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Michael J. Evans brings us an extremely detailed effort for his 7th release on the Navona label, where he presents a modern adaptation of the Henry Beston fairytale of the same name.

Picking some scenes from H.P. Lovecraft’s book ‘The Music of Erich Zann’, American composer Michael J. Evans has transformed the creepy story into one suspenseful, mysterious and sometimes dramatically accentuated music.

As I listened the piece became more and more impressive and effective.

"The concept is fabulous: the bassoon directly represents the protagonist of Chekhov’s story Misery"

"This is an unusual presentation of an engrossing and imaginatively constructed new concerto for bassoon…"

"Evans explores artistic fidelity, taking Mendelssohn’s text and music through an eclectic series of variations. "