Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Simax: PSC 1324.
Originally for viola; transcribed for double bass (6th work).
Dan Styffe, double bass ; Peter Herresthal, violin (4th and 6th works) ; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra ; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor.
Recorded at the Oslo Konserthus, April 6-8, 2011 (9th work) and Lindemansalen, Norwegian Academy of Music, December 19-20, 2011 (remainder).
Performed on a double bass made by Gasparo da Saló, in Brescia, Italy, circa 1580.
Program notes in Norwegian and English (23 pages), inserted.
Contents: Memory of a tango / Lera Auerbach (2:29) -- Poetic caprice / Teppo Hauto-Aho (5:06) -- Message : consolation à Christian Sutter alio modo / György Kurtág (2:55) -- A lyrical duet / Olav Anton Thommessen (5:25) -- Mantram / Giacinto Scelsi (5:44) -- Secret voices / Per Nørgård ; [transcribed by] Jakob Kullberg (16:35) -- Thierry Barbé (2:52) ; Dan Styffe (2:47) / Bernard Salles -- Double bass concerto no. 1 / Rolf Martinsson (28:48).
I. Auerbach, Lera, 1973-. Memory of a tango
II. Hauta-aho, Teppo, 1941-2021. Poetic caprice
III. Kurtág, György, 1926-. Jelek, játékok és üzenetek. Message
IV. Thommessen, Olav Anton, 1946-. Lyrical duet
V. Scelsi, Giacinto, 1905-1988. Mantram
VI. Nørgård, Per, 1932-. Libro per Nobuko. Secret melody; arranged
VII. Salles, Bernard, 1954-. Thierry Barbé
VIII. Salles, Bernard, 1954-. Dan Styffe
IX. Martinsson, Rolf, 1956-. Concertos, double bass, orchestra, no. 1, op. 87