Selected sound samples of Michael Burns performing on the bassoon. Additional samples can be found on the Compositions and Video pages.
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
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The CD was in contention for a 2011 Grammy Award in two categories: Best Classical Album and Classical: Best Chamber Music Performance. Click here for a press release with more information.
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Sonata (1981) by John Steinmetz
Two Aotearoa Sketches (2004) by Michael Burns
Reverie and Dance (1989/1990) by David Kirby
Prima Vera (2000) by Ray Pizzi
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano [For Irmgard] (revised 1997) by Ron Klimko
Samples from the CD, Song Of Middle Earth: Percussion Music of Daniel McCarthy. CAP 850
Summer 1999
Michael Burns, bassoon; Nathan Daughtrey, multiple percussion
Bundles of Sticks for Bassoon and Multiple Percussion by Daniel McCarthy
I. Wood and Wind
II. On the Edge
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
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Trio na obój, klarnet i fagot by Witold Lutoslaski
Oclaba by Frigyes Hidas
Divertissement by Erwin Schulhoff
Trio by Antono Szalowski
Five Old Dances by Erzsébet Szönyi
Sonatina by Sàndor Varess
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
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Samples from the CD, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music. Centaur CRC 2691
2004
CD review from the Classical Voice of North Carolina, http://cvnc.org
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Nonet in F minor, Op. 2
I. Allegro energico
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo_ Allegro
IV. Finale_ Allegro vivace
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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