Bottesini: Elegia 1, 2, & 3 for double bass and piano (edited by David Heyes)

About the Collection Elegia 1, 2 & 3 by Giovanni Bottesini demonstrate a composer at the very height of his powers. Each offers musical and technical challenges in equal measure, demonstrating the virtuosic and lyrical potential of the double bass throughout its solo register, and the beauty and quality confirm why Bottesini’s music is still at the heart of the solo repertoire more than 130 years after his death.  Elegia No.1 Was first published in Bottesini's Grande méthod complète de contrebasse (c.1869) to illustrate the lyrical capabilities of the instrument, and was rumoured to be the composer's favourite work. It has been recorded more than any other work by Bottesini and is one of his most attractive and accessible pieces for double bass.  Elegia No.1  is aimed at the intermediate bassist, offers musical and technical challenges in equal measure, and is an ideal ‘easy’ virtuoso work for bassists who are venturing into the higher reaches of the instrument. This edition retur