Album description
1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 r/min, stereo. ; 30 cm.Supraphon: 1 11 1949.
František Pošta, double bass ; with Jaroslav Horák, viola d’amore, or Jan Panenka, piano and harpsichord.
Recorded in Prague, August 25-29, 1975.
Performed on a 1693 Italian Grancino.
Biographical notes in English, German and French by V. Sefl on container.
Contents: Sonata for viola d’amore and double bass / Giovanni Battista Borghi (11:15) -- Plaisir d’amore / Martini il Tedesco (5:05) -- Gavotte / Hans Fryba (1:40) -- Melody / Giovanni Bottesini (6:20) -- Chanson triste / Serge Koussevitzky (3:40) -- Mazurka / František Černý (5:35) -- Canzonetta / Vojta Kuchynka (2:20) -- At the summer countryside / Silvestr Hipman (3:30) -- Elegy / Jaroslav Mastalír (3:05) -- Liebeslied / Fritz Kreisler (3:30).
I. Borghi, Giovanni Battista, 1738-1796. Sonatas, viola d’amore, double bass, D major
II. Martini, Johann Paul Aegidius, 1741-1816. Plaisir d’amore; arranged
III. Fryba, Hans, 1899-1986. Suite im alten Stil. Gavotte
IV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Romanza patética
V. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Chanson triste.
VI. Cerny (Černý), František, 1861-1940. Mazurka, double bass, piano
VII. Kuchynka, Vojta, 1871-1942. Canzonetta, double bass, piano
VIII. Hipman, Silvestr, 1893-1974. Suite, double bass, piano, op. 39. At the summer countryside
IX. Mastalir (Maštalíř), Jaroslav, 1906-1988. Elegy
X. Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesleid; arranged
Reviews
- 1. American Record Guide, 6-1978, p. 47. Records & Recording: 1-1978, p. 69.
- 2. Gramophone, 3-1978, p. 1585. Records & Recording: 3-1978, p. 57.
- 3. Hi-Fi News & Record Review, 12-1977, p. 176. Stereo Review: 5-1978, p. 112.
- 4. New Records, 3-1978, p. 15.
Performers
| 1. | Horák, Jaroslav, 1914-2005 |
| 2. | Panenka, Jan, 1922-1999 |
| 3. | Posta (Pošta), František, 1919-1991 |