Bottesini: Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor / Bolero / etc
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor / Bolero / etc
Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano
[ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 3 / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 November 2008
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Giovanni Bottesini enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass" but was also an accomplished and respected conductor in Europe. When conducting operas Bottesini would often perform fantasies on the evening's entertainment during the intermission. Two such fantasies, 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and 'Beatrice di Tenda', are virtuosic tours de force in which the complex double bass figurations mimic the coloratura vocal writing of the day. In keeping with this vocal style, this recording also includes the song Une bouche aimée with double bass obbligato, most likely performed on one of Bottesini's frequent concert tours with various leading sopranos of the day.
Tracks:
Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Elegy No. 2 in E minor, 'Romanza drammatica'
Bolero
Une bouche aimee
Capriccio bravura
Elegy No. 1 in D major
Fantasia on Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda
Grande allegro di concerto, `alla Mendelssohn`
