Lola Descours, Paloma Kouider – Bassoon Steppes (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Lola Descours, Paloma Kouider – Bassoon Steppes (2022)
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Bassoonist Lola Descours, prize-winner of the prestigious Tchaikovsky competition in 2019, performs an all-Russian program of music transcribed for bassoon and piano.

A passionate advocate for the bassoon and its often underestimated capacity for colour and expression, Lola Descours performs repertoire of great variety, including Glinka, considered to be the first great Russian composer, as well as lyrical Tchaikovsky, romantic Rachmaninov, powerful Scriabin and sardonic Shostakovich. The program is brought up to date with a dream-like piece by contemporary Russian composer Lera Auerbach.

Lola Descours is partnered in this recital by pianist Paloma Koulder, with whom she has made several of the arrangements heard on the album.

Tracklist:

01. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Scriabin: 12 Études, Op. 8: No. 11 in B-Flat Minor (Arr. G. Piatigorsky for Bassoon & Piano) (03:45)
02. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 6, Allegretto (01:20)
03. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 13, Moderato (01:07)
04. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 14, Adagio (02:19)
05. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 15, Allegretto (00:59)
06. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 16, Andantino (01:25)
07. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Excerpts Arr. B. Hainaut for Bassoon & Piano): No. 24, Allegretto (01:34)
08. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Rimsky-Korsakov: 4 Romances, Op. 2: No. 2, Eastern Song (The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose) [Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano] (03:03)
09. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces, Op. 19, TH 133: No. 4, Nocturne (Arr. I. Kostlan for Bassoon & Piano) (04:19)
10. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Auerbach: I Walk Unseen (07:10)
11. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Glinka: Do Not Tempt Me (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano) (03:03)
12. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano): I. Lento (10:14)
13. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano): II. Allegro scherzando (06:18)
14. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano): III. Andante (05:49)
15. Lola Descours & Paloma Kouider – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (Arr. L. Descours & P. Kouider for Bassoon & Piano): IV. Allegro mosso (10:22)

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