Informationen zu "Giovanni Bottesini Arr: David Heyes Passione Amorosa Violin, Double Bass & String Orchestra"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM938
EAN: 9790570459384
ISMN: M-57045-938-4
Beschreibung
Double Bass in SOLO TUNING only. Bottesini's Passione Amorosa is originally
for 2 double basses and piano and this new edition was arranged by David
Heyes. The three contrasting movements, lasting around ten minutes, offers an
opera-like scena for two soloists and orchestra, and is ideal as a concert
opener or finale. The solo parts have been divided between the two
instruments and each contains passages from each part to create an idiomatic
edition which is both player and audience friendly. There are aspects of
virtuosity and lyricism throughout, with a simple and supportive
accompaniment which can also be played by string quintet, and is a fun work
which demonstrates the virtuosity of the solo double bass allied to the
brilliance and flair of the violin. Recital Music are also planning to
publish an edition for 2 double basses and piano with a new accompaniment by
the eminent composer and film conductor Ernest Irving. Composed for Victor
and Roy Watson to play in their joint recitals, it reimagines Bottesini's
accompaniment, bringing a new aspect to this much loved work in the solo
repertoire. 'How he bewildered us by playing all sorts of melodies in flute
like harmonics, as though he had a hundred nightingales caged in his double
bass... I never wearied of his consummate grace and finish, his fatal
precision, his heavenly tone, his fine taste. One sometimes yearned for a
touch of human imperfection, but he was like a dead shot, he never missed
what he aimed at, and he never aimed at less than perfection.' [H.Haweis,
1888] Giovanni Bottesini was called the 'Paganini of the Double Bass' and
was the finest double bass soloist of the 19th-century. He was born in Crema
(Lombardy) on 24 December 1821 and studied at the double bass at the Milan
Conservatoire with Luigi Rossi, alongside harmony and composition with Nicola
Vaccai (1790-1848) and Francesco Basili (1767-1850). His remarkable career as
a soloist began in 1839 and lasted fifty years, taking him to every corner of
the world. From Italy, his travels took him to Cuba (1846), USA (1847),
England (annually from 1849), Egypt, Ireland, France, Germany, Russia,
Mexico, Spain, Belgium, Monte carlo and many other countries throughout a
long and distinguished career. Bottesini was also famous as a composer
writing at least 13 operas (Cristoforo Colombo, 1847 / Il diavolo della
notte, 1856 / Ali Baba, 1871 / Ero e Leandro, 1879), a Messa da Requiem
(1880) and an oratorio, The Garden of Olivet (1887 - first performed at the
Norwich Festival), works for orchestra, 11 string quartets, string quintets,
songs and many virtuoso works for double bass. As a conductor he is
remembered primarily for directing the first performance of Verdi's Aida in
Cairo in 1871, but was also a repsected composer of Italian opera, including
seasons in Mexico, Paris, Palermo, Barcelona, London, Buenos Aires and Parma.
Bottesini's music for double bass is still at the heart of the solo
repertoire into the 21st-century, even though his orchestral and operatic
music has generally fallen from favour, but his Elegia for double bass and
piano is one of the most recorded works of the 20th-century. Giovanni
Bottesini died in Parma on 7 July 1889.
