Composer: Franz Xaver Hammer, Franz Joseph Haydn, Carl Kohaut, Johannes Matthias Sperger, Anton Zimmermann
Performer: David Sinclair, Alexandre Zanetta, Hsiang-Chi Lee, Leila Schayegh, Soko Yoshida, Lukas Hamberger, Christophe Coin, Giorgio Paronuzzi, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Jonathan Pešek, Mariana Doughty
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Glossa
Catalogue: GCD922524
Release: 2022
Size: 1.27 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Zimmermann: Double Bass Concerto in D major
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio, poco andantino
03. III. Allegro
Sperger: Sonata in B minor for Cello & Double Bass, M.C I:10 ‘Anno 1790’
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio cantabile
06. III. Finale. Allegro
Hammer: Sonata in F major for Viola da gamba & Basso
07. I. Moderato
08. II. Adagio cantabile
09. III. Rondeau
Kohaut: Double Bass Concerto in D major
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Adagio
12. III. Presto
Haydn: Baryton Trio No. 121 in A Major, Hob.XI:121
13. I. Moderato
14. II. Menuetto
15. III. Finale. Presto assai
Playing the double bass as a solo instrument requires a high level of technical skill on the part of the player. At the time of the beginning of the Viennese Classical period, there were several such outstanding double bass players in Vienna and nearby Bratislava, and so the most important solo works for this instrument were written there.
The “Viennese double bass” had a special feature: it had five strings instead of the usual four and was played with frets.
In addition, there was a special tuning of the strings that facilitated solo playing in the higher registers.
The Canadian double bassist David Sinclair is one of the few specialists for the Viennese bass worldwide and teaches historical double bass at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel.
On his CD “Wiener Stimmung”, David Sinclair presents this extraordinary instrument with concertos and chamber music by composers such as Anton Zimmermann, Johannes Sperger, Karl Kohaut, Andreas Lidl and Franz Xaver Hammer as well as Joseph Haydn, congenially accompanied by fellow lecturers at the Schola Cantorum.