Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Largo: 5105.
All selections arranged by Yasunori Kawahara.
Yasunori Kawahara, double bass ; Rainer Hoffman, piano.
Recorded 1985-1986.
Program notes in English, German and French ([4] pages), inserted.
Issued also on analog disc as: Elegia (Largo: 5005).
Contents: Après un rêve / Fauré (2:54) -- The cygne / Saint-Saëns (2:38) -- Moses fantasy / Paganini (9:10) -- Chanson triste / Koussevitzky (4:13) -- Scherzo / Glière (4:48) -- Siciliano / Vivaldi (3:22) -- Elegia / Bottesini (5:00) -- Ave Maria / Gounod (2:40) -- Valse miniature / Koussevitzky (2:38) -- Largo / Vivaldi (2:51) -- Aria of Tamino / Mozart (4:25) -- Intermezzo (3:56) ; Tarantella (4:48) / Glière.
I. Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Après un rêve; arranged
II. Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arranged
III. Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Sonata a preghiera; arranged
IV. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Chanson triste.
V. Glière, Reinhold Morit͡sevich, 1875-1956. Pieces, double bass, piano, op. 32. Skert͡so
VI. Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Sonatas, cello, continuo, RV 40, E minor. Largo (1st movement); arranged
VII. Bottesini, Giovanni, 1821-1889. Elegies, double bass, piano, D major
VIII. Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Ave Maria (Instrumental version); arranged
IX. Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Morceaux, double bass, piano, op. 1. Valse miniature
X. Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Sonatas, cello, continuo, RV 40, E minor. Largo (4th movement); arranged
XI. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön; arranged
XII. Glière, Reinhold Morit͡sevich, 1875-1956. Pieces, double bass, piano, op. 9
Reviews
- 1. International Society of Bassists, vol. 13 #2 (1987), p. 58, p. 65.
- 2. Fanfare, 16 #1 (September-October 1992), p. 417.
Performers
| 1. | Hoffmann, Rainer |
| 2. | Kawahara, Yasunori |