Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Phoenix Records: PHX16282.
Original works and arrangements for double bass and piano: originally for voice and piano (1st work); for cello and continuo (2nd work); suite originally for violin and piano (10th work).
Arrangements by Paul Bresciani.
The 2nd work exists in "both two and three movement versions...; this recording utilizes the more popular two movement version"--Insert.
Paul Bresciani, double bass ; William Crawford, piano.
Recorded in Scarborough, Ont.
Performed on a bass made by Paulo Antonio Testore, Milan, Italy in 1731.
Program notes ([6] pages), inserted.
Contents: Abendlied / Robert Schumann (2:17) -- Sonata no. 6 in A major. Adagio ; Allegro / Luigi Boccherini (9:44) -- Reverie / Giovanni Bottesini (3:26) -- Sequences / Paul Bresciani (2:21) -- Elegy / Giovanni Bottesini (4:29) -- Humoresque (1:47) ; Chanson triste (3:19) ; Valse miniature (2:50) ; Andante (3:23) / Serge Koussevitzky -- Baal shem. Vidui ; Nigun ; Simchas Torah / Ernst Bloch (14:22).
I. Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Vierhändige Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder. Abendlied; arranged
II. Boccherini, Luigi, 1743-1805. Sonatas, cello, continuo, G. 4, A major. Adagio; arranged
III. Boccherini, Luigi, 1743-1805. Sonatas, cello, continuo, G. 4, A major. Allegro moderato; arranged
IV. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Rêverie
V. Bresciani, Paul. Sequences
VI. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Elegies, double bass, piano, D major
VII. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Humoresque, double bass, piano, op. 4
VIII. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Chanson triste
IX. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Morceaux, double bass, piano, op. 1
X. Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959. Baal shem; arranged
Performers
1. | Bresciani, Paul |
2. | Crawford, William, 1962- |