Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Camerata: 32CM-60.
For double bass ensembles.
New Colophonium Bassquartet (Gerhard Dzwiza, Knut Guettler, Rodney Slatford, Klaus Stoll, doubles basses) (1st-3rd works) ; Friedrich Witt, double bass, Keiko Toyama, piano (4th work) ; Klaus Stoll, double bass, Keiko Ogura, piano (5th work) ; Klaus Stoll, Gerhard Dzwiza, doubles basses (6th work), with Wolf Harden, piano (7th work) ; Knut Guettler, Rodney Slatford, double basses (8th work) ; Klaus Trumpf, double bass, Manfred Schumann, viola (9th work) ; Kontrabassquartett der Berliner Philharmoniker (Klaus Stoll, Friedrich Witt, Erich Hartmann, Wolfgang Kohly, double basses) (10th work) ; Friedrich Witt, double bass (11th work).
Recorded in June 5-10, 1980 (1st-3rd works) and in 1982 and 1985 (4th-11th works).
Biographical notes in Japanese and English ([6] pages), inserted.
Contents: Strauss in the doghouse (2:40) ; American basses (2:33) / Daryl Runswick -- Suite / Colin Brumby (10:41) -- Chanson triste, op. 2 / Serge Koussevitzky (3:24) -- Gavotto in G major (3:05) ; Polacca : 3rd mvt from Grand duet no. 1 (6:42) ; Passione amorosa (11:04) / Giovanni Bottesini -- Petite scherzo / Charles Gounod (2:23) -- Finale, rondo, allegro from Sonata for viola & double bass in D major / Johann Mathias Sperger (8:03) -- Ave verum corpus, K. 618 / W.A. Mozart (2:48) -- Sarabande from Suite for violoncello no. 2, BWV 1008 / Bach (4:32).
I. Runswick, Daryl, 1946-. Suite and low. Strauss in the doghouse
II. Runswick, Daryl, 1946-. Suite and low. American basses
III. Brumby, Colin, 1933-2018. Suite, double basses (4)
IV. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Chanson triste
V. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Gavotta, double bass, piano, A major
VI. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Grande duetto, no. 1. Polacca
VII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Passione amorose
VIII. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Petite étude-scherzo
IX. Sperger, Johann Mattias, 1750-1812. Duets, viola, double bass, M. C I/8, D major. Finale
X. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Ave verum corpus; arranged
XI. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Suites, violoncello, BWV 1008, D minor. Sarabande; arranged
Reviews
- 1. International Society of Bassists, vol. 15 #3 (Spring 1989), p. 17.
- 2. Fanfare, 18 #2, November-December, 1995, p. 474.