Giovanni Bottesini: Music for Violin, Double-Bass & String Orchestra (CD)

1. Andante sostenuto in B minor for strings (to his friend Giulio Ricordi)* 7’17
2. Fantasia on ‘La Sonnambula’ for double bass & string orchestra 9’49
3. Gran duo concertante for violin, double bass & orchestra 16’19

String Quintet in F (revision of Massimo Belli)

4. Moderato 7’26
5. Scherzo: Piuttosto vivace 3’27
6. Adagio 6’28
7. Finale: Allegro non tanto 4’34

8. Piccola Preghiera for strings (according to the intentions of G. Bottesini) 2’35

Francesco de Angelis violin

Francesco Siragusa double bass

Nuova Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni

Massimo Belli conductor

First violins Lucio Degani, Antonella Defrenza, Lara Celeghin, Leonardo Giovine, Kristina Ivanovic

Second violins Sokol Prekalori, Furio Belli, Leopoldo Pesce, Antonio Kozina

Violas Silvestro Favero, Sara Zoto

Cellos Francesco Ferrarini*, Giuseppe Barutti, Riccardo Baldizzi

Double bass Paolo Monetti

Total time: 58’00