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Sonata No. 2 for Bassoon and Piano by Alec Wilder. (Published by Southern Music Co., San Antonio, Texas 78206. $4.00)

This extensive solo work is a welcome addition to the literature. Wilder makes excellent musical sense, while remaining warmly melodious and rhythmically very interesting.

"Gargoyles" for Soprano, Bassoon, and Piano by Ludmila Ulehla. (New Direction Publishers. New York City (?)) Poem by Gregory Corso.

First performed by Leonard Hindell of the Metropolitan Opera bassoon section on his April 16, 1970, recital at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York.

Piece for Piano and Wind Quintet by Paul Schoenfeld.

Written for the University of Toledo (Ohio) Wind Quintet by pianist-composer Schoenfeld. Highly recommended by the quintet's bassoonist, James mason. (For information, write: James Mason, 1450 Glenview, Toledo, Ohio 43614)

Concertino for Bassoon and String Trio by Wilson Coker. 1959 (Published by Theodore Presser Co. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. $3.75.)

Winner of the Koussevitsky Prize for composition in 1959 at the Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood, mass., this is a dramatic and effective work about 6 1/2 minutes in length.

Concerto for Bassoon and Double Bassoon by Henk Badings.

Mentioned in two issues of the Dutch Music Journal, Sonorum Speculum; a performance in the U.S., as listed: "K. Wagner, Orchestra of the University of California (Davis, Cal.) (Los Angeles, Cal.)" -- and a radio performance: Koninklijke Militaire Kapel, conducted by Rocus van Yperen (Radio AVRO). In both cases, soloists no mentioned! The work should be available from DONEMUS (through C.F. Peters, New York, in the U.S.A.)

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