Laurence Perkins; Ronald Corp: New London Orchestra - The Playful Pachyderm - Classic miniatures for bassoon and orchestra

This joyous new disc takes us deep into the wondrous world of �all-things bassoon��original pieces, arrangements time-tested and well loved, and new versions for the instrument of old favourites.Longfellow described the bassoon as �a distant voice in the darkness��Laurence Perkins takes up the challenge in his arrangements of wordless songs by Faure and Ravel; folk song finds its place�a nod to the instrument�s distinguished ancestry dating all the way back to the medieval period; and humour, of course, is never far away�the bassoon is after all (to paraphrase Ashlyn�s bizarre dialogue between voice and bassoon) an instrument as much suited to the innuendo-laden serenading of one�s lover as to the killing of rodents �