Musica Franca was wonderful group of bassoonists, lutenists and keyboardists, including me, Mathieu Lussier, Fraser Jackson, Catherine Carrignan (for shows), Kathleen McLean (third bn), Paul Jenkins (harpsichord/organ), Sylvain Bergeron(lute/theorbo), Terry McKenna (guitar/lute)  and Richard Paré (organ/harpsichord) recorded by David Bowles.

This was another album done on my former black Heckel #13479 and you can start to hear much more vitality in the sound after a few more years away from being a well-behaved second bassoonist. Still very supple and flexible, but much more shine to the line.

We recorded two albums with this group… the Corrette with the complete sonatas, Le Phénix and the organ concerto, and  the very popular Boismoriter disc with Mathieu Lussier taking lead.

Fraser Jackson wrote a very good story of the group with photos and press. And the whole album is wonderful, with all 6 sonatas from Les Délices de la Solitude  and Le Phénix plus one of Corrette’s groovy organ concertos arranged by Fraser for bassoon orchestra and solo organ… we wanted to showcase our valiant keyboardist!

Corrette recording sessions

This album is available online… try my label or my spotify for artists