Album description
1 audio disc : digital, SACD ; 12 cm.Channel Classics Records: CCS SA 32612.
Originally for 2 double basses and orchestra (1st work).
Rick Stotijn, double bass ; Amsterdam Sinfonietta ; Candida Thompson, director, lead violin.
Recorded at Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden and Westvest, Schiedam, November 2010, June 2011 and October 2011.
Program notes in English, Dutch and French (24 pages : illustrations), inserted.
Contents: Grand duo concertant in A major : for violin, double bass and string orchestra (Liza Ferschtmann, violin) (15:20) -- Grande allegro di concerto Alla Mendelssohn : for double bass and string quintet (11:32) -- Une bouche aimée (4:26) ; Tutto che il mondo serra (5:00) : for double bass, mezzo-soprano and piano (Christianne Stotijn, mezzo soprano ; Hans Eijsackers, piano) -- Capriccio di bravura in A major : for double bass and string quintet (8:26) -- Duo concertant on themes from Bellini's I Puritani : for violoncello, double bass and string orchestra (Monika Leskovar, cello) (11:48).
I. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Gran duo concertante; arranged
II. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Grande allegro di concerto; arranged
III. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Bouche aimée
IV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Tutto il mondo serra
V. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Capriccio di bravura; arranged
VI. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Duo concertant sur les thèmes des Puritains
Performers
| 1. | Amsterdam Sinfonietta |
| 2. | Stotijn, Rick |
| 3. | Thompson, Candida, 1967- |