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BAND/ARTIST: Leon Bosch, I Musicanti
- Title: Bottesini: String Quintets
- Year Of Release: 2022
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:17:21
- Total Size: 392 mb / 1.43 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. String Quintet No. 2 in E Minor: I. Moderato
02. String Quintet No. 2 in E Minor: II. Minuetto. Allegro moderato
03. String Quintet No. 2 in E Minor: III. Andante sostenuto
04. String Quintet No. 2 in E Minor: IV. Allegro vivo
05. String Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 99 "Gran quintetto": I. Allegro moderato
06. String Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 99 "Gran quintetto": II. Scherzo. Allegro ma non troppo
07. String Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 99 "Gran quintetto": III. Adagio
08. String Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 99 "Gran quintetto": IV. Finale. Allegro con brio
09. String Quintet No. 3 in A Major: I. Allegro moderato
10. String Quintet No. 3 in A Major: II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato
11. String Quintet No. 3 in A Major: III. Andante
12. String Quintet No. 3 in A Major: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
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SOMM Recordings celebrates the bi-centenary of Giovanni Bottesini, a legendary double bass player and pioneering composer for the instrument, with First Recordings of his String Quintets Nos.2 (E minor) and No.3 (A major), performed by double bass virtuoso Leon Bosch and I Musicanti. A passionate, articulate champion for the double bass, Bottesini brought the instrument out of the orchestra and into the spotlight. His own prowess on the double bass and his music for it has seen him described as “the Paganini of the double bass”. Making its first appearance on album, the C minor Second String Quintet adopts the string quartet-with-second cello scoring employed by Schubert and Boccherini to create a work of rhythmic vitality, color and contrasting moods. Also receiving its premiere recording, the intricately designed Third String Quintet, in A major, employs the two-viola instrumentation preferred by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven and is, as Toby Deller observes in his booklet notes, “the more lyrically Romantic work of the three on this recording, with four sharply characterized movements”. Scored for string quartet and double bass, Bottesini’s Naples-composed First String Quintet, dedicated to Mercadante and familiarly known as the Gran Quintetto in C minor, completes the program. It seamlessly marries a venerable and inherited Italian instrumental tradition with the bel canto poetry of Italian romantic opera. Making their debuts on SOMM are double bassist Leon Bosch – of whom The Strad has said, he “demonstrates a natural affinity” with Bottesini; “his performances combine sonorous, lyrical, exquisitely nuanced playing with a remarkable command of the instrument’s bravura potential” – and the “flexible line-up of super-talented hand-picked performers” (Planet Hugill) he founded in 2013, I Musicanti.
01. String Quintet No. 2 in E Minor: I. Moderato
02. String Quintet No. 2 in E Minor: II. Minuetto. Allegro moderato
03. String Quintet No. 2 in E Minor: III. Andante sostenuto
04. String Quintet No. 2 in E Minor: IV. Allegro vivo
05. String Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 99 "Gran quintetto": I. Allegro moderato
06. String Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 99 "Gran quintetto": II. Scherzo. Allegro ma non troppo
07. String Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 99 "Gran quintetto": III. Adagio
08. String Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 99 "Gran quintetto": IV. Finale. Allegro con brio
09. String Quintet No. 3 in A Major: I. Allegro moderato
10. String Quintet No. 3 in A Major: II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato
11. String Quintet No. 3 in A Major: III. Andante
12. String Quintet No. 3 in A Major: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
SOMM Recordings celebrates the bi-centenary of Giovanni Bottesini, a legendary double bass player and pioneering composer for the instrument, with First Recordings of his String Quintets Nos.2 (E minor) and No.3 (A major), performed by double bass virtuoso Leon Bosch and I Musicanti. A passionate, articulate champion for the double bass, Bottesini brought the instrument out of the orchestra and into the spotlight. His own prowess on the double bass and his music for it has seen him described as “the Paganini of the double bass”. Making its first appearance on album, the C minor Second String Quintet adopts the string quartet-with-second cello scoring employed by Schubert and Boccherini to create a work of rhythmic vitality, color and contrasting moods. Also receiving its premiere recording, the intricately designed Third String Quintet, in A major, employs the two-viola instrumentation preferred by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven and is, as Toby Deller observes in his booklet notes, “the more lyrically Romantic work of the three on this recording, with four sharply characterized movements”. Scored for string quartet and double bass, Bottesini’s Naples-composed First String Quintet, dedicated to Mercadante and familiarly known as the Gran Quintetto in C minor, completes the program. It seamlessly marries a venerable and inherited Italian instrumental tradition with the bel canto poetry of Italian romantic opera. Making their debuts on SOMM are double bassist Leon Bosch – of whom The Strad has said, he “demonstrates a natural affinity” with Bottesini; “his performances combine sonorous, lyrical, exquisitely nuanced playing with a remarkable command of the instrument’s bravura potential” – and the “flexible line-up of super-talented hand-picked performers” (Planet Hugill) he founded in 2013, I Musicanti.
Year 2022 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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