I’ve always enjoyed this set of variations by Bottesini, played quite admirably here by Chunyang Wang. I always thought about working them up for a recital but ended up ditching them for something or another. [From YouTube – Chunyang Wang plays “Nel...
Click to Play Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Suite No.1 in G-Major for Violoncello (Double Bass), BWV 1007 Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Menuet I & II Gigue Dr. Phillip W. Serna, double bass & bass viol with Dr. Joseph Bognar, harpsichord...
I recently found what seems like a pretty cool solo bass piece by bassist/composer Chunyang Wang. I’d be interested to know more about this player if any blog readers know about his background. [From YouTube – Chunyang Wang plays his Caprice for Solo...
I’ve set up a page for folks to follow along with live ISB Convention coverage at doublebassblog.org/live. This page will feature our Ustream live feed, my Twitter feed for the convention (I’ll be tweeting quite a bit, so you can follow along that way even...
Here’s a very 1970s-looking documentary featuring the incomprable Franco Petracchi playing the Bottesini Tarantella. Man–listen to that fantastic bass sound! Just what I imagine i my mind when I think of a classic Italian bass sound.
