Album description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.Signum: SIG X23-00.
Original works and arrangements for 1 to 4 double basses, in part with piano (1st-10th works); for 13 double basses, percussion and speaker produced in multitracking (11th work).
Spoken in English (11th work).
Text by Kjell Erik Vindtorn originally in Norwegian and translated into English by Hanne Mai Svaboe (11th work).
Gerhard Dzwiza, Knut Guettler, Rodney Slatford, Klaus Stoll, double basses ; Wolf Harden, piano ; Loretta Zien, speaker (11th work).
Recorded in Hamburg, June 5-10, 1980.
Previously released on analog disc as: Musica Viva: MV 30-1076, 1980.
K. Stoll performs on a double bass built by Giovanni Paolo Maggini of Brescia in 1610.
Analog recording.
Words in English printed as text (11th work) and program notes in German, English and French ([9] pages), inserted.
Contents: Strauss in the doghouse / Daryl Runswick (2:38) -- Intermezzo aus Goyescas / Enrique Granados (4:36) -- Petit scherzo / Charles Gounod (2:21) -- Passione amerosa / Giovanni Bottesini (11:02) -- Air d’il Trovatore / Verdi/Bottesini (2:12) -- American basses / Daryl Runswick (2:29) -- Suite / Colin Bumbry (10:38) -- Ballade pour Ariston (3:10) ; Étude monotone pour Johnny (1:46) / D’Angel Peña -- Variations on the tune Greensleeves / arr. Knut Guettler (5:45) -- Rendezvous / Knut Guettler (6:19).
I. Runswick, Daryl, 1946-. Suite and low. Strauss in the doghouse
II. Granados, Enrique, 1867-1916. Goyescas (Opera). Intermezzo; arranged
III. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Petite étude-scherzo
IV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Passione amorose
V. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Air d’il Trovatore
VI. Runswick, Daryl, 1946-. Suite and low. American basses
VII. Brumby, Colin, 1933-2018. Suite, double basses (4)
VIII. Pena, Angel (Angel Matias), 1921-. Ballade pour Ariston
IX. Pena, Angel (Angel Matias), 1921-. Étude monotone pour Johnny
X. Guettler, Knut, 1943-. Variations on the tune Greensleeves
XI. Guettler, Knut, 1943-. Rendezvous
Reviews
- 1. Fanfare, 5-6, 1983, p. 278.
- 2. New Records, 6, 1983: p. 6.
Performers
| 1. | Dzwiza, Gerhard, 1938- |
| 2. | Guettler, Knut, 1943-2013 |
| 3. | Harden, Wolf, 1962- |
| 4. | New Colophonium Bassquartet |
| 5. | Slatford, Rodney, 1944- |
| 6. | Stoll, Klaus, 1943- |