Album description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.Finlandia: 0630-16157-2.
Jorma Katrama, double bass ; Margit Rahkonen, piano (3rd, 11th, 16th and 20th works).
Arranged by Jorma Katrama (3rd, 11th, 16th and 20th works).
Recorded in Järvenpää Hall, Finland, November 1993 (3rd, 16th and 20th works) and in March 1989 (11th work).
Performed on a French double bass by Charles Quenoil, 1932.
Biographical notes in English, German, French and Finnish (15 pages), inserted.
Contents: The swan / Saint-Saëns (3:03) -- Träumerei / Schumann (3:41) -- Meditation / Jules Massenet (5:14) -- Romance, op. 78 no. 2 / Sibelius (2:50) -- Valse lente / Merikanto (2:48) -- Berceuse : waltz, op. 39 no. 15 / Brahms (2:48) -- Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 / Rachmaninov -- Air on the G String / J.S. Bach (4:16) -- Largo / Händel (6:02) -- Summer evening : waltz / Merikanto (3:44) -- Valse triste, op. 44 no. 3 / Jean Sibelius (4:02) -- Berceuse / Jarnefelt (3:27) -- Gondoliera veneziana, op. 64 no. 1 / Palmgren (4:07) -- Butterfly waltz, op. 22 no. 17 / Melartin (1:44) -- Berceuse, op. 44 no. 4 / Melartin (3:10) -- Liebesfreud / Fritz Kreisler (3:20) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:54) -- Valse sentimentale, op. 51 no. 6 / Tchaikovsky (1:52) -- Elegie, op. 27 no. 1 / Sibelius (3:58) -- Schön Rosmarin / Fritz Kreisler (2:10).
I. Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs. Méditation; arranged
II. Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Kuolema. Valse triste; arranged
III. Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesfreud; arranged
IV. Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Schön Rosmarin; arranged
Performers
1. | Katrama, Jorma, 1936-2022 |
2. | Rahkonen, Margit, 1949- |