NOW AND THEN – New York Bassoon Quartet

NOW AND THEN – Recorded Works from 1999 and 1979 The New York Bassoon Quartet (Bernadette Zirkuli, Julie Feves, Lauren Goldstein, Jane Taylor)
2002, Leonarda LE 248

1999
Christopher Weait (arr)	Suite of Early American Tunes for Bassoon Quartet (arr.1965)
	1. General Wayne’s March 2. Hymm Tune “Work for Night is Coming 3. Waltz and Dexter’s Air 4. Lady Bruce’s Reel, Minor Hornpipe, Durang’s Hornpipe 5. Cobbs’s Superior 6. Capt. Mulligan
John Corigliano	How Like Pellucid Statues, Daddy ( Or like a… an engine.)
Serge Prokofiev	Humorous Scherzo, Op.12 No.9
William Schuman	Quartettino
	1. Ostinato 2. Nocturne 3. Valse 4. Fughetta
John Harbison	Canzonetta
1979
Petet Schickele	Last Tango in Bayreuth
Katherine Hoover	Sinfonia
	1. Introduction and Funeral March 2. Allegro Vivace
Alvin Brehm	Colloquy and Chorale
Vaclav Nelhybel	Concert Etudes for Four Bassoons
	1. Allegro vivo 2. Allegretto 3. Canon: Andante Moderato 4. Allegro
Rudolph Palmer	Contrasts for Four Bassoons

オリジナルメンバーは1960～70のジュリアードの卒業生で、Bernadette Zirkuli, Julie Feves, Lauren Goldstein, Alice Blackの４人。同時期の男性４人のBubonicの華々しい活躍に触発されて結成されました。現在は、Alice Blackに代わり、Dorian W.W QuintetのJane Taylorが参加。演奏は奇をてらったりしてないナチュラルな感じです。