Double bass concertos / Bottesini, Cimador, Dragonetti, Koussevitzky, Lorenziti. — Europe : N...

Album description
2 audio discs : digital ; 12 cm.
Newton Classics: 880220.
Primarily concertos for double bass and orchestra.
Lorenziti “Gavotte” composed by Edouard Nanny for double bass and piano (CD 2. 3rd work).
"Dragonetti concerto" composed by Edouard Nanny for double bass and piano (CD 2. 4th work).
Stefano Sciascia, double bass, Orchestra Antonio Salieri (CD 1) ; Gianni Amadio, double bass, Orchestra Interpreti Veneziani (CD 2).
Recorded at the Teatro della Fondazione “L. Bon” di Colugna, Udine, Italy, January 28-29, 1999 (CD 1) and at the Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista, Venice, May 8-15, 2000 (CD 2).
Editions recorded: Manuscripts from the British Museum, London (2nd work) and the Biblioteca Palatina, Parma, Italy (3rd work).
Performed on a double bass made in the 1700’s from the Brescia school (CD 1).
Previously released as: Rivoalto: CRR 9900, 1999 (CD 1).
Program notes in Italian and English (8 pages), inserted
Contents: CD 1. Concerto in F sharp minor / Serge Koussevitzky ; orchestrazione Renato Miani (20:49) ; Concerto in A major / Domenico Dragonetti (21:40) ; Concertino in C minor / Giovanni Bottesini (7:36) -- CD 2. Concerto for double bass and orchestra in G major / Giambattista Cimador (12:34) ; Andante & Rondo / Domenico Dragonetti (10:16) ; Gavotte / Jean-Baptiste Lorenziti (2:35) ; Concerto for double bass and strings / Domenico Dragonetti (12:23) ; Tarantella / Giovanni Bottesini (5:52).

I. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Concerto, double bass, orchestra, op. 3, F sharp minor
II. Dragonetti, Domenico, 1763-1846. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, op. 1, G major
III. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, no. 2, B minor
IV. Cimadoro, Giovanni Battista, 1761-1805. Concerto, double bass, string orchestra, G major
V. Dragonetti, Domenico, 1763-1846. Andante und Rondo, double bass, string ensemble, D major
VI. Nanny, Edouard, 1872-1942. Gavotte, double bass, piano, A major; arranged
VII. Dragonetti, Domenico, 1763-1846. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, A major
VIII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Tarantellas, double bass, piano, A minor; arranged
Genre
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2.
3.
Performers
1. Amadio, Gianni
2. Interpreti veneziani
3. Orchestra Antonio Salieri
4. Sciascia, Stefano, 1960-
Uniform Titles
1. Andante und Rondo, double bass, string ensemble, D major
2. Concerto, double bass, orchestra, op. 3, F sharp minor
3. Concerto, double bass, string orchestra, G major
4. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, no. 2, B minor
5. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, op. 1, G major
6. Concertos, double bass, piano, A major; arranged
7. Gavotte, double bass, piano, A major; arranged
8. Tarantellas, double bass, piano, A minor; arranged