Robert Rønnes Bassoon Sonata no.2. "The Russian" 1996
(Dedicated to Valeri Popov)
1movement: Allegro energico
2 movement: "Hymnengesang"-Adagio mistico
3movement:Finale
R.Rønnes bassoon and Wolfgang Plagge Piano.
Live recording IDRS festival in Buenos Aires-Argentina 2000.
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This sonata illustrate the life of Ivan Grozny or "Ivan the Terrible",
From Wikipedia:Historic sources present disparate accounts of Ivan's complex personality: he was described as intelligent and devout, yet given to rages and prone to episodic outbreaks of mental illness.

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