The Oskarshamn Ensemble - Concertos for Double Bass and Orchestra / Thorvald Fredin, Double Bass

In this highly unusual recording, featuring the double bass as solo instrument, we hear music by the Italian composer Giovanni Bottesini and two Swedish composers - Erland von Koch and Lars-Erik Larsson.

Soloist Thorvald Fredin is Professor of Double Bass at the Stockholm College of Music.

A breezy presentation of double bass virtuoso Bottesini's second concerto for the instrument, originally written for performance by the composer himself coupled with his Elegia, testifies the present performers' technical mastery and musical understanding of this typically 19th century composition in which no opportunity is lost, in cantelina or runs, demonstrating the soloist's proficiency. (Musikrevy)

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Musicians:

Soloist: Thorvald Fredin

Lars Erik Larsson (1908-1986)

Concertino for double bass and string orchestra, Op. 45, No. 11

1. Ballad: Moderato

2. Arioso: Lento

3. Finale: Allegro vivace

Erland von Koch (1910-)

Serenade for double bass and string orchestra

4. Allegro Moderato

5. Andante sostenuto

6. Tempo di Valse

7. Molto vivace

Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889)

Concertino for double bass and orchestra, No. 2 in B minor

8. Allegro Moderato

9. Andante

10. Allegro

11. Ellegia in Re Maggiore for double bass and string orchestra