Il carnevale di Venezia. — [Germany] : Es-Dur, [2017]

Album description

1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.
Es-Dur: ES 2063.
Arranged for double bass and piano by Michael Rieber (1st, 3rd-4th, 7th, 9th, 11th-12th, 14th works).
Michael Reiber, double bass ; Götz Schumacher, piano.
Recorded at Rolf-Liebermann-Studio, NDR, Hamburg, March 5-7 and 10, 2010.
Program and biographical notes in German, English, French, and Japanese (23 pages : portraits), inserted.
Contents: Tosca. E lucevan le stelle / Giacomo Puccini (3:37) -- Introduction and variations on The carnival of Venice / Giovanni Bottesini (9:25) -- Thais. Méditation / Jules Massenet (5:36) -- Etude op. 2 no. 1 in C sharp minor / Alexander Scriabin (2:43) -- Chanson triste : op. 2 (4:01) ; Valse miniature : op. 1 no. 2 (2:39) / Serge Koussevitzky -- Prelude E minor, op. 28 no. 4 / Frédéric Chopin (2:10) -- Allegretto capriccio ‘a la Chopin’ in F sharp minor / Giovanni Bottesini (3:38) -- Norma. Casta diva / Vincenzo Bellini (5:08) -- Fantasia on La sonnambula / Giovanni Bottesini (8:32) -- Manon. In quelle trine morbide / Giacomo Puccini (2:30) -- Lied ohne Worte, op. 30, no. 9 (2:31) -- Variations on the aria Nel cor piú non mi sento / Giovanni Bottesini (5:20) -- Maravilla. Amor, vida de mi vida / Federico Moreno Torroba (2:50).

I. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. E lucevan le stelle; arranged
II. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Introduzione e variazioni sul Carnevale di Venezia
III. Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs. Méditation; arranged
IV. Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Morceaux, piano, op. 2. Étude; arranged
V. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Chanson triste
VI. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Morceaux, double bass, piano, op. 1. Valse miniature
VII. Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Preludes, piano, op. 28. No. 4; arranged
VIII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Allegretto capriccio
IX. Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Norma. Casta diva; arranged
X. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Sonnambula
XII. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Manon Lescaut. In quelle trine morbide; arranged
XIII. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder ohne Worte, piano, op. 30. Nr. 3; arranged
XIV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Nel cor più non mi sento
XV. Moreno Torroba, Federico, 1891-1982. Maravilla. Amor, vida de mi vida; arranged