GIOACHINO ROSSINI / FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER
Rossini & Hoffmeister: Sonatas, Vol. 1 Minna Pensola (violin), Antti Tikkanen (violin/viola), Tuomas Lehto (cello), Niek de Groot (double bass) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Dec/2017 ] The works gathered here hail from two different sets of string quartets: the four so-called Solo Quartets by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Gioachino Rossini's six String Sonatas (or Sonate a quattro). Both sets differ from the 'normal' configuration in... |
FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER
Double Bass Quartets Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Norbert Duka (double bass) / Erno Sebestyen (violin) / Helmut Nikolai (viola) / Martin Osertag (cello) / Phillip Moll (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] "Throughout the Hoffmeister his intonation is a cut above our expectations, his unnamed instrument producing a most appealing tone. The challenges of the Schubert is probably one step too far, but that equally applies to many cello recordings. He is... |
GIOVANNI PLATTI
6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 3 Paul Wahlberg (flute) / Knut Erik Sundquist (double bass) / Hans Knut Sveen (clavichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "These sonatas by Platti fully deserve to be played on the concert platform and one can only be grateful that they have been recorded by these artists." (MusicWeb July 2007) |
SEBASTIAN DURON
Tonadas (Songs) Raquel Andueza (soprano) / Manuel Vilas (double harp) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This recording is the first monograph devoted to the eminent composer Sebastián Durón, one of the most important musicians in Spain at the turn of the eighteenth century, who held the post of royal maestro de capilla at the Court of Charles II in Madrid. |
Reich/Double Edge/Hartenberger
Steve Reich Early Works [ Nonesuch / CD ] |
BOCCHERINI
Cello Sonatas Richard Lester (cello) David Watkin (cello) Chi-Chi Nwanoku (double bass) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] 'There is a touch of the impetuous about Richard Lester's playing of these sonatas which seems to me to capture very happily their character' (Gramophone) |
BOTTESINI
Capriccio di Bravura Rick Stotijn (double bass) / Amserdam Sinfonietta [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] |
BYSTROM / TUBIN / NORDIN / MALMLOF-FORSSLING
Back to StockHome - works for double bass Rick Stotijn (double bass) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [ BIS SACD / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "[The Tubin] is a thriller, well worth hearing and a fine vehicle for Stotijn's ability to haul his instrument out of the cellar but also to invest even its lower registers with lyricism and some degree of tonal brightness." Gramophone |
Robin Williams / Billy Crystal Double Pack
Live at the Met (Includes Bonus Audio CD) / Don't Get Me Started [ ViaVision Entertainment / 2 DVD/CD - released 9/May/2013 ] "Fantastic Double Pack Comedy special featuring 2 of the ultimate heaveyweights of Comedy. In this parody of ""Spinal Tap,"" a documentary film crew follows comic Billy Crystal as he prepares for a concert; the second half of the film is the actual... |
JOHANNES MATTHIAS SPERGER
Sperger: Double Bass Concertos No. 2 & No. 15 / etc Roman Patkoló (Double Bass) / Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Johannes Schlaefli [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] Twenty years ago nobody even in Ludwigslust, where Johann Matthias Sperger played an outstanding role in Duke Friedrich Franz I's famous court ensemble for a quarter of a century, had ever heard of this extraordinary historical figure, a man ranking... |
BOTTESINI / KOUSSEVITZKY
Double Bass Rustem Gabdullin (double bass), A Goribol, E Messner, R Ibragimov, V Chasovennaya, A Ivanov [ Melodiya / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] Russian born Rustem Gabdullin is possibly the most famous double bassist performing at this time. Born and educated in Moscow his career has taken him around the world, performing in concerts with all the world's leading orchestras. He features... |
VARIOUS
1291 Samuel Blaser (trombone), Daniel Humair (drums), Heiri Känzig (double bass) [ Outnote Records / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Three generations of top Swiss jazz musicians from three different parts of the country, Daniel Humair, Samuel Blaser and Heiri Känzig, form a new trio that promises to stimulate the interest of both music lovers and curious listeners. |
SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet Trout / Adagio & Rondo Concertante Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Istvan Toth (double bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "The string playing is clean and alert, and the pianist is brilliant" - Classics |
HAUKUR TOMASSON
Concerto No.1 for Flute and Orchestra / Concerto No.2 for Flute and Orchestra / SkaÂÂma, concerto for two double basses and orchestra Sharon Bezaly (flute) Havardur Tryggvason, Valur Palsson (double bass) / Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Bernhardur Wilkinson [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] This is the third disc dedicated to the Icelandic composer Haukur Tómasson (b. 1960) released by BIS. |
HUMMEL/SCHUBERT
Piano Quintets Simon Standage (violin), Peter Collyer (viola), Poppy Walshaw (cello), Elizabeth Bradley (double-bass), Susan Alexander-Marx (fortepiano, director) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Jan/2014 ] This release on the Chaconne label is presented by the leading fortepianist and clavichordist Susan Alexander Max and her ensemble The Music Colllection. World-renowned specialists in the period performance of late eighteenth- / early... |
Stan Getz (saxophone), Steve Kuhn (piano), John Neves (double bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
Getz at the Gate [1961 live recording] [ Verve Records / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Previously unreleased 1961 live recording from the historic Village Gate in New York City |
STEVE REICH
Early Works (Come Out/It's Gonna Rain/Clapping Music/Piano Phrase) Steve Reich / Hartenberger / Double Edge [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 7/Sep/1990 ] German import (catalog 7559791692) |
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Couldn't Stand The Weather (Silver & Black Swirl Coloured Double LP) [ Music On Vinyl / 2 LP - released 7/Apr/2011 ] '...Vaughan's post-Hendrix Stratocasting still sparkles....a reminder of the wit that often informed his phrasing and his willingness to torch the boundaries', Q-music wrote in 1995 about the late Texan bluesman. Hailed as one of the greatest... |
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
The Complete Epic Recordings Collection [ Sony / 12 CD - released 28/Oct/2014 ] A definitive career-encompassing 12 disc library, The Complete Epic Recordings Collection brings together, for the first time, the entirety of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's official studio and live album canon |
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Live Alive [ Epic Records / CD - released 18/Jun/1986 ] This CD features all the material from the original 2LP set - an awesome live collection of performances from SRV and Double Trouble! |