Bottesini: Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula / Melodia, Romanza patetica / etc

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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula / Melodia, Romanza patetica / etc
Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano

[ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 4 / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 1 March 2009

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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 più non mi sento from Paisiello's La molinara, arrangements of famous works such as Chopin's Étude 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 8.570397, 8.570398 and 8.570399.

Tracks:

Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula
Melodia, "Romanza patetica"
Allegro capriccioso in F sharp minor, "a la Chopin"
Melodia, "Giovinetto innamorato"
Tutto che il mondo serra (trans. of Etude No. 19 in C sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7 by Chopin)
Introduzione e gavotta
Bach - Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on a G String"
Variations on Nel cor piu non mi sento from Paisiello's La Molinara

and more