This page presents CDs recorded on the Viennese tuning in solo, chamber or orchestra role. The Full-record list is preceded by the Short List which shows only the date and the soloist. By clicking on the date you will be linked directly to the full record located below. This list is organized hierarchically by the year of issue, where the latest CD will always be cited on the top.
Should you know of any other CD that fits this criteria, please send a note to the address located in the Contact page.
Number of CDs listed as of April 10, 2010: 6
Short List:
| Click on date to open the full record | ||
| Date: | Title: | Performer: |
| p 2006 | Wiener Kontrabasskonzerte | David Sinclair |
| p 2004 | The Viennese Violone | Lars Baunkilde |
| p 2000 |
Double bass concertos | Chi-Chi Nwanoku |
| p 1997 | "Con Strumenti" | Lars Baunkilde |
| p 1994 | The virtuoso double bass | David Sinclair |
| p 1992 | Instrumental Concertos. Anton Zimmermann. | Radoslav Šašina |
Full Record List:
| Year of Issue: | [Germany] : Ars Produktion, p2006. |
| Performer: | David Sinclair |
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| Instrument: | Johann Christoph Leidolff, 1729 |
| Composer - Work - Work #: | Franz Anton Hoffmeister -
Concerto in Eb per il Contrabasso - Wenzel Pichl - Concerto in D per il Violone Principale - Johann Baptist Vanhal - Concerto in Eb per il Contrabasso - W. II h |
| Ensemble: | Kölner Akademie |
| Conductor: | Michael Alexander Willens |
| Recorded: | January 10-12, 2006. Immanuelskirche, Wuppertal, Germany. |
| CD Title: | "Wiener Kontrabasskonzerte" |
| Record Label - Number: | Ars Produktion - ARS 38 020 |
| Series: | Forgotten treasures ; v. 3. |
| Reviews: | Ars Production site - Review section |
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| Year of Issue: | St. Heddinge : Helikon Records, p2004. |
| Performers: | Soloists: Lars Baunkilde (db) ;
Birte Stokkebæk (sopran) ;
Joel Sundin (viola) Orchestra: Fredrik From (vln I) ; Jens Solgaard (vln II) ; Kjeld Steffensen (vcl) ; Leif Meyer (harpsichord) |
| String setup: | 5 string D (and Eb) setup - Gut strings |
| Instrument: | George Stoppani 1992 (model Anton Posh 1792) |
| Composer - Work - Work #: | Joseph Haydn - Concerto for Horn no. 2 (arranged in D) -
Hob. VIId:4 Ignaz Holzbauer* - Aria ”Triumphos plausus” for db and soprano Georg Christoph Wagenseil - Concerto for bassonn in Eb major (arranged in D) - Ignaz Holzbauer - Concerto for viola and violocello in D major (arranged in Eb) - (violoncello part arranged for Viennese bass) *Authorship spurious. This "Aria" may also have been writen by J. G. Albrechtsberger |
| Ensemble: | Frederiksstaden Baroque Ensemble |
| Recorded: | Recorded in Torpe Chapel, Humlebaek 9th-11th October 2003 |
| CD Title: | "The Viennese Violone, 1746 - 1765" |
| Record Label - Number: | Helikon Records - HCD 1049 |
| CD review: | Bass World, vol. 29, no. 2, 2005 [ISB] |
| Notes: | This CD is very unique in the approach to the period literature and performance. It actually presents a period repertoire written for the other instruments arranged in a way to present what the pre-Dittersdorf concerti might have sounded - if written by the actual period composers for the original 5 string Viennese violone. Every effort has been made by Lars Baunkilde and his ensemble colleagues to recreate the authentic period tone color and from this perspective this CD offers a truly wonderful voyage to the soundscape of the past. This is also the first modern recording on the gut strings that presents a true Eb variant of Viennese tuning. Congratulations to Lars and the Frederiksstaden ensemble colleagues on this brave attempt to show us how the real heritage of our instrument might have sounded! |
| Year of Issue: | London : Hyperion, p2000. |
| Performer: | Chi-Chi Nwanoku |
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| Composer - Work - Work #: | Johann Baptist Vanhal - Concerto in Eb per il Contrabasso - W. II h Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf - Concerto in Eb per il Contrabasso - Krebs 172 Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf - Concerto per il Violone - Krebs 171 |
| Ensemble: | Svenska kammarorkester |
| Conductor: | Paul Goodwin |
| Recorded: | March 6-10, 2000. The Concert Hall, Örebro, Sweden. |
| CD Title: | "Double bass concertos" |
| Record Label - Number: | Hyperion - CDA67179 |
| Notes: | Dittersdrof Concerto K 172 cadenza by Chi-chi Nwanoku |
| Year of Issue: | Rudkøbing : Paula Records, p1997 |
| Performers: | Lars Baunkilde |
| String setup: | 5 string D setup - Gut strings |
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| Composer - Work - Work #: | Wenzel Pichl - Concerto in D per il Violone Principale Other works on this CD: Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.5 - BWV 1050 Antonio Vivaldi - Il Gardellino - RV 428 Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto in E minor for Recorder and Baroque Flute - BA 4 |
| Ensemble: | Con Strumenti |
| Recorded: | Recorded in Hellerup, Copenhagen, May 1997 |
| CD Title: | - |
| Record Label - Number: | Paula Records - PACD 104 |
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| Year of Issue: | Somerville, Mass. : Titanic Records, p1994 | ||
| Performer: | Suzanne Stumpf (flute), Stephen Marvin (viola), Daniel Ryan (violoncello), James Mosher and John Aubrey (natural horns), David Sinclair (double bass). | ||
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| Composer - Work - Work #: | Johann Baptist Vanhal | Cassation in D major ( fl, vla, db, 2 hrn. ) | |
| Joseph Haydn | Divertimento in G major ( vcl, vla, db ) | Hob. XI:80 | |
| Joseph Mannl | Cassation in D major ( fl, vla, db, 2 hrn. ) | ||
| Johann Matthias Sperger | Quartetto in per il Contrabasso/ Flauto traverso/ Viola et Violoncello | C III / 23 | |
| Ensemble: | "Musicians of the Old Post Road" | ||
| Conductor: | n/a | ||
| Recorded: | January 1993. Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusets, USA. | ||
| CD Title: | "The virtuoso double bass : works of Haydn, Vanhal, Sperger, and Mannl" | ||
| Record Label - Number: | Titanic Records - Ti-219 | ||
| Review: | Review: ISB XX 1. (1995): p.68. | ||
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| Year of Issue: | [Bratislava, Slovakia] : Trevak, p1992. |
| Performer: | Radoslav Šašina |
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| Composer - Work - Work #: | Anton Zimmerman - Concerto in D per il Contrabasso - [Anton Zimmerman - Concerto for Harpsichor in D major] |
| Ensemble: | Musica Aeterna Bratislava |
| Conductor: | Peter Zajícek |
| Recorded: | January 26 and November 22, 1992 at Moyzes Hall of Slovak Philharmonic, Slovakia. |
| CD Title: | "Instrumental Concertos. Anton Zimmermann" |
| Record Label - Number: | Trevak - TREC 4-0010 |
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Last update: April 30, 2010
Posted: April 8, 2009