Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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84434759 | Play | Elegy In D, No. 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
84434761 | Play | Melodia | 00:00 Tools | |
84434760 | Play | Bolero | 00:00 Tools | |
84434762 | Play | Rêverie | 00:00 Tools | |
84434764 | Play | Elegy No. 1 in D Major | 00:00 Tools | |
84434767 | Play | Concerto No. 2 in B minor for Double Bass and Orchestra: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434763 | Play | Reverie | 00:00 Tools | |
84434765 | Play | Capriccio Di Bravura | 00:00 Tools | |
84434774 | Play | Concerto No. 2 in B minor for Double Bass and Orchestra: III. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434779 | Play | Concerto No. 2 in B minor for Double Bass and Orchestra: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434778 | Play | Duo Concertante for Clarinet, Double-Bass & Orchestra, Op. Posth. | 00:00 Tools | |
84434770 | Play | Tarantella | 00:00 Tools | |
84434766 | Play | Elegy No. 3, 'Romanza Patetica' | 00:00 Tools | |
84434781 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434768 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 3: I. Andantino | 00:00 Tools | |
84434769 | Play | Introduction And Gavotte | 00:00 Tools | |
84434773 | Play | Bach - Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on a G String" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434771 | Play | Introduzione e gavotta | 00:00 Tools | |
84434772 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 3: II. Presto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434775 | Play | Gran duo concertante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434776 | Play | Elegia | 00:00 Tools | |
84434783 | Play | Elegy No. 3, "Romanza Patetica" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434782 | Play | Grande allegro di concerto, "alla Mendelssohn": Allegro di Concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434784 | Play | Introduzione e Bolero | 00:00 Tools | |
84434777 | Play | Allegretto Capriccio | 00:00 Tools | |
84434780 | Play | Allegro di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn' | 00:00 Tools | |
84434791 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434785 | Play | Elegy No. 1 in D Major, for Double Bass & String Orchestra | 00:00 Tools | |
84434786 | Play | Elegy No. 2, "Romanza Drammatica" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434788 | Play | Introduzione e Bolero: Bolero | 00:00 Tools | |
84434790 | Play | Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor | 00:00 Tools | |
84434798 | Play | Bolero (version with orchestra): Bolero | 00:00 Tools | |
84434810 | Play | Concerto in B minor for Double-bass and Orchestra: 1. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434787 | Play | Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula | 00:00 Tools | |
84434789 | Play | Giovanni Bottesini: Tarantella | 00:00 Tools | |
84434796 | Play | Fantasia on Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda | 00:00 Tools | |
84434830 | Play | Fantasie Sonnambula | 00:00 Tools | |
84434792 | Play | Giovanni Bottesini: Rêverie | 00:00 Tools | |
84434794 | Play | Introduction and Variations on the Carnival of Venice | 00:00 Tools | |
84434793 | Play | Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass and String Orchestra (1880) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434797 | Play | Variations on Nel cor piu non mi sento from Paisiello's La Molinara | 00:00 Tools | |
84434813 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434808 | Play | Elegy No. 1 in D Major (arr. for double bass and orchestra): Elegia | 00:00 Tools | |
84434795 | Play | Elegy No. 2, 'Romanza Drammatica' | 00:00 Tools | |
84434811 | Play | Melodia, "Romanza patetica" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434801 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor: III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco | 00:00 Tools | |
84434823 | Play | Double Bass Concertino in C minor (version of Double Bass Concerto No. 2 for double bass and strings): I. Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434802 | Play | Duet for Clarinet and Double Bass | 00:00 Tools | |
84434800 | Play | Allegro capriccioso in F-Sharp Minor, "a la Chopin": Allegretto Capriccio | 00:00 Tools | |
84434803 | Play | Une bouche aimee | 00:00 Tools | |
84434839 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor: III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco | 00:00 Tools | |
84434799 | Play | Gran Duo Concertante per violino e contrabbasso: Allegro maestoso, Cantabile | 00:00 Tools | |
84434868 | Play | Concerto in B minor for Double-bass and Orchestra: 3. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434831 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434825 | Play | Serenata on Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia | 00:00 Tools | |
84434807 | Play | Allegro Di Concerto, "Alla Mendelssohn" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434820 | Play | Tutto Che Il Mondo Serra (trans. of Etude No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 by Chopin) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434804 | Play | elegia in re | 00:00 Tools | |
84434827 | Play | Adagio melancolico ed appassionato, "Elegie par Ernst | 00:00 Tools | |
88625625 | Play | Adagio melanconico ed appassionato (Elegie par Ernst) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434805 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 1 - I. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434841 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B minor: III. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434806 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 2 - I. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434883 | Play | Concerto in B minor for Double-bass and Orchestra: 2. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434818 | Play | 3 Grand Duos: Duo No. 3: II. Presto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434840 | Play | Finale on Bellini's La sonnambula | 00:00 Tools | |
84434814 | Play | Elegy No. 2 in E Minor, "Romanza drammatica" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434826 | Play | Grande allegro di concerto, "alla Mendelssohn" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434815 | Play | Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434809 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 2 - II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434843 | Play | Elegy No. 2 in E Minor, "Romanza drammatica": Romanza drammatica | 00:00 Tools | |
84434832 | Play | Capriccio bravura | 00:00 Tools | |
84434869 | Play | Grande allegro di concerto alla Mendelssohn | 00:00 Tools | |
84434849 | Play | Allegro capriccioso in F-Sharp Minor (arr. for double bass and orchestra): Allegrtto capriccio | 00:00 Tools | |
84434812 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 3 - I. Andantino | 00:00 Tools | |
84434817 | Play | Fantasia per Due Contrabassi Dalle Canzonette di Rossini: I. La danza | 00:00 Tools | |
84434824 | Play | Andante sostenuto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434845 | Play | Melodia per Violoncello | 00:00 Tools | |
84434821 | Play | Passioni amorose per due contrabbassi: I. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434816 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 2 - III. Rondo Allegretto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434884 | Play | Gran duo concertante: I. Allegro maestoso - Cantabile | 00:00 Tools | |
84434858 | Play | Concerto di bravura: III. Allegretto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434833 | Play | Adagio melanconico ed appassionato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434819 | Play | Concerto No. 2 in B Minor for Double Bass and Orchestra | 00:00 Tools | |
84434822 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 3 - II. Presto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434860 | Play | Double Bass Concertino in C Minor (version of Double Bass Concerto No. 2 for double bass and strings): II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434829 | Play | Gran Duo Concertante per violino e contrabbasso: Allegro maestoso, Cantabile, Piu mosso | 00:00 Tools | |
90307154 | Play | 1. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434850 | Play | Gran duetto No. 2: III. Rondo: Allegretto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434842 | Play | Concert in b minor | 00:00 Tools | |
84434872 | Play | Concerto di bravura: I. Andante mosso - Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434871 | Play | Concerto di bravura: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434828 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 1 - II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434836 | Play | II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434944 | Play | Fantasia on Rossini's Canzonette (orch. G. Jardanyi): I. La danza | 00:00 Tools | |
84434837 | Play | Duetto per Violoncello e Contrabbasso: Allegro vivace, Andante cantabile | 00:00 Tools | |
84434838 | Play | Giovanni Bottesini: Romanza patética | 00:00 Tools | |
84434865 | Play | Romanza on Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore | 00:00 Tools | |
84434891 | Play | Aria from Verdi's Il trovatore | 00:00 Tools | |
84434851 | Play | I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434834 | Play | Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434835 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 1 - III. Polacca | 00:00 Tools | |
88625629 | Play | Elegy in D major | 00:00 Tools | |
84434848 | Play | Allegretto-Capriccio | 00:00 Tools | |
84434882 | Play | Contrabass Polka: Contra-bass polka | 00:00 Tools | |
84434902 | Play | Gran duo concertante: II. Allegro maestoso - Cantabile piu moso | 00:00 Tools | |
84434862 | Play | 3 Grand Duos: Duo No. 3: I. Andantino | 00:00 Tools | |
84434879 | Play | Elegy | 00:00 Tools | |
84434881 | Play | Concerto for Double Bass no 2 in B minor | 00:00 Tools | |
84434844 | Play | Giovanni Bottesini: Fantasia ´Lucia du Lammermoor´ | 00:00 Tools | |
84434853 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei (Soprano, Alto) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434846 | Play | Duetto for Clarinet and Bass | 00:00 Tools | |
84434847 | Play | Fantasia Norma (on the Themes of Vincenzo Bellini's Opera) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434890 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 2: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434898 | Play | Double Bass Concertino in C Minor (version of Double Bass Concerto No. 2 for double bass and strings): III. Finale: Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434863 | Play | Fantasia Cerrito | 00:00 Tools | |
88625626 | Play | Allegretto Capriccio a la Chopin | 00:00 Tools | |
84434852 | Play | Ci divide l'ocean | 00:00 Tools | |
84434877 | Play | Romanza Drammatica | 00:00 Tools | |
84434854 | Play | Concerto for Double Bass No.2 in B Minor - I. Allegro moderato [Edgar Meyer, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra] | 00:00 Tools | |
84434861 | Play | Concerto for Double Bass No.2 in B Minor - II. Andante [Edgar Meyer, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra] | 00:00 Tools | |
88625633 | Play | Fantasia on Rossini's Canzonette (orch. G. Jardanyi): III. I marinai | 00:00 Tools | |
90307155 | Play | 2. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434855 | Play | Duetto Clarinetto e Contrabasso: Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434856 | Play | Duetto Clarinetto e Contrabasso: Allegro, Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434866 | Play | Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90307156 | Play | Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double bass and Strings | 00:00 Tools | |
84434857 | Play | Meditazione (Aria Di Bach) | 00:00 Tools | |
88625632 | Play | Duet for Cello and Double Bass: I. Allegro vivace - Andante cantabile | 00:00 Tools | |
84434867 | Play | Concerto No. 2 en Si Mineur: I. Allegro Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434870 | Play | Giovanni Bottesini: Variationen über ´Nel cor piú non mi sento´ | 00:00 Tools | |
84434873 | Play | Fantasie on 'La Sonnambula' | 00:00 Tools | |
84434895 | Play | Fantasia Norma | 00:00 Tools | |
84434859 | Play | I. Allegro maestoso | 00:00 Tools | |
84434908 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 2: I. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434874 | Play | Passioni amorose per due contrabbassi: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
90307157 | Play | 3. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90307158 | Play | Fantasia on Donizetti's 'Lucia di Lammermoor' | 00:00 Tools | |
84434864 | Play | Fantasia on Bellini's Norma | 00:00 Tools | |
90307159 | Play | Elegy No. 3: Romanza patetica | 00:00 Tools | |
84434943 | Play | Fantasia on Rossini's Canzonette (orch. G. Jardanyi): II. La serenata | 00:00 Tools | |
84434901 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Introit: Requiem aeternam - Kyrie (Solo Quartet, Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434875 | Play | Passioni amorose per due contrabbassi: III. Allegretto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434876 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. Posth.: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434878 | Play | Fantasia per Due Contrabassi Dalle Canzonette di Rossini: II. La serenata | 00:00 Tools | |
84434880 | Play | Duetto per Violoncello e Contrabbasso: Allegretto, Moderato, Allegretto, piu mosso | 00:00 Tools | |
84434912 | Play | Ero e Leandro: Prelude | 00:00 Tools | |
84434945 | Play | Duet for Cello and Double Bass: II. Allegretto - Moderato - Allegretto piu moso | 00:00 Tools | |
84434914 | Play | Ali Baba: Overture | 00:00 Tools | |
84434904 | Play | Fantasia on Bellini's I puritani | 00:00 Tools | |
84434885 | Play | Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass | 00:00 Tools | |
84434886 | Play | Fantasia per Due Contrabassi Dalle Canzonette di Rossini: III. I marinai | 00:00 Tools | |
84434887 | Play | Tutto che il mondo serra (trans. of Etude No. 19 in C sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7 by Chopin) | 00:00 Tools | |
90307160 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor: III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco | 00:00 Tools | |
84434888 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. Posth.: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
90307161 | Play | Elegy No. 2: Romanza Drammatica | 00:00 Tools | |
84434889 | Play | Gavotta | 00:00 Tools | |
90307162 | Play | Fantasia on Bellini's 'I Puritani' | 00:00 Tools | |
84434903 | Play | Romanza Pathetica (arr. Mark Morton) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434942 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 1: I. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90307163 | Play | Grand Duo Concertant for Violin, Double bass and Strings | 00:00 Tools | |
84434892 | Play | Allegro capriccioso in F sharp minor, "a la Chopin" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434911 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Sequence: Dies irae (Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434893 | Play | Capriccio | 00:00 Tools | |
84434894 | Play | Romanza | 00:00 Tools | |
84434896 | Play | III. I marinai: Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434897 | Play | Grande Allegro di concerto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434930 | Play | Allegro di Concerto alla Mendelssohn | 00:00 Tools | |
90307164 | Play | Duetto: I. Allegro - Adagio - Andante - | 00:00 Tools | |
84434899 | Play | II. Presto | 00:00 Tools | |
90307165 | Play | Passione amorose: I. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90307166 | Play | Concerto in B Minor, Op. 2: I. Allegro - Arr. for Double Bass and Piano | 00:00 Tools | |
84434940 | Play | Notti arabe: I. Il nilo | 00:00 Tools | |
88625627 | Play | Duetto for clarinet and double bass | 00:00 Tools | |
84434937 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 1: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
90307167 | Play | Elegia e Tarantella: Elegia | 00:00 Tools | |
84434913 | Play | Notti arabe: II. Il deserto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434921 | Play | Gran Duetto No. 1: III. Polacca | 00:00 Tools | |
88625636 | Play | Il diavolo della notte: Sinfonia | 00:00 Tools | |
84434915 | Play | Piccola preghiera | 00:00 Tools | |
84434951 | Play | Introduction and Gavotte (arr. Mark Morton) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434900 | Play | Gran Duo Per Clarinetto, Contrabbasso E Archi in La Maggiore | 00:00 Tools | |
84434917 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Sequence: Quaerens me (Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
88625635 | Play | Générique / Grand duo concertant | 00:00 Tools | |
84434920 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Agnus Dei: Dies illa (Solo Quartet, Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
88625628 | Play | Double-bass Concerto No.2 in B minor | 00:00 Tools | |
90307168 | Play | Duetto: II. Allegro - Brillante - Un poco meno | 00:00 Tools | |
84434906 | Play | Concerto for Double Bass No.2 in B Minor - III. Finale-Allegro [Edgar Meyer, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra] | 00:00 Tools | |
84434907 | Play | Melodia (Romanza patetica) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434932 | Play | Auld Robin Gray | 03:39 Tools | |
90307169 | Play | Introduction And Gavotte: Gavotte | 00:00 Tools | |
84434909 | Play | Elegy in D | 00:00 Tools | |
88625631 | Play | Allegro di Concerto "Alla Mendelssohn" - Version for Double Bass and Strings, Live Recording | 00:00 Tools | |
88625634 | Play | Notti arabe: III. Reverie | 00:00 Tools | |
84434910 | Play | I. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90307170 | Play | Promenade des ombres | 00:00 Tools | |
90307171 | Play | Gran duo concertante: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434947 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Agnus Dei: Requiem aeternam (Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434948 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Sequence: Ingemisco (Bass) | 00:00 Tools | |
90307172 | Play | L'atelier de M. Albert / Variations sur "La somnambule" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434916 | Play | Finale: Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90307173 | Play | L'atelier de M. Albert / Variations sur "La somnambule" | 00:00 Tools | |
84434952 | Play | Reverie (arr. Mark Morton) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434918 | Play | III. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
84434953 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Sequence: Lacrymosa (Solo Quartet, Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434954 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Agnus Dei: Libera me (Alto, Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434919 | Play | II. Minuetto | 00:00 Tools | |
84434922 | Play | Fantasia on Bellini's Straniera | 00:00 Tools | |
84434923 | Play | II. La serenata: Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
84434924 | Play | Une bouche aimée | 00:00 Tools | |
84434925 | Play | Elegie in D | 00:00 Tools | |
84434926 | Play | Tutto che il mondo serra (after Frederic Chopin's Etude in C sharp minor Op.25 No.7) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434927 | Play | Elegie par Ernst | 00:00 Tools | |
84434928 | Play | Gran Concerto in F#-moll - 1. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
90307174 | Play | Grand Duo Concerto for 2 Double Basses (Arr. E. Ferrari) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434929 | Play | Duetti for Clarinet and Double Bass | 00:00 Tools | |
84434931 | Play | Grand Duo Concertant | 00:00 Tools | |
90307175 | Play | Duet for Clarinet & Double Bass (Arr. T. Martin) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434933 | Play | Romanza Patetica (Mélodie) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434934 | Play | I. Andantino | 00:00 Tools | |
84434935 | Play | Rêverie pour violoncelle ou violon | 00:00 Tools | |
88625630 | Play | Elegia E Tarantella | 00:00 Tools | |
90307176 | Play | Duetto for Clarinet, Double Bass and Orchestra | 00:00 Tools | |
90307177 | Play | Gran quintetto, Op. 99: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434936 | Play | III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco | 00:00 Tools | |
90307178 | Play | Gran duo concertante: I. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90307179 | Play | Elegia In E Minor | 00:00 Tools | |
90307180 | Play | Duo concertant on themes from Bellini's I Puritani: III. Moderato allegretto | 00:00 Tools | |
90307181 | Play | Romanza patetica | 00:00 Tools | |
90307182 | Play | L'alba sul Bosforo | 00:00 Tools | |
90307183 | Play | Duetto for Clarinet, Double-bass & Orchestra | 00:00 Tools | |
84434939 | Play | Gran duo concertante per violino, contrabbasso e orch. d'archi | 00:00 Tools | |
90307184 | Play | Concerto No. 2 in B Minor for Double Bass and Orchestra - Movement III - Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90307185 | Play | Fantasy on Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti-I (arr. Mark Morton) | 00:00 Tools | |
90307186 | Play | Double Bass Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor (Orch. M. Gaydos): I. Introduction. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
84434941 | Play | Concerto No. 2 en Si Mineur: II. Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
88625637 | Play | Élegie in D Major (arr. Mark Morton) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434946 | Play | Melodia in E (Romanza patetica) | 00:00 Tools | |
88625638 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Sanctus (Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
88625639 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Sequence: Quid sum miser (Tenor) | 00:00 Tools | |
88625640 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Benedictus (Solo Quartet) | 00:00 Tools | |
88625641 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Sequence: Confutatis (Solo Quartet, Chorus) | 00:00 Tools | |
90307187 | Play | Fantasia La Sonnambula | 00:00 Tools | |
84434949 | Play | Tarantella per contrabbasso e piano | 00:00 Tools | |
90307188 | Play | Capriccio di Bravura, Op. post. (arr. Mark Morton) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434950 | Play | Allegro di concerto 'alla Mendelssohn' per contrabbasso e archi | 00:00 Tools | |
88625642 | Play | Fantasy on Themes from La Sonnambula (arr. Mark Morton) | 00:00 Tools | |
88625643 | Play | Tarantella (arr. Mark Morton) | 00:00 Tools | |
90307189 | Play | Après le travail / Variations sur "La somnambule" | 00:00 Tools | |
90307190 | Play | Le dîner avec Madame Andrée / Chanson yiddish | 00:00 Tools | |
88625645 | Play | Messa da Requiem: Offertory: Domine Jesu (Soprano) | 00:00 Tools | |
84434955 | Play | I. La danza: Allegro non troppo | 00:00 Tools | |
84434956 | Play | Concertino in Si Minore Per Contrabbasso E Archi | 00:00 Tools |
Giovanni Bottesini (22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889) was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso. Born in Crema, Italy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist and composer, at a young age and had played timpani in Crema with the Teatro Sociale before the age of eleven. He studied violin with Carlo Cogliati, and would have most likely continued on this instrument except for a unique turn of events. His father sought a place for him in the Milan Conservatory, but due to the Bottesini family's lack of money, a scholarship was required. Only two were available: double bass and bassoon. He prepared a successful audition for the double bass scholarship in a matter of weeks. At the conservatory, he studied with Luigi Rossi, to whom he would later dedicate his Tre grande duetti per contrabasso. Only four years later, a surprisingly short time by the standards of the day, he left with a prize of 300 francs for solo playing. This money financed the acquisition of an instrument of Carlo Giuseppe Testore, and a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the Double Bass" was launched. On leaving Milan he spent some time in America and also occupied the position of principal double-bass in the theatre at Havana. Here his first opera, Cristoforo Colombo, was produced in 1847. In 1849 he made his first appearance in England, playing double bass solos at one of the Musical Union concerts. After this he made frequent visits to England, and his extraordinary command of his unwieldy instrument gained him great popularity in London and the provinces. Apart from his triumphs as a performer, Bottesini was a conductor of European reputation, and was conductor at the Théâtre des Italiens in Paris from 1855 to 1857 where his second opera, L'Assedio di Firenze, was produced in 1856. When conducting opera, Bottesini would frequently bring his double bass on stage during the intermission to play fantasies on the evening's opera. His Fantasies on Lucia di Lammermoor, I Puritani and Beatrice di Tenda are virtuosic tours de force that are still popular with those who are highly accomplished on the instrument. In 1861 and 1862 he conducted at Palermo, supervising the production of his opera Marion Delorme in 1862, and in 1863 at Barcelona. During these years he diversified the toils of conducting by repeated concert tours through the principal countries of Europe. In 1871 he conducted a season of Italian, opera at the Lyceum theatre in London, during which his opera Ali Babà was produced, and at the close of the year he was chosen by Verdi to conduct the first performance of Aida, which took place at Cairo on December 27, 1871. Bottesini wrote three operas besides those previously mentioned: Il Diavolo della Notte (Milan, 1859); Vinciguerra (Paris, 1870); and Ero e Leandro (Turin, 1880), the last named to a libretto by Arrigo Boito, which was subsequently set by Luigi Mancinelli. He also wrote The Garden of Olivet, a devotional oratorio (libretto by Joseph Bennett), which was produced at the Norwich festival in 1887, eleven string quartets, a quintet for string quartet and double bass, and many works for the double bass, including two concertos for solo double-bass, the Gran Duo Concertante (originally) for two double basses, Passione Amorosa for two double basses, and numerous pieces for double bass and piano. Shortly before his death, in 1888 he was appointed director of Parma Conservatory on Verdi's recommendation. Bottesini died in Parma on the 7th of July 1889. His solo works are an uncommon performance today; not because of a lack of musicality, but due to their virtuosic difficulty. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.