Bottesini – Double Bass Concertos – Boguslaw Furtok

Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889):
Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in F sharp minor
Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in B minor
Gran Duo Passione Amorosa for Two Double Basses and Orchestra

Boguslaw Furtok - double bass
Johannes Stähle - double bass
Radio Symphonie-Orchester Frankfurt
Stephan Tetzlaff - conductor

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Bottesini – Works for Double Bass – Thomas Martin (Vol.3)

Giovanni Bottesini - Works for Double Bass (Vol.3):
"Ero e Leandro" - prelude
Concertino in C minor
"Il Diavolo della notte" - sinfonia
"Passioni amorose" for two double basses *
Elegie in D major
"Ali Baba" - overture
Duo concertante on themes from Bellini's "I Puritani" for cello, double bass and orchestra

Thomas Martin - double bass
Moray Welsh - cello
London Symphony Orchestra
Franco Petracchi - double bass & conductor
Matthew Gibson - conductor *

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Bottesini – Works for Double Bass – Thomas Martin (Vol.2)

Giovanni Bottesini - Works for Double Bass (Vol.2):
Fantasia "Lucia Lammermoor"
Romanza Drammatica
Introduzione e Bolero
Romanza "Une bouche aimée" *
Capriccio di bravura
Elegie in D major
Fantasia "Beatrice di Tenda"
Grande Allegro di Concerto

Jacquelyn Fugelle - soprano *
Thomas Martin - double bass
Anthony Halstead - piano

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Bottesini – Works for Double Bass – Thomas Martin (Vol.1)

remembering Giovanni Bottesini on his birthday

(22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889)

Giovanni Bottesini - Works for Double Bass (Vol.1):
Gran Duo concertante or Violin and Double Bass
Andante sostenuto for String Orchestra
Duetto for Clarinet and Double Bass
Gran Concerto in F sharp minor for Double Bass

Thomas Martin - double bass
Emma Johnson - clarinet
José-Luis Garcia - violin
English Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Litton - conductor

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Various Composers – Contrabasso com bravura – Jorma Katrama

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Rondino, op.81
Romance, op.78 no.2
Tanz-Idylle, op.79 no.5
Valse triste, op.44
Aulis Sallinen (b.1935):
Metamorfora
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889):
Elegia in D major
Gavotta
Fantasia "Lucia di Lammermoor"
Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951):
Valse miniature
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
The Swan
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Flight of the Bumble-bee
Vittorio Monti (1868-1922):
Czardas
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840):
Fantasy on a Theme of the Opera "Moses in Egypt" by Rossini
David Popper (1843-1913):
Hungarian Rhapsody, op.68

Jorma Katrama - double bass
Margit Rahkonen - piano

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Bottesini – Messa da Requiem – Thomas Martin

remembering Giovanni Bottesini on the anniversary of his death

(22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889)

Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889):
Messa da Requiem

Marta Mathéu - soprano
Gemma Coma-Alabert - mezzo-soprano
Agustín Prunell-Friend - tenor
Enric Martínez-Castignani - baritone
Joyful Company of Singers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Martin - conductor

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Various Composers - Chamber Music for Double Bass - Gherhard Dzwiza

CD 1:
Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812):
Soloquartett No.2 for double bass, violin, viola & cello
Theodor Albin Findeisen (1878-1935):
Romantische Suite op.10 for double bass & violin
Johann Matthias Sperger (1750-1812):
Cassation No.3 for horn, viola & double bass
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889):
Aria "Tutto il mondo serra" for soprano, double bass obligato & piano

CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Duett mit zwei obligaten Augengläser for viola & double bass
Bernhard Romberg (1767-1841):
Trio for cello, viola & double bass
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Dueto for cello & double bass
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Divertimento in E flat major for viola, cello & double bass
Johann Matthias Sperger (1750-1812):
Sonata in D major for viola and double bass

Gerhard Dzwiza - double bass
Françoise Poulet - soprano
Winfried Rüssmann - violin
Hirofumi Fukai - viola
Yuri Seiler - cello
Klaus Stoppel - cello
Ab Koster - horn
Céline Dutilly - piano

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Bottesini, Boismortier, Paganini – Double-Bass and Orchestra – VA

Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889):
Grande Concerto for two Double-Basses and Orchestra (arr.: Roither) *
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1691-1755):
Sonata in B flat major for Double-Bass and Cello, op.40 no.2 +
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889):
Concerto in B minor for Double-Bass and Orchestra #
Melody in E minor for Double-Bass and Orchestra #
Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840):
Introduzione e variazioni sulla preghiera "Dal tuo stellato soglio" dal "Moise" di Rossini (arr.: Gary Karr) §

Wolfgang Güttler - double-bass *
Klaus Stoll - double-bass * +
Wolfgang Harrer - double-bass #
Gary Karr - double-bass §
Jörg Baumann - cello +
Neue-Wiener Solisten #
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin * §
Gert Meditz - conductor #
Matthias Bamert - conductor *
Uros Lajovic - conductor §

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Paganini - Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 4; Bottesini - Grand Duo Concertant

Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in D major, op.6 *
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.4 in D minor +
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889):
Grand Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass and Orchestra #

Zino Francescati - violin *
Ruggiero Ricci - violin + #
Francesco Petrarcchi - double bass #
Philadelphia Orchestra *
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra + #
Eugene Ormandy - conductor *
Piero Beluggi - conductor + #

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