Album description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.MSR Classics: MS1731.
Robert Oppelt, double bass ; Christopher Koelzer, piano (1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th works) ; Eric Dewaardt, viola (13th work) ; Irina Muresanu, violin (14th work).
Recorded at the Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, November 24, 2015, September 26, 2016, February 16 and November 19, 2018.
Performed on a Testore double bass (Bloch, Chambers, Clayton, Dragonetti, Koussevitzky works) and a Klotz double bass (Bottesini, Penderecki works).
Program notes (15 pages), inserted.
Contents: Elegy no. 1 in D major for double bass and piano / Giovanni Bottesini (4:18) -- Waltz no. 7 in D major / Domenico Dragonetti (2:29) -- Chanson triste : op. 2 : for double bass and piano / Serge Koussevitzky (3:54) -- Waltz no. 8 in G major / Domenico Dragonetti (2:06) -- Humoresque, op. 4 for double bass and piano / Serge Koussevitzsy (2:09) -- Waltz no. 9 in F major / Domenico Dragonetti (2:56) -- Prayer no. 1 for double bass and piano : from Jewish life / Ernest Bloch (4:00) -- Waltz no. 10 in B-flat major / Domenico Dragonetti (1:49) -- Canto / Sherwood Shaffer (4:02) -- Waltz no. 11 in D major / Domenico Dragonetti (2:22) -- Bach to blues / John Clayton (5:23) -- Waltz no. 12 in F major / Domenico Dragonetti (1:58) -- Fisherstreet duo : for viola and double bass / Evan Chambers (12:12) -- Duo concertante : for violin and double bass / Krysztof Penderecki (4:38).
I. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Elegies, double bass, piano, D major
II. Dragonetti, Domenico, 1763-1846. Waltzes, double bass. No. 7-12
III. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Chanson triste
IV. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Humoresque, double bass, piano, op. 4
V. Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959. From Jewish life. Prayer; arranged
VI. Shaffer, Sherwood, 1934-. Canto
VII. Clayton, John, 1952-. Bach to blues
VIII. Chambers, Evan K., 1963-. Fisherstreet duo
IX. Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-. Duo concertante
Performers
1. | Oppelt, Robert J., 1961- |
2. | Koelzer, Christopher |
3. | Dewaardt, Eric |
4. | Muresanu, Irina |