Below are selected sound samples of Michael Burns
performing on the bassoon. Additional samples can be found
on the Compositions page.
Samples from the CD,
Primavera: Music for Bassoon and Piano by
Bassoonists, 8084-MCD
released on the Mark Masters label August 2009:
Michael Burns, bassoon; Ināra Zandmane, piano
available at Amazon.com, Forrests Music, and Charles Double Reed
CD review from The Double Reed, Vol 32, No. 3,
2009. Pp. 118-119
CD review from the Classical Voice of
North Carolina
Sonata (1981) by John Steinmetz
Prelude
Browning
Lament
Two Aotearoa Sketches (2004) by Michael Burns
I. Moods_Modes
II. A New Years' Piece
Reverie and Dance
(1989/1990) by David Kirby
Prima Vera (2000) by Ray Pizzi
(YouTube video posted by Ray Pizzi)
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano [For Irmgard]
(revised 1997) by Ron Klimko
I. Moderate tempo-Like a Slow
March
II. Very Fast, Rhythmic
III. Very Slow and as Gentle as
Possible
IV. Fast and WIld_ In the
Style of a Gypsy Dance
Samples from the CD, Song Of
Middle Earth: Percussion Music of Daniel
McCarthy. CAP 850
Summer 1999
Bundles of Sticks for Bassoon and Multiple
Percussion by Daniel McCarthy
I. Wood and Wind
II. On the Edge
Michael Burns, bassoon; Nathan Daughtrey, multiple
percussion
available from C. Alan Publications and at Amazon.com
Samples from the CD, EastWind
Trio d'Anches Looks East: Reed Trios of Eastern
Europe. Centaur CRC-2972
2009
EastWind Trio d'Anches, Mary Ashley Barret, oboe, Kelly
Burke, clarinet, Michael Burns, bassoon
Trio na obój, klarnet i fagot by Witold Lutoslaski
I. Allegro moderato
Oclaba by Frigyes Hidas
IV. Allegro Leggiero
Divertissement by Erwin Schulhoff
IV. Charleston
Trio by Antono Szalowski
IV. Allegro
Five Old Dances by Erzsébet Szönyi
II. Sarabande
Sonatina by Sàndor Varess
II. Andante
Available from Centaur Records
Samples from the CD, The
Russian Clarinet. Centaur CRC 2562
2001
EastWind Trio d'Anches, Mary Ashley Barret,
oboe, Kelly Burke, clarinet, Michael Burns, bassoon
Trio, Op. 17 by Dmitri Melkikh
I. Molto cantabile
II. Vivace scherzando
III. Allegro
available from Amazon.com
Samples from the CD, Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music.
Centaur CRC 2691
2004
Nonet in F minor, Op. 2
I. Allegro energico
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo_ Allegro
IV. Finale_ Allegro vivace
Available from itunes and from Amazon.com
A sample of something different . . . Funk
bassoon!
Playing bassoon on a track called SAUDI FUNK by my oldest brother
Andy Burns. Recorded in Melbourne, Australia, 2001 at
Fantasy Caves Studio. Andy plays all other instruments and
does the vocals.
For more information see Andy's website:
www.fantasycaves.com
Samples from Michael Burns' Concerto
performances:
Duet-Concertino by Richard Strauss
(live performance with the UNCG Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Robert Gutter, October 27, 2006. Kelly Burke,
Clarinet, Michael Burns, bassoon)
II. Andante
Concerto in e minor, RV 484 by Antonio Vivaldi
(live performance with the Fibonacci Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Matthew Troy, August 9, 2006)
II. Andante
III. Allegro
