http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61243&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss(b. Crema, 22 Dec 1821; d. Parma, 7 July 1889). <br /> Italian double bass player, conductor and composer. He studied at the Milan Conservatory, became principal bass at the Teatro S Benedetto, Venice, and toured in Europe and North America. Playing a three-string instrument tuned a tone higher than was usual, he was nicknamed the "Paganini of the double bass" for his agility, pure tone and intonation. He was a lifelong friend of Verdi and held conducting appointments at theatres in Paris, Palermo, Spain, Portugal and London. Among his stage works, Vinciguerra il bandito (1870) and Ero e Leandro (1879, libretto by Boito) were well received. It is for his numerous technically demanding double bass compositions, expanding the instrument's compass, that he is best remembered. - MUZERomanticen720Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:38:08 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61243&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss (b. Crema, 22 Dec 1821; d. Parma, 7 July 1889). <br /> Italian double bass player, conductor and composer. He studied at the Milan Conservatory, became principal bass at the Teatro S Benedetto, Venice, and toured in Europe and North America. Playing a three-string instrument tuned a tone higher than was usual, he was nicknamed the "Paganini of the double bass" for his agility, pure tone and intonation. He was a lifelong friend of Verdi and held conducting appointments at theatres in Paris, Palermo, Spain, Portugal and London. Among his stage works, Vinciguerra il bandito (1870) and Ero e Leandro (1879, libretto by Boito) were well received. It is for his numerous technically demanding double bass compositions, expanding the instrument's compass, that he is best remembered. - MUZE http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133670&variant=play&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss Romantic Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Giovanni Bottesini Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.9133670 alb.9133670 Giovanni Bottesini art.61243 8.99 Bottesini: Carnival Of Venice And Other Works For Double Bass Vol. 4 alb.9133670 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/6/6/5/775661_170x170.jpg 1999-05-18 00:00:00.0 1999-05-18 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133670&variant=play&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133670&variant=data&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.259286&variant=play&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss Romantic Thu, 6 Nov 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Giovanni Bottesini Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.259286 alb.259286 Giovanni Bottesini art.61243 7.99 Music for Double Bass and Piano Vol. 1 alb.259286 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/8/3/453873_170x170.jpg 1997-11-06 00:00:00.0 1997-11-06 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.259286&variant=play&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.259286&variant=data&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133600&variant=play&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss Romantic Thu, 1 Sep 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Giovanni Bottesini Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.9133600 alb.9133600 Giovanni Bottesini art.61243 9.99 Bottesini: Vol. 3 alb.9133600 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/7/6/9/779677_170x170.jpg 1994-09-01 00:00:00.0 1994-09-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133600&variant=play&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133600&variant=data&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133559&variant=play&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss Romantic Tue, 1 Jan 1991 00:00:00 -0800 Giovanni Bottesini Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.9133559 alb.9133559 Giovanni Bottesini art.61243 4.99 Bottesini: Grand Duo Concertante alb.9133559 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/6/2/6/776265_170x170.jpg 1991-01-01 00:00:00.0 1991-01-01 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133559&variant=play&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9133559&variant=data&rws=%2Fgiovanni-bottesini%2Fdiscography.rss