Album description
1 audio cassette : analog, Dolby processed.Supraphon: 1911 3195.
Principally arrangements for double bass with various accompaniment.
František Pošta, double bass, variously with Josef Hála, piano ; Karel Patras, harp ; Zdeněk Pitter, theorbo ; Vít Mach, double bass (pizzicato).
Recorded in Prague, February 19-22, 1981.
Performed on double-bass made by Giovanni Grancino of Milano in 1695.
Released also on analog disc (Supraphon: 1111 3195).
Contents: Melody : étude in E major, op. 10, no. 3 / Frédéric Chopin (2:57) -- Romance : no. 2 in F major, op. 56 / Ludwig van Beethoven (7:56) -- Air : suite for orchestra, no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 / Johann Sebastian Bach (4:28) -- Desire / Vojta Kuchynka (2:32) -- Le cygne / Camille Saint-Saëns (2:38) -- Songs my mother taught me : from Gypsy songs, op. 55, no. 4 / Antonín Dvořák (2:30) -- Aria / Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (2:32) -- Largo from Serses / George Friedrich Händel (5:10) -- Andante / Serge Koussevitsky (3:00) -- Chant d’amour / František Černý (3:29) -- Poem : from Idyll at twilight, op. 39 / Zdeněk Fibich (2:18).
I. Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Étude, piano, op. 10. No. 3
II. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Romances, violin, orchestra, op. 50, F major; arranged
III. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Suites, orchestra, BWV 1068, D major. Air; arranged
IV. Kuchynka, Vojta. Touha
V. Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arranged
VI. Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Zigeunermelodien. Als die alte Mutter; arranged
VII. Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736. Aria; arranged
VIII. Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Serse. Ombra mai fù; arranged
IX. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Andante, double bass, piano, op. 1, no. 1
X. Cerny (Černý), František, 1861-1940. Chant d’amour
XI. Fibich, Zdeněk, 1850-1900. V podvečer. Lento; arranged
Reviews
- 1. Fanfare, May-June 1987, p. 231.
Performers
1. | Hála, Josef, 1928-2019 |
2. | Mach, Vít |
3. | Patras, Karel, 1923-2003 |
4. | Pitter, Zdeněk |
5. | Posta (Pošta), František, 1919-1991 |