Bottesini’s greatest hits. — Albany, New York : Albany Records, [2013]

Album description
2 audio discs: digital ; 12 cm.
Albany Records: TROY1411/12.
Music for piano and double bass ; originally for violin and orchestra (6th work) ; transcription of an operatic excerpt originally for tenor and orchestra (10th work).
Title from disc label.
Mark Morton, double bass, piano (CD 1), Mark Morton, piano only (CD 2).
Recorded at Hemmle Recital Hall, School of Music, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, January 5, 2009-October 21, 2011.
Both discs are comprised of the same works ; the second disc is piano only.
Program notes by Nickolas L. Miller and Will Strieder in English ([6] pages), inserted.
Contents: CD 1-2: Introduction and gavotte (4:55) ; Fantasy on themes from La sonnambula (8:53) ; Rêverie (3:05) ; Tarantella (5:54) ; Élégie in D (3:48) / Giovanni Bottesini -- Variations on one string on a theme from Rossini’s opera Moses in Egypt / Niccolo Paganini (7:08) -- Introduction & variations on “The carnival of Venice” (8:56) ; Romanza pathetica (mélodie) (4:57) ; Variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" (4:44) ; Una furtiva lagrima : from L’elisir d'amore (2:54) ; Capriccio di bravura : op. post. (7:59) ; Fantasy on Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti (8:39) / Giovanni Bottesini.

I. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Introduzione e gavotta, double bass, piano, A major
II. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Sonnambula
III. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Rêverie
IV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Tarantellas, double bass, piano, A minor
V. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Elegies, double bass, piano, D major
VI. Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Sonata a preghiera; arranged
VII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Introduzione e variazioni sul Carnevale di Venezia
VIII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Romanza patética
IX. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Nel cor più non mi sento
X. Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Elisir d’amore. Furtiva lagrima; arranged
XI. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Capriccio di bravura
XII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Fantasia sulla Lucia di Lammermoor di G. Donizetti
Genre
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Performers
1. Morton, Mark Alison
Uniform Titles
1. Capriccio di bravura
2. Elegies, double bass, piano, D major
3. Elisir d’amore. Furtiva lagrima; arranged
4. Fantasia sulla Lucia di Lammermoor di G. Donizetti
5. Introduzione e gavotta, double bass, piano, A major
6. Introduzione e variazioni sul Carnevale di Venezia
7. Nel cor più non mi sento
8. Romanza patética
9. Rêverie
10. Sonata a preghiera; arranged
11. Sonnambula
12. Tarantellas, double bass, piano, A minor