Album description
1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 r/min ; 30 cm. -- (American historic)Composers Recordings: CRI SD 248 (78).
For 2 violins, viola, cello, wind instruments and percussion (2nd work); for string orchestra (3rd work).
Title from container.
Subtitle: In memorium, Olga Koussevitzky (1901-1978).
Gary Karr, double bass, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfredo Antonini, conductor (1st work) ; Emerson Quartet, members of the Juilliard Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling, conductor (2nd work) ; strings of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, conductor (3rd work).
Recorded in Oslo, Norway, May 1969 (1st work); in New York, May 1978 (2nd work); in 1954 (3rd work).
Editions recorded: Boosey & Hawkes (1st work); G. Schirmer (2nd work); AMP (3rd work).
Performed on a modern copy of a Nicolo Amati bass, made by Lawrence LaMay, Madison, Wis., built in 1967 (1st work).
Contents: Concerto for double bass and orchestra / Serge Koussevitzky (21:00) -- Concerto for string quartet, wind instruments and percussion / Walter Piston (10:05) -- Hymn and fuguing tune no. 2 / Henry Cowell (7:05).
I. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Concerto, double bass, orchestra, op. 3, F sharp minor
Reviews
- 1. American Record Guide, 7-1979, p. 50.
- 2. Fanfare, 5/6-1980, p. 130.
- 3. New Records, 4-1979, p. 5.
- 4. San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, 4-29-1979, p. 53.
- 5. Stereo Review, 10-1979, p. 142.
- 6. International Society of Bassists, vol. 1 #2 (1974-1975), p. 33.
Genre
| 1. | Concertos (Double bass) |
Uniform Titles
| 1. | Concerto, double bass, orchestra, op. 3, F sharp minor |