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Fantasia la Sonnambula, etc : T.Martin, Halstead, Fugelle

Bottesini, Giovanni (1821-1889)

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Catalogue Number
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8570400
Number of Discs
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1
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International
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CD
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Import

Product Description

GIOVANNI BOTTESINI (1821-1889)

Fantasia "La Sonnambula"
Melodia in E (Romanza patetica)
Capriccio a la Chopin
Melodia (Giovinetto innamorato)
Tutto che il mondo serra
Introduzione e Gavotta
Meditazione (Aria di Bach)
Nel cor piu non mi sento
Ci divide l'ocean
Romanza
Variations on a Scottish Air "Auld Robin Gray"
Reverie
Introduction et Variations sur le Carnaval de Venise

Thomas Martin - double bass
Anthony Halstead - piano
Jacquelyn Fugelle - soprano

Digital Recording: 1997
Originally issued on ASV CDDCA1053

Giovanni Bottesini, an accomplished and respected conductor, also enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass". For this recording manuscript sources have been used for his Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula, Variations on Nel cor piu non mi sento from Paisiello's La molinara, arrangements of famous works such as Chopin's Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7, the Air from Bach's third Orchestral Suite and other pieces. Volumes 1 - 3 of this series are available on 8570397, 8570398 and 8570399. ( NAXOS )

Track List   

  • 01. Bottesini: Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula 00:09:29
  • 02. Melodia, "Romanza patetica" 00:06:53
  • 03. Allegro capriccioso in F sharp minor, "a la Chopin" 00:03:24
  • 04. Melodia, "Giovinetto innamorato" 00:04:54
  • 05. Tutto che il mondo serra (trans. of Etude No. 19 in C sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7 by Chopin) 00:04:56
  • 06. Introduzione e gavotta 00:04:50
  • 07. Bach - Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on a G String" 00:03:24
  • 08. Variations on Nel cor piu non mi sento from Paisiello's La Molinara 00:06:04
  • 09. Ci divide l'ocean 00:04:03
  • 10. Dove fuggiste mai, "Romanza" 00:02:55
  • 11. Variations on Auld Robin Gray (arr. Bottesini for double bass) 00:03:43
  • 12. Reverie 00:03:14
  • 13. Introduction and Variations on the Carnival of Venice 00:10:50

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