Bottesini/ Bosch/ I Musicanti - UintetsSOMM Recordings celebrates the bi centenary of Giovanni Bottesini, a legendary double bass player and pioneering composer for the instrument, with First Recordings of his String Quintets Nos. 2 (E minor) and No. 3 (A major), performed by double bass virtuoso Leon Bosch and I Musicanti. A passionate, articulate champion for the double bass, Bottesini brought the instrument out of the orchestra and into the spotlight. His own prowess on the double bass

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all composed during his USA residence (1940-56) and all of which belong to the central 20th c

long-running British crime drama

97 to his patron and protector Archduke Rudolph of Austria

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The New York Times lauded him as "animated and versatile

hell-bent on tormenting every town in it's path

van Delft makes the case for performing these works on Bach's most favored keyboard instrument

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And now it's the first rap record afforded audiophile treatment

melodic and modern on the other

these original feature-length films pay homage to one of the most brilliant detective minds of the twentieth century