Description
Breaking In is The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet’s debut album, backed by over 900 fans on Kickstarter in 2015. This album moves freely between classical repertoire, pop hits, film and television music, video game music, and original material. The result is an eclectic introduction to The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet and its deliberately unconventional approach to the bassoon.
What’s on the album
- Richard Strauss: Introduction to Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Karl King: Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite
- J.S. Bach & Vangelis: Air On Chariots of Fire
- Lady Gaga: Telephone (Lady Gaga Saga)
- Lady Gaga: Poker Face (Lady Gaga Saga)
- Lady Gaga: Bad Romance (Lady Gaga Saga)
- Gotye & Pentatonix: Somebody That I Used to Know
- Sufjan Stevens: Chicago
- Radiohead: 15 Step
- George Harrison: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Kara LaMoure: Whisper Key Rock
- Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Howard Ashman: Disney Princess Party
- John Siegler: Pokemon Theme Song
- Coldplay: Paradise
- 2 Unlimited: Get Ready for This
- CeeLo Green: Forget You
- Yuki Katayama: BWBQ Theme Song (Le Pétomane)
- Just for Laughs – Joke track
Album details
- Artists: The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet, Jonny Allen – percussion, Aerin Switzer – contrabassoon
- Format: CD
- Genre: Classical / chamber music, pop, soundtrack, classical crossover
- Ensemble: Bassoon quartet
- Release: 2013
- Tracks: 18
- Running time: 46 minutes
- Arrangements: Adapted and arranged for bassoon quartet by The Breaking Winds
- Price: $18
Who is this album for?
Breaking In is a great choice for:
- Fans of The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet
- Bassoonists and double reed musicians
- Classical crossover listeners
- Music students and educators
- Fans of unusual instrumental arrangements
- Listeners who enjoy comedy and pop culture incorporated into live musical performance
- A distinctive gift for musicians, music students, bassoon enthusiasts, and classical music fans
Why listen?
Breaking In showcases what makes The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet distinctive: four bassoons tackling repertoire that listeners might not expect to hear performed by a bassoon ensemble.
The album includes recognizable music from Lady Gaga, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Disney, Pokémon, and classic concert-band repertoire, alongside original compositions. The quartet’s approach brings together musical virtuosity, theatricality, humor, and pop-culture references.
Buy the sheet music!
The Breaking Winds has published sheet music for several of the album’s tracks! If you’ve got a bassoon quartet, buy the score and parts to these awesome songs. Hard copy and PDF versions available. Full BWBQ sheet music catalog can be found at Trevco Music.
- Introduction to Also Sprach Zarathustra (Bassoon quartet version | Bassoon and contrabassoon ensemble version)
- Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite
- Air from Orchestra Suite No. 3
- Lady Gaga Saga (Telephone, Poker Face, Bad Romance)
- Le Pétomane (The BWBQ Theme Song) for 4 bassoons and 8 whoopee cushions
