Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Bayer Records: 100 324 CD.
For solo double bass (2nd work).
Günter Klaus (1st-3rd works), Alfred Sapper (3rd work), Rudolf Neudörfer (3rd work), Timm-Johannes Trappe (3rd work), Wolfgang Nestle (4th work), double basses ; Oda Klemann, piano (4th work) ; Radio-Sinfonieorchester-Frankfurt (1st work) ; Hiroyuki Iwaki, conductor (1st work).
Recorded at Hessische Rundfunk, October 30-31, 1974 (1st work), at Kammermusik-Studio, July 9, 1970 (2nd work), and November 29, 1971 (3rd work) ; and at Da Camera-Tonstudio, Heidelberg-Wieblingen, January 1970 (4th work).
Analog recording.
Previously issued as analog discs.
Program notes in German, English and French ([12] pages : illustrations, portraits), inserted.
Contents: Concerto pour contrebasse et orchestre / Jean Françaix (14:51) -- Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach : op. 44 / Julien François Zbinden (6:10) -- Quartet for double basses / Gunther Schuller (15:45) -- Sonate für Kontrabass und Klavier in H / Paul Hindemith (13:26).
I. Françaix, Jean, 1912-1997. Concertos, double bass, orchestra.
II. Zbinden, Julien-François, 1917-2021. Hommage à J.S. Bach
III. Schuller, Gunther, 1925-2015. Quartets, double basses (4)
IV. Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. Sonatas, double bass, piano.
Performers
| 1. | Iwaki, Hiroyuki, 1932-2006 |
| 2. | Klaus, Günter, 1940- |
| 3. | Klemann, Oda |
| 4. | Nestle, Wolfgang |
| 5. | Neudörfer, Rudolf |
| 6. | Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt |
| 7. | Sapper, Alfred |
| 8. | Trappe, Timm-Johannes |
Uniform Titles
| 1. | Concertos, double bass, orchestra |
| 2. | Hommage à J.S. Bach |
| 3. | Quartets, double basses (4) |
| 4. | Sonatas, double bass, piano |