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Chamber Music for Double Bass

10/4/2011, 26 Tracks, 2:13:23

Featuring

  • Gerhard Dzwiza
  • Hirofumi Fukai
  • Yuri Seiler
  • Winfried Rüssmann
  • Ab Koster
  • Françoise Pollet
  • Klaus Stoppel
  • Franz Anton Hoffmeister
  • Theodor Albin Findeisen
  • Johannes Matthias Sperger
  • Giovanni Bottesini
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Bernhard Heinrich Romberg
  • Gioachino Rossini
  • Michael Haydn

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Compositional Technique

The Aria 'Tutto il mondo serra' by Giovanni Bottesini is one of the very few compositions written for voice and double-bass.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Theodor Albin Findeisen's Romantic Suite op. 10 is technically demanding for both the double-bass and the violin, particularly concerning intonation.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Gioachino Rossini composed the 'Duetto per Violoncello e Basso' at the request of banker Sir David Salomons, a hobby cellist, for himself and the famous bass performer Dragonetti.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Franz Anton Hoffmeister, a composer and conductor, also founded the 'Bureau de musique' in Leipzig, which later became the C.F. Peters Verlag.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Bernhard Romberg, a boyhood friend of Beethoven, is considered the founder of the German violoncello school and was known for performing only his own compositions.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Ludwig van Beethoven jokingly titled his sonata movement for viola and violoncello 'For two obligatory pairs of eye-glasses', likely referring to the short-sightedness of the intended performers.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Johann Matthias Sperger, a double-bass player and composer, gave his first solo concerts with his own compositions at the age of 18 in Vienna.

Source: Booklet

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