Portrait of the double bass. — Copenhagen, Denmark : Danacord, [2002]

Album description

1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.
Danacord: DACOCD 602.
Principally arrangements by Bent Grosen for double bass and piano; arranged for 3 double basses (1st, 11th, 14th, and 17th works); and for 2 double basses and piano (5th work).
"Dragonetti concerto" composed by Edouard Nanny (15th work).
Bent Grosen, double bass ; Kitha Ottosen Grosen, piano ; Jens Holm (1st, 5th, 11th, 14th, and 17th works), Poul Erik Jørgensen (1st, 11th, 14th, and 17th works), double basses.
Recorded at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark, November 2000-April 2002.
Program notes in Danish and English (23 pages : illustrations), inserted.
Contents: Londonderry air : old Irish melody (1:18) -- Chanson triste : op. 2 / Serge Koussevitsky (3:35) -- Gavotte / Joseph-Antoine Lorenziti (2:37) -- Melody in F major, op. 31 [i.e. op. 3 no. 1] / Anton Rubinstein (3:19) -- Concert-polka / Hans Christian Lumbye (5:09) -- Méditation : andante religioso from the opera Thaïs / Jules Massenet (5:27) -- Lauretta’s aria "O mio babbino caro" : from the opera Gianni Schicchi / Giacomo Puccini (2:00) -- Czardas / Vittorio Monti (5:05) -- Serenade, op. 6, 1 / Enrico Toselli (3:18) -- Nocturne, no. 5 / John Field (4:02) -- Eine kleine Nachtmusik : serenade, KV 525. 1st movement, Allegro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (6:18) -- Träumerei : op. 15, 7 / Robert Schumann (2:37) -- Ave Maria / Johann Sebastian Bach ; arr. Charles Gounod (2:35) -- Barokki-polska / Jorma Panula (4:42) -- Concerto for double bass in A major. 2nd movement, Andante / Domenico Dragonetti ; cadenza, B. Grosen (5:14) -- Sonata in G minor. Adagio (1:53) ; Vivace (1:23) / Henry Eccles -- Aarhus tattoo / Carl Christian Møller (2:58).

I. Londonderry air; arranged
II. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Chanson triste
III. Lorenziti, Antonio, ca. 1740-1789. Gavotte, double bass, piano
IV. Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894. Melodies, piano, op. 3. No. 1; arranged
V. Lumbye, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1810-1874. Koncert-polka; arranged
VI. Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs. Méditation; arranged
VII. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Trittico. Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro;arranged
VIII. Monti, Vittorio, 1868-1922. Czárdás, violin, piano, D minor; arranged
IX. Toselli, Enrico, 1883-1926. Serenade, violin, piano, op. 6; arranged
X. Field, John, 1782-1837. Nocturnes, piano, no. 5, B­ major; arranged
XI. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Kleine Nachtmusik. Allegro; arranged
XII. Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Kinderscenen. Träumerei; arranged
XIII. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Ave Maria (Instrumental version); arranged
XIV. Panula, Jorma. Barokki-polska; arranged
XV. Nanny, Edouard, 1872-1942. Concertos, double bass, piano, A major. Andante
XVI. Eccles, Henry, active 1694-1735. Sonatas, violin, continuo, book 1. No. 11. Adagio; arranged
XVII. Eccles, Henry, active 1694-1735. Sonatas, violin, continuo, book 1. No. 11. Presto; arranged
XVIII. Møller, Carl Christian, 1823-1893. Århus tappenstreg