Michael Norris (1934-)
Tango, extrait de "Trois Danses"

Michael Head (1900-1976)
Clouds, extrait de "Three Fantastic Pieces"

Henri Sauguet (1901-1989)
Barcarolle

Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)
Suite pour basson et quatuor à cordes

Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013)
Automne

Thomas Simaku (1958-)
Andante et Scherzo

Joseph Holbrooke (1878-1958)
Valse "Souvenir", extrait de "Six Pièces", op. 23

Robin Walker (1953-)
Twilight

Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Honey-couloured cow, op. 3d

Vernon Elliott (1912-1996)
Ivor the Engine signature tune

Joseph Horovitz (1926-2022)
Rumple of the Bailey

Alan Ridout (1934-1996)
"Pigs", a present for Gordon Jacob

Laurence Perkins (1954-)
Darkness at Derwentwater

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Ciranda das sete notas

Laurence Perkins, basson
John Flinders, piano
Carducci String Quartet
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
William Goodchild, direction

From TV theme tunes to a folk-inspired ‘circle dance on seven notes’ by Villa-Lobos, Laurence Perkins—aided by a wide variety of accompanists—presents another pleasing miscellany of composers and works (no fewer than fourteen of each) demonstrating the many moods and expressive potential of the bassoon.