Lyndon Watts was the first Australian woodwind player to win a prize in the renowned ARD International Music Competition in 2002.
Instruments
Although Savary advertised other woodwind instruments, only bassoons from his workshop have survived, including several smaller ones pitched a fifth higher and an octave bassoon.
Performer Biography
Lyndon Watts, the Australian bassoonist on this recording, became principal bassoonist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 22.
Instruments
Savary's bassoons were highly sought after and supplied to prestigious institutions like the Paris Opera, then considered the best opera house in the world.
Recording & Production
This album features the first-ever replica of a classical bassoon by Jean-Nicolas Savary jeune, created through a research project at the Bern University of Arts.
Composition History
Beethoven's Trio for Piano, Flute and Bassoon was likely a commission for the home music of Duke Friedrich Ludolf Anton von Westerholt-Gysenberg, who played the bassoon himself.
Instruments
Jean-Nicolas Savary jeune, a Parisian bassoonist and instrument maker, was known as 'the Stradivari of the bassoon' in the 19th century.
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