A fitting chamber literature for bassoon from the 19th & 20th centuries, especially in duo with the piano, is conspicuously absent. + The pieces recorded on this CD demonstrate how this repertoire may be expanded and built upon, both by using original compositions for bassoon and piano and by transcribing significant pieces by Romantic and 20th c. authors. + Bassoonist Massimo Data has played as principal bassoonist for several orchestras in Italy and beyond. + Pianist Piero Barbareschi, who collaborates on chamber music duos with a wide variety of instrumentalists, accompanies Mr. Data.