Ekkehard Beringer - Works For Double Bass & Piano - Import CD

Credits:

Ekkehard Beringer

Description:

Brahms' Cello Sonatas played by NDR Elbphil Principal Contrabass Bellinger! Ekkehard Bellinger plays a collection of double bass works including arrangements. Without prior knowledge, you may be surprised to hear a deep cello sound, or even a double bass sound. The high register is natural and gentle, and full of deep flavors typical of the contrabass. No one would have thought that Schumann's Adagio and Allegro would be so well suited to double bass playing. In Brahms, the austerity of the music is even more pronounced. Czech composer Adolf Misiek (1875-1955) was a double bassist born in Modretyn in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now a Czech territory). He studied double bass at the Vienna Conservatory and was a longtime double bassist at the Vienna Court Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1920 to 1934, he was principal double bass at the National Theatre in Prague. Sonata No. 2 is a romantic work of 20 minutes in length. Eckhard Bellinger is one of the leading contemporary German double bass players.After serving as principal contrabassist of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and principal contrabassist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, he has been principal contrabassist of the NDR Symphony Orchestra → NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra since 2003. She is also a professor at the Hannover University of Music. Tomoko Takahashi is a pianist who has been active in Germany for nearly 40 years. After studying at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, she studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, and since then has been active as a soloist, chamber music pianist, and accompaniment pianist based in Berlin. Tobu Land Systems

Tracklisting:

1.Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano, Op. 70~Adagio [attacca]
2.Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano, Op. 70~Allegro
3.Sonata in E minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38~Allegro non troppo
4.Sonata in E minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38~Allegretto quasi Menuetto
5.Sonata in E minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 38~Allegro
6.Sonata in E minor for Double Bass and Piano No. 2, Op. 6~Con fuoco
7.Sonata in E minor for Double Bass and Piano No. 2, Op. 6~Andante cantabile
8.Sonata in E minor for Double Bass and Piano No. 2, Op. 6~Furiant. Allegro energico
9.Sonata in E minor for Double Bass and Piano No. 2, Op. 6~Finale. Allegro appassionato