Album description
2 audio discs : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.Philips Classics: 456 330-2.
Originally for 2 double basses and orchestra (8th work).
Title from container.
Lucio Buccarella, double bass, Luciano Vicari, violin (7th work) ; I Musici.
Recorded at La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland, June 1971 (1st-4th works) and Sept. 1971 (5th, 7th-8th works) and at Sala Ateneo Antoniano, Rome, June 1966 (6th, 9th works).
Previously released on analog discs as: Philips: 6500 243 and 6500 245, 1972.
Analog recording.
Program notes (4 pages), inserted.
Contents: Sonata a quattro no. 1 in G (12:59) ; Sonata a quattro no. 2 in A (13:12) ; Sonata a quattro no. 3 in C (10:58) ; Sonata a quattro no. 4 in B flat (13:42) ; Sonata a quattro no. 5 in E flat (14:52) / Gioachino Rossini -- Italian serenade in G / Hugo Wolf (7:24) -- Sonata a quattro no. 6 in G / G. Rossini (15:29) -- Grand duo concertant : for violin, double bass and orchestra / Bottesini (18:40) -- Octet in E flat, op. 20 / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (32:27).
I. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Gran duo concertante; arranged
Reviews
- 1. Gramophone 5-1973 p2042.
- 2. Hi-Fi News & Record Review 5-1973, p980.
- 3. Records and Recordings 5-1973 p74.
- 4. San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle 8-12-1973 p32.
- 5. Stereo Review 8-1973 p98.
Performers
| 1. | Buccarella, Lucio |
| 2. | Musici |
| 3. | Vicari, Luciano, 1932-2000 |
Uniform Titles
| 1. | Gran duo concertante; arranged |