Double bass, orchestra composed by giovanni bottesini 18211889. Camillo sivori, the disciple of niccolo paganini, transcribed one of the bass parts for violin soon after its premiere. The work is listed as duo concertante in a performance by bottesini and prosper sainton in 1862. Others are going to find most of it pretty vacuous at least until the gran duo passione amorosa a kind of operatic love scene for two suave hippopotamuses. Grand duo concertante by giovanni bottesini 18211889. Rinat ibragimov and daughter alina perform the exquisite.
Gran duo concertante for violin, double bass, and piano. Giovanni bottesini, born 22nd december, studied the violin, singing and tympani as a young. Rinat ibragimov and daughter alina perform the exquisite gran duo of giovanni bottesini the paganini of the double bass close. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Biography born in crema, lombardy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist and composer, at a young age and had played timpani in crema. Please take 30 seconds to register your free account to remove most ads, post topics, make friends, earn reward points at our store, and more. Alina ibragimova violin pietro guarneri, pirastro passione strings rinat ibragimov double bass. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Giovanni bottesinigrand duo concertante paul thomason. Christiane stotijn, amsterdam sinfonietta, candida thompson, giovanni bottesini bottesini. Bottesini on bass giovanni bottesini 18211889 was a virtouso of the double bass in the 19th century. Bottesini, giovanni grand duo concertant for violin, double bass and piano bottesini, giovanni concerto no 2 in b minor for double bass. Thus the gran duo concertante an arrangement, byt the way, by his contemporary sivori bottesini s concerto for two double basses. Double bass giovanni bottesini ricordi double bass and piano score only. Bezoek iedere week onze website voor een gratis download van een compleet zondagochtend concert. Gran duo concertante for two double basses and orchestra, arr. Negri was a student of luigi rossi at the milan conservatory at the same time as his more wellknown colleague the gran duo concertante. December learn how and when to remove this template message. Giovanni bottesini gran duo concertante for violin, double bass and strings. Bottesini, giovanni grand duo concertant for violin. We hear his gran duo for violin and double bass in.
Most notably there are many virtuoso bass players who draw inspiration from the. The garden of olivet bottesini, giovanni gran duetto no. Pesni i plyaski smerti songs and dances of death for voice and piano. Because of the contributions of bottesini along with those of sperger and dragonetti to bass technique, many have come to view the double bass as a diverse and versatile instrument. Giovanni bottesini, along with his twentieth century counterpart sergey koussevitzky, is responsible for a sizeable majority of the standard repertoire for the double bass.
Gran duo concertante for violin, double bass, and piano 1880 recorded live in alice tully hall on november, 2018. Bottesini, giovanni grand duo concertant for violin, double bass and piano arranged by gingoldsankey international edition. Une larme arranged for double bass and piano franco petracchi, double bass bruno canino, piano. At some point, it was arranged for violin and double bass by camillo sivori and they are recorded as having performed a duet together as early as 1852, and also in 1860. Giovanni bottesini was one of the foremost virtuoso double bass players in history and a major contributor to the development of the technique of that instrument.
Because of this dearth in repertoire, bass players are often forced to record these composers oeuvres again and again. Giovanni bottesini 22 december 1821 7 july 1889, was an italian romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso. The gran duo concertante for two double basses and orchestra was composed by the italian double bass virtuoso giovanni bottesini in 1880. Giovanni bottesini free sheet music to download in pdf. The curious grand duo by bottesini, a bassist and opera composer, is analogous. The earliest work, the gran duo concertante, originally was written for two double basses, but bottesini rewrote one of the solo parts for the violin. Elegia was first published in bottesini s method for double bass to illustrate the lyrical capabilities of the instrument, and was rumoured to be. He also wrote the garden of oliveta devotional oratorio libretto by joseph bennettwhich was produced at the norwich festival ineleven string quartets, a quintet for string quartet and double bass, and many works for the double bass, including two concertos for solo double bass, the gran duo concertante originally for two double basses, passione amorosa for two double. He also wrote the garden of oliveta devotional oratorio libretto by joseph bennettwhich was produced at the norwich festival ineleven string quartets, a quintet for string quartet and double bass, and many works for the double bass, including two concertos for solo double bass, the gran duo concertante originally for two double basses, passione. The name gran duo concertante first appears in the first edition of 1880. His compositions are also the foundation read full biography. Born in crema, lombardy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist and composer, at a young age and had played timpani in crema with the teatro sociale before the age of eleven.
Bottesini, giovanni grand duo concertant for violin, double bass and piano arranged by gingoldsankey. Gran duo concertante voor viool en contrabas vesko. Bottesini grand duo concertant for bass, violin, and piano. The gran duo btotesini for two double basses and orchestra was composed by the italian double bass virtuoso giovanni bottesini in if you do not wish to be contacted, leave it blank. Rinat ibragimov and daughter alina perform the exquisite gran duo of giovanni bottesini the paganini of the double bass. This page lists all recordings of double bass concerto no. The popular gran duo concertante, originally scored for two double basses, was reworked by paganinis only disciple, camillo sivori, who rewrote and greatly expanded one of the double bass parts for the violin.
His research turned up a single precedent for the odd combination of violin and double bass, an arrangement of a gran duo concertante originally written by. As to influences, there is definitely something of the opera of the time about bottesini s music. Giovanni bottesini was a double bass virtuoso, his solo concertos are fulllength threemovement works which offer the double bass player, who is truly not spoiled with original pieces, all the performance techniques and effects his heart desires. Works for double bass classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Bassist massimo giorgi presents us here with a set of bottesini s virtuoso works, but. Grand duo concertante for violin and double bass with. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Hi, so i am a clarinet player and am wondering if there actually is a version of bottesini s gran duo concertante for clarinet and double bass instead. In 2016, he published his third cd with deutsche grammophon featuring concerts for double bass by dittersdorf, vanhal and bottesini performed with the franz liszt chamber orchestra. When, in, his father entered him for a scholarship at the.
The piece was premiered by bottesini and luigi negri, a former classmate of the composer. Bottesini was widely acclaimed, and his virtuosic skill in the bass paralleled that of paganini himself on the violin. Born in crema, italy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist and composer, at a young age and had played timpani in crema with the teatro sociale before the age of eleven. Duo concertante por violin e contrabbasso krzysztof penderecki. Pre101 bottesini grand duo concertant for violin, string bass, and piano string bass, violin, and piano in c major. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Bottesini gran duo for double bass and violin youtube. Spmm310, grand duo concertant for violin, double bass.
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