Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Gallo: CD-753.
Arranged for double bass, 2 violins, viola and cello; originally for violin and harpsichord (1st work); for double bass and orchestra (2nd and 4th works); for solo double bass (3rd work).
Bernard Cazauran, double bass ; Jean Michel Denis, Alain Loger, violins, Nicolas Carles, viola, Emmanuel Petit, cello (1st work) ; Orchestre des Rencontres de la contrebasse en côte Landaise, Bernard Salles, conductor (2nd work) ; Orchestre de Pau, Michel Maunas, conductor (4th work).
Recorded at Manoir à Léon, Landes, France, August 29-30, 1992.
Program notes in French and English (7 pages) inserted.
Contents: Sonate en la mineur pour contrebasse et quatuor à cordes / Henry Eccles (8:12) -- Concerto en mi majeur pour contrebasse et orchestre / Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (15:51) -- Hommage à Bach pour contrebasse seule / Julien François Zbinden (7:01) -- Concerto pour contrebasse et petit orchestre / Bernard Salles (21:28).
I. Eccles, Henry, fl. 1694-1735. Sonatas, violin, continuo, book 1. No. 11; arranged
II. Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, 1739-1799. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, K. 172, E flat major
III. Zbinden, Julien-François, 1917-2021. Hommage à J.S. Bach
IV. Salles, Bernard, 1954-. Concertos, double bass, chamber orchestra