Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Vivace: E-622.
For double bass and orchestra, originally for violin and orchestra (1st work); for violin, double bass and orchestra, originally for 2 double basses and orchestra (2nd work) and for viola, double bass and orchestra (3rd work).
Encho Radukanov, double bass ; Mincho Minchev, violin (2nd work) and viola (3rd work) ; Sofia Soloists ; Emil Tabakov, conductor (1st, 3rd works) ; SOBTR ; Vasil Kazandzhiev, conductor (2nd work).
Previously released on analog disc as: Balkanton: VSA 10802.
Released also as: Concerto: 25016 CD.
Analog recording; digitally remastered.
Contents: Kontrabasskonzert D-dur = Double bass concerto in D major = Concerto pour contrebasse et orchestre en ré majeur / Antonio Vivaldi (10:15) -- Gran duo concertante / Giovanni Bottesini (14:56) -- Sinfonia concertante / Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (19:55).
I. Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Estro armonico. N. 9; arranged
II. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Gran duo concertante; arranged
III. Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, 1739-1799. Sinfonia concertanti, viola, double bass, orchestra, K. 127, D major; arranged
Reviews
- 1. International Society of Bassists, vol. 16 #3 (Spring 1990), p. 43.
- 2. Fanfare, May-June, 1990, p. 398.