Henry Eccles Adolf Misek Paul Hindemith - Original Double Bass Sonatas (16 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Henry Eccles, Adolf Misek, Paul Hindemith
Original Double Bass Sonatas
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Sonata for double bass in G minor: No. 1, Largo
2. Sonata for double bass in G minor: No. 2, Courante. Allegro con spirito
3. Sonata for double bass in G minor: No. 3, Adagio
4. Sonata for double bass in G minor: No. 4, Vivace
5. Sonata for double bass & piano No. 1, Op. 5: No. 1, Allegro
6. Sonata for double bass & piano No. 1, Op. 5: No. 2, andante religioso
7. Sonata for double bass & piano No. 1, Op. 5: No. 3, Finale. Rondo. Allegretto
8. Sonata for double bass & piano: No. 1, Allegretto
9. Sonata for double bass & piano: No. 2, Scherzo
10. Sonata for double bass & piano: No. 3, Molto Adagio
11. Sonata for Double Bass solo: No. 1, Allegro risoluto
12. Sonata for Double Bass solo: No. 2, Andante
13. Sonata for Double Bass solo: No. 3, Allegro molto
14. Sonata for double-bass & piano: No. 1, Allegro moderato
15. Sonata for double-bass & piano: No. 2, Andante
16. Sonata for double-bass & piano: No. 3, Allegro

CD Details

All Artists: Henry Eccles, Adolf Misek, Paul Hindemith, Wilfried Jentzsch, Vilmos Montag, Balazs Szokolay
Title: Original Double Bass Sonatas
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hungaroton
Release Date: 1/1/1999
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 789368756025

CD Reviews

Mr. Csontos definitively plays hard.

Joel Gonzalez | Xalapa, México | 12/19/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Mr. Csontos plays hard, and i am not precisely talking about volume. But if you are looking for some interesting music originally written for the Doublebass this is a very good option. Mr. Csontos offers a very solid and firm playing, with a good phrase conducting, particulary at the Eccles and Misek sonatas. He makes the Eccles sonata very diferent than, for example, Mr. Radoukanov, who takes it lighter and faster. However, this version is more musical, pretty solid and decided, definitively very inspirational playing. I think that Eccles is ok, but definitively Misek takes all the credits with a very fresh and strong playing, Mr. Csontos really made a new version, without breaking the laws of tradition (he rarely does it). Hindemith is Hindemith, and a very detailed opinion about it will take me some 10 or 12 more listens, he, he. And i think that the last part of the disc is a little tedious. However, Jentzsch has a cool harmony driving, and Montag,...Montag, well, it's not Mr. Csontos fault!(In my very particular opinion). I think that Mr. Csontos has a strong character and that is transmissible, to everyone who hears him. Don't stay without it!."

Amazing tone and music

Scott A. Cronk | Santa Rosa, CA USA | 03/01/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have a collection of more than 20 solo contra bass recording artists, and this is one of my favorites. Ferenc Csontos performance of Henry Eccles Sonata is my favorite of more than half a dozen recordings of this piece I have heard from various bassists. This particular recording has brought tears to my eyes on several occasions."