Bassoon Concertos

This second album with bassoon concertos from the early 19th century featuring Jaakko Luoma and the Tapiola Sinfonietta contains four magnificent concert jewels written for Frans Carl Preumayr (1782-1853), an accomplished and talented bassoonist who moved to Stockholm in 1802. The best-known works are probably by his Finnish father-in-law Bernhard Henrik Crusell and Franz Berwald, Sweden's most celebrated Romantic composer. The impressive bassoon concerto by the Switzerland-born Édouard Du Puy, on the other hand, is rarely heard. The Germany-born composer Eduard Brendler has likewise been largely forgotten by music history. All four works are powerful, interesting and demanding solo compositions that offer an exciting journey into the musical life of one of the Scandinavian music capitals 200 years ago.