Kontrabass populär. — Germany : Ars Vivendi, p1990.

Album description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.
Ars Vivendi: 2100159.
Klaus Kirbach, piano (1st-12th works) ; Berliner Streichquartett (Wolf-Dieter Batzdorf, 1st violin, Klaus Peters, 2nd violin, Karl-Heinz Dommus, viola, Matthias Pfaender, cello) (13th work) ; Klaus Trumpf, double bass.
Performed on a double bass made in Mittenwald, ca. 1840.
Program notes in German, English and French ([13] pages), inserted.
Released also as: Werke für Kontrabass (Berlin Classics: 93962BC, 1999, p1989).
Contents: Fantasia La sonnambula (9:22) ; Rêverie (3:24) / Giovanni Bottesini -- Valse miniature op. 1, 2 (2:45) ; Chanson triste op. 2 (3:47) / Sergej A. Kussewitzky -- Extrême / Lajos Montag (2:41) -- Elegia D-dur no. 1 / G. Bottesini (4:50) -- Méditation aus der Oper Thaïs / Jules Massenet (4:38) -- Der Schwann aus Karneval der Tiere / Camille Saint-Saëns (2:26) -- Scherzo op. 12 / Daniel van Goëns (3:51) -- Vocalise op. 34, 14 / Sergej Rachmaninow (3:42) -- Ave Maria / Bach/Charles Gounod (2:25) -- Nara-Yama : Song of old city Nara / Kōzaburō Hirai (4:56) -- Romanze, cis-moll T26 / Johannes Matthias Sperger (5:06).

I. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Sonnambula
II. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Rêverie
III. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Morceaux, double bass, piano, op. 1. Valse miniature
IV. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Chanson triste.
V. Montag, Lajos, 1906-1997. Extrême.
VI. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Elegies, double bass, piano, D major
VII. Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs. Méditation; arranged
VIII. Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arranged
IX. Goëns, Daniel van, 1858-1904. Scherzo, cello, piano, op. 12, no. 2; arranged
X. Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Romansy, op. 34. Vocalise; arranged
XI. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Ave Maria (Instrumental version); arranged
XII. Hirai, Kōzaburō, 1910-2002. Nara-Yama; arranged
XIII. Sperger, Johann Mattias, 1750-1812. Romances, double bass, string orchestra, M. B 29, D minor
Reviews
  1. 1. International Society of Bassists, vol. 15 no. 3 (Spring 1989), p. 17.
  2. 2. International Society of Bassists, vol. 19 no. 2 (Spring 1994), p. 59.
  3. 3. Double bassist, no. 2 (Autumn/Winter 1996), p. 62.
Genre
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Performers
1. Berliner Streichquartett
2. Kirbach, Klaus
3. Trumpf, Klaus, 1940-
Uniform Titles
1. Ave Maria (Instrumental version); arranged
2. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arranged
3. Chanson triste
4. Elegies, double bass, piano, D major
5. Extrême
6. Morceaux, double bass, piano, op. 1. Valse miniature
7. Nara yama; arranged
8. Romances, double bass, string orchestra, M. B 29, D minor
9. Romansy, op. 34. Vocalise; arranged
10. Rêverie
11. Scherzo, cello, piano, op. 12, no. 2; arranged
12. Sonnambula
13. Thaïs. Méditation; arranged