Hans Roelofsen - The Romantic Double-Bass: Bottesini, Chopin, Rachmaninoff (2006) CD-Rip

Tracklist:

CD 1:
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI (1821-1889)
1. DUETTO for Clarinet, Double-bass & Orchestra 8'27
CONCERTO No. 2 for Double-bass & Orchestra in B minor
2. Allegro moderato 5'58
3. Andante 5'37
4. Allegro 4'09
5. DUO CONCERTANT on Themes from Bellini's
"I Puritani", for Cello, Double-bass & Orchestra 11'54
6. GRAND DUO CONCERTANT
for 2 Double-basses & Orchestra 15'09

Performers:
Hans Roelofsen, double-bass (1-6),
Rudolf Senn, double-bass (6),
George Pieterson, clarinet (1),
Marien van Staalen, cello (5),

Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra,
Conductor: Alun Francis.

Recording: August 1988 Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, The Netherlands.

CD 2:
FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Sonata in E minor Op. 65
1. Allegro moderato 12'14
2. Scherzo, allegro con brio 5'32
3. Largo 4'10
4. Finale, allegro 7'29

SERGEY RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Sonata in E minor Op. 19
5. Lento-allegro moderato 14'04
6. Allegro scherzando 6'39
7. Andante 6'09
8. Allegro mosso 10'54
Both sonatas originally written for cello in G minor, and transposed for the double-bass to E minor.

Performers:
Hans Roelofsen, double-bass,
Muza Rubackyte, piano.

Recording: July 2004, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Producer & engineer: Peter Arts, Arts Music Recording Rotterdam.