Belcanto : arias, romances and fantasias for double bass / Giovanni Bottesini. — [Switzerland...

Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.
Panclassics: PC 10271.
Vocal works sung in Italian or French.
For soprano, double bass, and piano (1st, 3rd, and 6th works) ; double bass and piano (remainder).
Emanuela Galli, soprano (1st, 3rd, 6th works) ; Alberto Lo Gatto, double bass ; Luca Antoniottie, fortepiano.
Recorded at Sala Pasquini, Crema, Italy, January 2012.
Performed on a double bass made in Italy in the 19th century.
Program notes in German, English, and French, and texts with English translations (19 pages ; illustrations, portrait), inserted.
Contents: Variazioni su "Nel cor più non mi sento" (Paisiello) (6:53) -- Fantasia su "La sonnambula" (Bellini) (9:47) -- Romanza "Une bouche aimée (5:22) -- Elegia (4:19) -- Tarantella (6:02) -- Aria "Tutto che il mondo" (Bellini) (5:09) -- Fantasia su "Norma" (Bellini) (10:12) -- Rêverie (3:14).

I. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Nel cor più non mi sento; arranged
II. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Sonnambula
III. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Bouche aimée
IV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Elegies, double bass, piano, D major
V. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Tarantellas, double bass, piano, A minor
VI. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Tutto il mondo serra
VII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Fantasia sulla Norma di Bellini
VIII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Rêverie