Giovanni Bottesini

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(b. Crema, 22 Dec 1821; d. Parma, 7 July 1889).
Italian double bass player, conductor and composer. He studied at the Milan Conservatory, became principal bass at the Teatro S Benedetto, Venice, and toured in Europe and North America. Playing a three-string instrument tuned a tone higher than was usual, he was nicknamed the "Paganini of the double bass" for his agility, pure tone and intonation. He was a lifelong friend of Verdi and held conducting appointments at theatres in Paris, Palermo, Spain, Portugal and London. Among his stage works, Vinciguerra il bandito (1870) and Ero e Leandro (1879, libretto by Boito) were well received. It is for his numerous technically demanding double bass compositions, expanding the instrument's compass, that he is best remembered.

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		Bolero (8:23)
		Rêverie (3:39)
		Elegy in D, No. 1 (4:34)
		Meditazione (Aria di Bach) (3:24)
		Duetto for clarinet and double bass (8:20)
		Introduction Et Variations Sur Le Carnaval De Venice (10:44)
		Ali Baba - overture (5:33)
		Duo Concertante on themes from Bellini's "I Puritani" for cello, double bass and orchestra (13:28)
		Elegy No. 3, "Romanza Patetica" (6:48)
		Gran Concerto in F sharp minor for double bass - 2nd movement: Andante (6:36)
		Gran Concerto in F sharp minor for double bass - 3rd movement: Finale: Allegro con fuoco (4:33)
		Melodia in E (Romanza patetica) (6:53)
		Capriccio (3:23)
		Melodia (4:54)
		Introduzione E Gavotta (4:48)
		Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento (Arietta di G. Paisiello) (6:04)
		Fantasie Sonnambula (9:30)
		Tutto: Il Mondo Serra (4:56)
		Ci Divide L'Ocean (4:03)
		Romanza (2:54)