Francis Chambers IV wrote: >I am pursuing a study of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto K. 191 and, while >I have my personal favorite edition and performers, I am curious what >everyone else thinks and why. This is a piece I have loved for many years, and maybe it's a case of imprinting, but I have never heard a performance I liked as much as the vinyl disk I own of it: Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Bernard Garfield on the bassoon. (The flipside is the Flute Concerto K. 313 with William Kinkaid.) What I particularly like about Garfield's performance is the drollness of the bassoon. I always felt that Mozart wrote this piece giggling, and have bought several CDs and listened to others in hopes of finding that drollery--which I believe Mozart underlined by having the bassoon make those impressive and faintly ridiculous leaps. Like you, I am also curious as to other recommendations and their reasons! Dave Wolf