Maurice Allard - Paris. Jolivet Bassoon Concerto (new recording, not a re-issue. ERATO-O.R.T.F. STU 70411. The earlier recording was Music Guild S-39.) Incredibly virtuosic performances!.
Alan S. Brown - New York, with the Lark Wind Quintet. Carl Nielsen Quintet, "Serenata Invano" and other music with winds. A very fine performance. (Lyrichord 7155 or Musical Heritage Society 1004)
Paul Cammarota - New York, with the Classic Guitar Trio. (Flute, Bassoon, Guitar). Paganini Terzetto in D, Schubert Eight Minuets (arr.) Received Stereo Review magazine, Oct. 1970 "Recording of Special Merit". (Golden Crest CR 4090. $5.98)
Nicholas Kilburn - Toronto, with the Toronto Woodwind Quintet. R. Murray Schafer, "Minnelieder", for mezzo-soprano (Phyllis Mailing) and wind quintet. This lovely and rare chamber work should be less obscure than it is. Write to the composer about arrangement for rental of the music (Communications Dept., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, B.C., Canada). (Music and Musicians of Canada Recording 1967. RCA Victor Canada CCS 1012.)
Werner Mauruschat and (son) Peter Mauruschat - Cologne, Germany, with wind ensemble. Mozart Serenades KV 375 and 388. 18th-century wind instruments. (Harmonia Mundi - Europe. No number mentioned.) Will Jansen writes, "the most beautiful recording of these serenades I ever heard."
Maurice Pachman - New York. Bassoon Recital Program. Galliard, Piern&, Saint-Saens, etc. (Golden Crest 7019.)
Mark Popkin - New York, with the Clarion Wind Quintet. Quintets of Leo Kauffman, William Bergsma; Auric Trio; Poulenc Duo. (Golden Crest CR 4076.)
Mordechai Rechtman - Tel-Aviv, with The Israel Woodwind Quintet. Music of Mozart, K. 594, 616, and 608 for mechanical organ (arranged by Rechtman), Oedoen Partos - "Nebulae", and Hanoch Jacoby Quintet. This ensemble's first recording. (RCA printed in Israel ISZ 1019. Eastronics Ltd., 75 Haifa Rd., Box 21029, Tel-Aviv, Israel.)
Leonard Sharrow - Indiana University. Recital Program. (Coronet Record Co. S 1294.) Order Stereo only.
Klaus Thunemann - Berlin. Beethoven Trio in G WoO 37, with Karlheinz Zoller, flute and Aloys Kontarsky, Piano. (Deutsche Grammophone 4 LP Stereo 2720 015.) Part of Beethoven Edition, a special 4-record set including the Septet, Octet, Sextet, Piano Wind Quintet, etc.- a beautiful album, performed by members of the Berlin Philharmonic and Philharmonic Octet.
Christopher Weait - Toronto, Mordechai Rechtman - Tel-Aviv, and Ryohei Nakagawa - New York, all had their wind ensemble transcriptions included on the same recording! (Kaibala Records Stereo 20 B 01. Box 512, Oreland, PA 19075.) We wonder if the other two transcribers featured are also bassoonists!? (Rudolf Moros and Ronald Herder)