Solo concerto and recital repertoire
Below is a selection from Laurence’s solo recital and concerto repertoire. All recorded excerpts are from his solo recordings, mainly for the Hyperion label (reproduced by permission).
If you are interested in a recital with piano, a concerto performance with orchestra, or any other type of solo or chamber music concert, please contact Laurence directly via the CONTACT form (click this blue link).
With orchestra
Click below each listed piece to hear a sample recording
Concertos
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K.191*
(recorded excerpts from all three movements)
(Manchester Camerata conducted by Douglas Boyd - Hyperion CDA67288)
Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F, Op.75*
(recorded excerpts from all three movements)
(Manchester Camerata conducted by Douglas Boyd - Hyperion CDA67288)
Elizabeth Maconchy: Concertino (1952)
(World première recording - excerpts from all three movements)
(City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Goodchild - Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Haydn, Michael: Concertino*
(Manchester Camerata conducted by Douglas Boyd - Hyperion CDA67288)
Stamitz, Carl: Bassoon Concerto in F*
(recorded excerpts from all three movements)
(Manchester Camerata conducted by Douglas Boyd - Hyperion CDA67288)
Andrzej Panufnik: Concerto (1985)
(excerpt from 4th movement - Aria)
(City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Goodchild - Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Shorter works
Elgar, Sir Edward: Romance, Op.62*
(New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp - Hyperion CDA67453)
Gounod: Marche funèbre d'une marionnette ('Funeral March of a Marionette')
(The Alfred Hitchcock TV series theme tune)
(New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp - Hyperion CDA67453)
Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habañera
(New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp - Hyperion CDA67453)
Vaughan-Williams: Studies in English Folk Song
(New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp - Hyperion CDA67453)
Vinter, Gilbert: The Playful Pachyderm
(New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp - Hyperion CDA67453)
Weber: Andante e Rondo Ungarese, Op.35*
(Andante and Hungarian Rondo)
(Manchester Camerata conducted by Douglas Boyd - Hyperion CDA67288)
With ensemble
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CDAArnold Bax: Threnody and Scherzo
(solo bassoon, harp and six string players - two excerpts)
(Carducci String Quartet, Susan Meszaros - viola, Michael Escreet - double bass, Eira Lynn Jones - harp. Hyperion 68371/2)
Prokofiev: Scherzo humoristique
(four bassoons)
(Amy Thompson, Matthew Kitteringham, Catriona McDermid - bassoons. Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Granville Bantock: Incidental music to 'Macbeth' (1926)
(three bassoons)
(i) Lament (ii) Dance of the Witches
(Matthew Kitteringham, Catriona McDermid - bassoons. Hyperion CDA68371/2)
With piano
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Sonatas / longer works
Saint-Saens: Sonata in G
(recorded excerpts from all three movements)
(Michael Hancock - piano.. Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Paul Hindemith: Sonata (1938)
(Two excerpts)
(Michael Hancock - piano.. Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Hurlstone, William: Sonata in F
(recorded excerpts from all four movements)
(Michael Hancock - piano.. Hyperion CDH88035)
Richard Rodney Bennett: Sonata (1991)
(World première recording - excerpt from 1st movement)
(Michael Hancock - piano.. Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Shorter works
Leonard Bernstein: Songs from 'West Side Story'
(Recorded performance featuring Bernstein's own Baldwin grand piano, played by Yoshiko Endo)
(i) Maria (ii) Tonight (iii) Somewhere (iv) Something's Coming
Henri Dutilleux: Sarabande et Cortége (1942)
(Two excerpts)
(Michael Hancock - piano.. Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Grovlez, Gabriel: Sicilienne et Allegro giocoso
(Michael Hancock - piano)
Herbert Howells: Minuet 'Grace for a Fresh Egg'
(Michael Hancock - piano.. Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Jacques Ibert: Carignane
(Michael Hancock - piano.. Hyperion CDH88035)
Vinter, Gilbert: Reverie
(Michael Hancock - piano)
Richard Walthew: Introduction and Allegro (1900)
(Michael Hancock - piano.. Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Unaccompanied
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Alan Ridout: Caliban and Ariel (1974)
(World première recording)
(1) Caliban
(2) Ariel
(Hyperion CDA68371/2)
David Bedford: 'Dreams of Stac Pollaidh' (1999)
(World première recording)
(Hyperion CDA68371/2)
Other solo works with orchestra
(no recorded excerpts currently available)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: ‘Ciranda das Sete Notas’
Williams, John: 'The Five Sacred Trees'
* orchestral parts available for free loan for up to six weeks from Laurence Perkins.
Other solo works with piano
(no recorded excerpts currently available)
Gershwin, George: A Gershwin Rhapsody
Weber, Carl Maria von: Andante e Rondo Ungarese, Op.35 (version for bassoon and piano) (audio sample of orchestral version on this webpage)
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