Every Friday we choose a observe from a Naxos Music Group album launched twenty years in the past to offer the accompaniment for 5 minutes of your downtime.
This week’s decide from the Capriccio label (C67139) is the Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings that Sofia Gubaidulina composed in 1975 for Valeri Popov (b. 1937), the foremost Russian bassoonist of his period. The concerto’s solo half exploits the complete potential of what’s a very versatile and extremely expressive instrument. Right here’s the fourth motion, headed Rubato, mesto. quarter be aware = 60.
Sofia Gubaidulina died in March of this 12 months. For an appreciation of her life and works please comply with this link.
