The virtuoso of double-bass. — Hungary : Hungaroton, p1993.

Album description

1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.
Hungaroton: HCD 31518.
Original works and arrangements for double bass and piano (1st-12th works) and double bass and orchestra (13th-14th works).
Iván Sztankov, double bass ; Erika Tóth, piano (1st-12th works) ; Budapest Symphony Orchestra ; János Kovács, conductor (13th-14th works).
Program notes in English, French, German and Hungarian (15 pages), inserted.
Contents: Melodie / C.W. Gluck (3:07) -- Méditation / J. Massenet (4:24) -- Fantasy for G string / N. Paganini (7:10) -- Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 / G. Fauré (2:58) -- Intermezzo / E. Granados (4:37) -- Étude in C sharp minor (5:14) ; Nocturne in C sharp minor / F. Chopin (4:06) -- Lied ohne Worte, op. 62 no. 1 / F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (2:15) -- Scherzo, op. 12 no. 2 / D. Van Goëns (2:50) -- Cavatina / G. Rossini (3:01) -- Prelude in D major, op. 23 no. 4 / S. Rakhmaninov (4:03) -- Csárdás / V. Monti (4:16) -- Solo no. 10 for double bass / L. Dubrovay (10:49) -- Concerto for double bass and orchestra / S. Koussevitzky (14:15).

I. Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Orfeo ed Euridice. Air de ballet; arranged
II. Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs. Méditation; arranged
III. Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Sonata a preghiera; arranged
IV. Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Après un rêve; arranged
V. Granados, Enrique, 1867-1916. Goyescas (Opera). Intermezzo; arranged
VI. Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Études, piano, op. 25. No. 7; arranged
VII. Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, B. 49, C sharp minor; arranged
VIII. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder ohne Worte, piano, op. 62. Nr. 1; arranged
IX. Goëns, Daniel van, 1858-1904. Scherzo, cello, piano, op. 12, no. 2; arranged
X. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum; arranged
XI. Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Preludes, piano, op. 23. No. 4; arranged
XII. Monti, Vittorio, 1868-1922. Czárdás, violin, piano, D minor; arranged
XIII. Dubrovay, László, 1943-. Solos, no. 10
XIV. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Concerto, double bass, orchestra, op. 3, F sharp minor