Album description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.Firebird: KICC 47.
Arrangements for double bass and piano; originally for arpeggione and piano (1st work); for voice and piano (2nd work); for cello and 2 pianos (3rd work); for piano (4th work); for voice (5th-9th works).
Gary Karr, double bass ; Harmon Lewis, piano.
Recorded in Tokyo, May 28-29, 1980.
Performed on an Amati double bass made in 1611.
Previously released on analog disc as: Seven Seas: K28C-20, 1980, and on compact disc as: King Records: K33Y-237.
Analog recording.
Program notes in Japanese and English (10 pages), inserted.
Contents: Arpeggione sonate / F. Schubert (24:24) -- Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 / S. Rachmaninoff (4:06) -- Le cygne / C. Saint-Saëns (3:00) -- The entertainer / S. Joplin (1:24) -- Kojo no tsuki / R. Taki (4:06) -- When I wake up in the morning : Nova Scotian folksong / traditional (3:08) -- Three Catalonian carols: El noi de la mare (2:04) ; Fum, fum, fum (0:45) ; El cant dels ocells (2:19).
I. Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Sonatas, arpeggionne, piano, D. 821, A minor; arranged
II. Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Romansy, op. 34. Vocalise; arranged
III. Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arranged
IV. Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Entertainer; arranged
V. Taki, Rentarō, 1879-1903. Kōjō no tsuki; arranged
VI. When I wake in the morning; arranged
VII. Noi de la mare; arranged
VIII. Fum, fum, fum; arranged
IX. Cant del ocells; arranged
Performers
1. | Karr, Gary, 1941- |
2. | Lewis, Harmon, 1940-2023 |