Strauss (R): Duet-Concertino; Beethoven: Trio; Glinka: Trio pathétique – The Princess & the Bear
Laurence Perkins (bassoon)
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The Duet-Concertino is one of those lyrical, bittersweet scores from Strauss’s Indian summer. Laurence Perkins argues that behind the notes lies a hitherto little-known programme—whence the album’s title—and that this misunderstood work has good claims to be regarded as Strauss’s final tone poem.