Martin: Bottesini Collection 2

By Thomas Martin Known to his contemporaries as the Paganini of the double bass, Giovanni Bottesini significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument both as a composer and virtuoso soloist. After the Prelude to Ero e Leandro, Bottesini’s greatest operatic masterpiece, this disc continues with the most popular of his compositions for the instrument among bassists today, the Concertino in C minor. In this work virtuosity is always at the service of musical ends. The rarely performed Duo Concertante for Cello and Double Bass on Themes from Bellini’s I Puritani makes considerable technical demands of the soloist.Track listing:1. Ero e Leandro - Opera Concertino in C minor2. I. Moderato3. II. Andante 4. III. Finale:AllegroIl diavolo della notte - Opera5. Sinfonia Passioni amorose for two double basses and orchestra6. I. Allegro deciso7. II. Andante8. III. Allegretto 9. Elégia in D Alì Babà - Opera10. Overture 11. Duo Concertante on Themes from Bellini's I Puritani for c