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Bottesini - Grand Concerto in F sharp minor, Gran Duo Concertante | Naxos 8570397

Bottesini - Grand Concerto in F sharp minor, Gran Duo Concertante

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570397

Barcode: 0747313039777

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 31st March 2008

Penguin Guide 4 stars

Contents

Artists

Thomas Martin (double bass)
Jose-Luis Garcia (violin)
Emma Johnson (clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Litton

Works

Bottesini, Giovanni

Andante sostenuto
Double Bass Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor
Duet for Clarinet and Double Bass
Grand duo concertant in A major

Artists

Thomas Martin (double bass)
Jose-Luis Garcia (violin)
Emma Johnson (clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Litton

About

Giovanni Bottesini was not only among the most famous double bass virtuosos of his time, but he was also a distinguished conductor and composer. Known to some as the Paganini of the double bass, he significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument.

The Gran Concerto in F sharp minor (for violin, double bass and orchestra) is arguably Bottesini’s most accomplished and involved composition for the double bass in which the instrument’s resources are fully exploited with virtuoso passages and adventurous modulations. The popular Gran Duo Concertante, originally scored for two double basses, was reworked by Paganini’s only disciple, Camillo Sivori, who rewrote and greatly expanded one of the double bass parts for the violin.

First recordings of the original versions.

It's all easy and delightful to digest, especially if you like a good tune, and calculated to disperse any elephantine image you may have of the double-bass, a revelation in fact…Of the orchestral playing and the recording I can find only good things to say; the double-bass is comfortably audible, with its royal-purple sounds, but in believable perspective.” - Gramophone on its original release.

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