Release Date: 03 January 2008
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313204229
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: BOTTESINI
Description
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.""
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Various
Univ Of Michigan:Slatkin
Soloists:Cologne Co
