Joël Quarrington, Andrew Burashko - Bottesini: Music for Double Bass and Piano, Vol. 2 (2008)

Tracklist

01. 3 Grand Duos: Duo No. 3: I. Andantino
02. 3 Grand Duos: Duo No. 3: II. Presto
03. Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor: I. Moderato
04. Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor: II. Andante
05. Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor: III. Finale - Allegro
06. Adagio Melanconico ed Appasionato, Elegie Par Ernst
07. Duet for Clarinet and Double Bass
08. Fantasia on Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda
09. Une Bouche Aimee
10. Tutto Che Il Mondo Serra (trans. of Etude No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 by Chopin)
11. Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air On a G String

Giovanni Bottesini enjoyed a globe-trotting career as “the Paganini of the double bass”. He was also a successful conductor and a composer, although only the music he wrote for his own instrument has outlived him. Many of the works on this recording emphasize the essential bel canto quality of Bottesini’s inspiration, most explicitly in the dazzling Bellini Fantasia, but also in the duets with clarinet and soprano which demand virtuosity of both feeling and technique. The Concerto No. 2 is a fully mature work, from the somewhat laconic first movement, through the simply singing second, to the third, driven by a rhythmic figure typical of the polonaise and the Cuban bolero.

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