Album description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.EBS Records: ebs 6126.
Originally for 2 double basses and orchestra (1st work) and for 2 double basses and piano (2nd work); "is, in fact, known as the Concerto in B minor, but Bottesini really wrote the piece in C minor" (4th work)--Program notes.
Michael Rieber, double bass ; Ingolf Turban, violin ; Yves Savary, cello ; Nicole Kern, clarinet ; Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen ; Martin Studer, conductor.
Recorded at the Studio der Württembergischen, April 17-20, 2001.
Performed on a bass made by Pietro Palotta in 1819.
Program notes in German, English, French and Italian ([14] pages), inserted.
Contents: Gran duo concertante für Violine, Kontrabass und Orchester (14:35) -- Passioni amore : für Violoncello, Kontrabass und Orchester (12:00) -- Gran duetto für Klarinette, Kontrabass und Orchester (9:14) -- Concerto C-moll für Kontrabass und Streichorchester (17:00).
I. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Gran duo concertante; arranged
II. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Passione amorose; arranged
III. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Gran duo; arranged
IV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, no. 2, B minor
Performers
| 1. | Kern, Nicole, 1978- |
| 2. | Rieber, Michael, 1967- |
| 3. | Savary, Yves, 1963- |
| 4. | Studer, Martin, 1962- |
| 5. | Turnban, Ingolf, 1964- |
| 6. | Württembergische Philharmonie |