Album description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 12 cm.Firebird: KICC 8531.
Gary Karr, double bass ; Harmon Lewis, organ, piano.
Recorded September 1981 (1st-2nd, 5th, 8th-11th works); June 1985 (3rd-4th works); May 1980 (6th-7th, 14th-15th works); June 1980 (12th work); June 1983 (13th work).
Performed on an Amati double bass made in 1611.
Analog recording.
Program notes in Japanese (7 pages), inserted.
Contents: Adagio in G minor / T. Albinoni ; arranged [by] R. Giazotto (8:52) -- Ave Maria / J.S. Bach, Gounod (4:24) -- Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, BWV 147 (3:34) ; Air, from Orchestral suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (4:20) / J.S. Bach ; arranged [by] Karr -- Après un rêve, op. 7, no. 1 / G. Fauré (3:43) -- Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14 / Rachmaninov (4:05) -- Le cygne / Saint-Saëns (3:01) -- Ave Maria / Arcadelt ; arranged [by] Karr (2:16) -- Ave Maria / Schubert ; arranged [by] Karr (5:29) -- Menuet from Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV Anh. 114 (1:41) ; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 (4:19) / J.S Bach ; arranged [by] Karr -- Deep river / negro spiritual ; arranged [by] G. Karr. (2:59) -- Berceuse aus der Oper Jocelyn / B. Godard ; arranged [by] Karr (7:33) -- Kojo no tsuki / R. Taki ; arranged [by] Karr (4:06) -- El canto dels ocells / Catalonian carol (2:18).
I. Giazotto, Remo, 1910-1998. Adagio, string orchestra, G minor; arranged
II. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Ave Maria (Instrumental version); arranged
III. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. Jesus bleibet meine Freude; arranged
IV. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Suites, orchestra, BWV 1068, D major. Air; arranged
V. Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Après un rêve; arranged
VI. Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14; arranged
VII. Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arranged
VIII. Arcadelt, Jacob, approximately 1505-1568. Nous voyons que les hommes; arranged
IX. Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Ellens Gesang, D. 839; arranged
X. Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1725). Minuet, BWV Anh. 114; arranged
XI. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Choräle von verschiedener Art, BWV 645-650. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; arranged
XII. Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912. Negro melodies. Deep river; arranged
XIII. Godard, Benjamin, 1849-1895. Jocelyn. Berceuse; arranged
XIV. Taki, Rentarō, 1879-1903. Kōjō no tsuki; arranged
XV. Cant del ocells; arranged
Performers
1. | Karr, Gary, 1941- |
2. | Lewis, Harmon, 1940-2023 |