Until the middle of the 1700s the bassoon suffered from a series of technical limitations that retarded its appreciation until new improvements allowed the classical bassoon (to distinguish it, as we do today, from the baroque instrument) to emerge as a fundamental instrument of ever more complex orchestras. The Ensemble Devienne and bassoonist Massimo Martusciello’s new Bongiovanni release features a program of bassoon chamber works by four composers, one from the Classical era (Devienne), an early-Romantic (Danzi) and two 20th c. modernists, Jean Françaix and Roberto Molinelli.
