allegro 	
19. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 474~Allegro 	
20. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 474~Largo 
21. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, RV 474~Allegro 	
22. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 487~Allegro 	
23.		Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 487~Largo 
24. 	Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major, RV 487~Allegro

Daniel Smith - Bassoon
Thomas Martin 	- Double Bass
English Chamber Orchestra
Philip Ledger - Conductor

These are modern instrument performances, of course, but they have a striking family resemblance to the English Concerto discs in their general springiness of step and unmannered liveliness. It rather goes to show that the big question is not so much whether the instruments are "original" or not, as what you do with them. The bassoon has perhaps undergone more far-reaching changes and if you compare Daniel Smith with the player who concluded the previous disc you will hear that the modern instrument has much more "ping" around its sound and sings out the slow movements in rather fruitier tones. Daniel Smith seems to take the view that the fastest tempos he can do in the quick movements are the right ones, and since his passage work is immaculate, and he still finds time for plenty of very musical phrasing and never for a moment gives the idea he has a train to catch, I think he can be said to have justified his view. Michael McCraw takes more measured tempos in the outer movements of his work, raising the question whether this was an interpretative choice or dictated by the mechanism of the early instrument. If the "original" bassoon makes a weaker sound, it would also be possible to find that it has a sweeter voice in the slow movement, so not everything in the modern instrument is pure gain. — Christopher Howell, danielsmithbassoon.com

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