Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Koch Schwann: 476 3009.
Originally for 2 double basses and orchestra (2nd work); arranged for double bass and orchestra (5th work).
First movement is the Andante from the Rossini fantasia (3rd work).
Wolfgang Harrer, double bass (1st-2nd works) ; Christian Altenburger, violin (2nd work) ; Neue Wiener Solisten, Gert Meditz, conductor (1st-2nd works) ; Wolfgang Güttler (3rd-4th works), Klaus Stoll (3rd works), Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (3rd-5th works) ; Matthias Bamert, conductor (3rd-4th works) ; Martin Ostertag, cello (4th work) ; Gary Karr, double bass, Uros Lajovic, conductor (5th work).
Contents: Concerto in B minor for double bass and orchestra -- Grand duo concertant for violin, double bass and strings -- Grande concerto in quattro tempi for two double basses and orchestra -- Duo concertant for double bass, cello and orchestra on themes from Bellini’s I Puritani -- Introduction and variations on Dal tuo stellato from Rossini’s opera Mosè.
I. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, no. 2, B minor
II. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Gran duo concertante; arranged
III. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Passione amorose; arranged
IV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Duo concertant sur les thèmes des Puritains
V. Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Sonata a preghiera; arranged