Torquato Tasso Fulfilled By FYE and it's expressive solo playing

and it's expressive solo playing (even on contrabassoon) make this essential listening for bassoonists

and his artful handling of the wind instruments deserves praises

But when the Cockerel tells him of his own defeat

Jamie Denton

Torquato Tasso Fulfilled By FYE and it's expressive solo playingThis work is captivating in it's intensity and focuses on aspects of and moments in Tasso's rich, eventful life. Indeed, Donizetti seems to have been so actively involved in drafting his subject that he may well have seen in Tasso not a little of himself. After all, both composer and poet hailed from Bergamo. Reports at the time indicate the opera was initially received with considerable warmth and, on occasion, outright enthusiasm. Yet this success