Contrabasso con sentimento. — [Finland] : Finlandia, p1995.

Album description

1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.
Finlandia: 4509-97894-2.
Jorma Katrama, double bass ; Margit Rahkonen, piano.
Arranged by Jorma Katrama, except 10th work by Rodney Slatford and 11th work by M. Flechsig.
Recorded in Järvenpää Hall, Finland, November 1993.
Performed on a French double bass by Charles Quenoil, 1932.
Biographical notes in English, German, French and Finnish (15 pages), inserted.
Issued also as: Le charme de la contrebasse (Erato: 39842-27082, 1998).
Contents: Meditation / Jules Massenet (5:14) -- Liebesfreud (3:20) ; Liebesleid (3:30) / Fritz Kreisler -- Vocalise / Sergei Rachmaninov (5:39) -- Spanish suite / Manual de Falla (12:33) -- Adagio / Tommaso Albinoni (8:29) -- Nocturne / Pyotr Tchaikovsky (5:19) -- Pièce en forme de habanera (3:00) -- Schön Rosmarin / Fritz Kreisler (2:10) -- Romanza drammatica (8:03) ; Fantasia Sonnambula (9:21) / Giovanni Bottesini.

I. Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs. Méditation; arranged
II. Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesfreud; arranged
III. Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesleid; arranged
IV. Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Romansy, op. 34. Vocalise; arranged
V. Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Canciones populares españolas. Selections; arranged
VI. Giazotto, Remo, 1910-1998. Adagio, string orchestra, G minor
VII. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Pieces, piano, op. 19. Nokti͡urn; arranged
VIII. Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Vocalise en forme d’habanera; arranged
IX. Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Schön Rosmarin; arranged
X. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Romanza drammatica
XI. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Sonnambula