Johnny Reinhard - Raven (1999)

Tracklist:
1. Atlantis
Don Conreaux, David Galt, Lee Gongwer, Ben Hume, Ron Kozak (shells), David Grego (tuba). Tom Goldstein (chimes)
2. Trio on the Cuff 6
Johnny Reinhard (bassoon), Ulrich Krieger (didjeridu), Yoshiaki Ochi (percussion)
3. Chaco Canyon
Andrew Bolotowsky (solo flutes)
4. Trio on the Cuff 1
Johnny Reinhard (bassoon), Ulrich Krieger (didjeridu), Yoshiaki Ochi (percussion)
5. Dune
1. Shai-halud (the Worm) - Adagio
2. Paul Muad'Dib - Andante
3. Leo Atreides II - Andante (Variation)
4. The Spacing Guild - Bridge
5. The Tleilaxu - Development
6. The Ixians - Sounds of Nature
7. Fremen - Con Bravura
8. Spice - Bubbly
Johnny Reinhard (solo bassoon)
6. Trio on the Cuff 2
Johnny Reinhard (bassoon), Ulrich Krieger (didjeridu), Yoshiaki Ochi (percussion)
7. Raven
Paul Savior (voice), Johnny Reinhard (bassoon), Esther Lamneck (clarinet/tarogato) , Chris Washburne (trombone), Ulrich Krieger (saxophone), Guy Tyler (string bass), Don Conreaux (gong)
8. Trio on the Cuff 9
Johnny Reinhard (bassoon), Ulrich Krieger (didjeridu), Yoshiaki Ochi (percussion)
9. Circle
Johnny Reinhard (bassoons), Ulrich Krieger (didjeridus), Yoshiaki Ochi (multiple percussion)

Johnny Reinhard has pursued an utterly distinctive course in microtonal performance and composition. Johnny Reinhard is a man of many hats: a virtuoso bassoonist, composer, and musical director.
With much acclaim, Dune from his Raven CD, has become Reinhard's signature piece. Like many fans of Frank Herbert's powerful 'Dune' novels, Reinhard was disappointed with the movie. He thought 'well, I'll take care of that,' and wrote a bassoon solo that does it up just fine. To this day, Dune has been well received by bassoon enthusiasts all over the world. Perhaps it will be, as one reviewer put it, the next contemporary music competition piece for bassoon.
Joseph Woodard of the Los Angeles Times comments: "Some of the most memorable moments were in solo settings. Bassoonist Johnny Reinhard's Dune was a show-stopper in which he explored the didjeridu-like overtones and other new techniques on his instrument. He literally took it apart at one point, to play the expressive, witty beast within an often staid instrument."