This CD features a true master of the bassoon, Frans Berkhout. Peter Dirksen is also an expert in his field and has issued “one of the very finest harpsichord recordings yet.” (Early Music Review). The works are performed on period instruments.
These are magnificent performances from bassoonist Frans Robert Berkhout. He was lead bassoonist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Amsterdam Bach Soloists. As a baroque bassoon and dulcian player he joined many authentic ensembles such as the Leonhardt Consort, La Petite Bande and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. La Suave Melodia was formed in 1998 and have since been highly acclaimed in both the concert hall and the recording studio.