Hello group, I just found this on the web the other day, a double concerto for basson and harp by Jean-Michel Damase. Here is a link to a Damase site and the...
Hi Steve, I have that recording and thoroughly recommend it. I also recommend any recording by Luc Loubry. He must have made at least 10-15 CD's which are...
Dear all, I was tuning on to an archived program series on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) Radio 4, on bassoon. On the second episode, they played a ...
cecil james? did he not play his father or uncle's instrument, that person having maybe been a dedicatee or something of the romance? -chuck ... From: Wai Kit...
Yes, Cecil did use his father's bassoon, which had been specially presented to his father by Buffet Crampon. The year seems about right.. have the details of...
Hi Wai Kit, Was this an historical recording? I haven't (yet) managed to get my hands on the Regis Poulain recital recording, but it lists the Elgar. Could...
Dear all, Thanks for the excellent info and tips. The recording sounded a tad dated to me, and I would tend to think that it was more likely Cecil James than...
Hi Wai Kit, I would certainly love to hear those programmes. It sounds fascinating. Re: the Régis Poulain recital CD including the Romance, I have that ...
I remember when I studied with Cecil James in 1976 (and bought his "modern" Buffet from him that he and Allard had picked out at the factory) he said to me one...
Dear Wai Kit Leung I'd be grateful if you could send me the link to the RTHK programme. Thanks Peter ... From: Wai Kit Leung To: frenchbassoon@yahoogroups.com ...
Dear all, Here is a link to the RTHK Radio Archive: http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/title_search_sp.cgi The program on bassoon can be found under Radio 4. The...
Thanks for that Wai Kit. I've just listened to the broadcast on RTHK - very interesting programmes, and I only wish I could understand the Cantonese. ...
I recently purchased an enjoyable modern performance of the Weber Concerto by the French virtuoso Jean-Claude Montac, and possibly the only available recording...
... Paris_W0QQitemZ120161908388QQihZ002QQcategoryZ16218QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrd ... Some 20 years ago I bought a Cabart bassoon very cheap, from Cecil James. He...
... Paris_W0QQitemZ120161908388QQihZ002QQcategoryZ16218QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrd ... Some 20 years ago I bought a Cabart bassoon very cheap, from Cecil James. He...
Dear Dennis, Thanks for your message. I just found out about this CD independently 10 minutes ago and was about to post the exact same message before I read...
This instrument hass now re-appeared at a higher price! SW ... Paris_W0QQitemZ120161908388QQihZ002QQcategoryZ16218QQssPageNameZWDVWQ Qrd ... I ... The ... ...
Dear all, I think I have found out who played the Elgar Romance on the 1910 Buffet: http://www.theclassicalshop.net/pdf/SAR%20035.pdf If you have had a chance...
Dear all, I have an unused (i.e. new) 4-CD set of Vivaldi concerti, with Maurice Allard on 5 bassoon concerti, Maurice Bourgue on 5 oboe concerti, plus 1 CD...
Dear all, Just wanted to let you know that the set has found a good home. I will let you all know next time I have any gems available. By the way, I found...
Hi Guy, I just checked and there is no Koechlin. There is Dubois's Concerto Ironico though. No offence to those French composers, but Jolivet's Concerto...
Dear All, I have the Allard/ Jolivet Concerto on CD 4 of a set of this composer's works originally issued on Erato and re-issued recently by Warner. The...
Hi Members, After a hiatus of many, many years I have gotten out my Buffet and am in the process of getting my technique, etc., back-so much so that I am...
Hola buenas, may I bore you with the story of how Ron's Buffet was actually chosen? I was working in London in 1972-74 and irregularly took lessons from Cecil...