Casadesus, Koussevitzky, Mišek, Hindemith, Fauré, Granados

  • Disc number in the directory: MEL CO 1085
  • Release: 2022

Eugene Levinson – double bass
Recordings of 1966–1973

Melodiya releases digitally remastered recordings of double bass virtuoso and teacher Eugene Levinson who celebrates his 85th birthday this year. He is known as a long-term soloist and accompanist of the New York Philharmonic’s double bass section and professor at the Juilliard School. In 2003, he was given the Special Recognition Award from the International Society of Bassists for his “extraordinary skills and contribution to the worldwide community of bassists.” These recordings date back to the musician’s Leningrad period. Before he left for the United States, Eugene Levinson played in the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra led by Evgeny Mravinsky and was a soloist with the Leningrad Chamber Orchestra.

Together with accompanist Eugenia Diener, Eugene Levinson recorded the double bass concerto by Serge Koussevitzky, sonatas for double bass and piano by Paul Hindemith and Adolf Míšek, arrangements of Gabriel Fauré’s Élégie, two pieces by Enrique Granados, and the aria from the Henri Casadesus Concerto in the Style of J.C. Bach.


Track list

    • CD1
  • 1 Viola Concerto in the Style of J.C. Bach: II. Adagio molto espressivo (Arr. Eugene Levinson)
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Henri Casadesus)
    05:49
  • 2 Double Bass Concerto, Op. 3: I. Allegro
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Serge Koussevitzky)
    05:03
  • 3 Double Bass Concerto, Op. 3: II. Andante
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Serge Koussevitzky)
    04:34
  • 4 Double Bass Concerto, Op. 3: III. Allegro
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Serge Koussevitzky)
    04:24
  • 5 Double Bass Sonata No. 2, Op. 6: I. Con fuoco
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Adolf Mišek)
    06:04
  • 6 Double Bass Sonata No. 2, Op. 6: II. Andante cantabile
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Adolf Mišek)
    06:36
  • 7 Double Bass Sonata No. 2, Op. 6: III. Furiant allegro energico
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Adolf Mišek)
    03:50
  • 8 Double Bass Sonata No. 2, Op. 6: IV. Finale allegro appassionato
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Adolf Mišek)
    05:44
  • 9 Double Bass Sonata: I. Allegretto
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Paul Hindemith)
    03:10
  • 10 Double Bass Sonata: II. Scherzo - Allegro assai
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Paul Hindemith)
    01:50
  • 11 Double Bass Sonata: III. Molto Adagio
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Paul Hindemith)
    10:08
  • 12 Intermezzo from the Opera "Goyescas" (Arr. Gaspar Cassadó)
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Enrique Granados)
    07:07
  • 13 Elegy, Op. 24
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Gabriel Fauré)
    04:37
  • 14 12 Danzas Españolas: V. Andaluza (Arr. Grigory Pekker)
    Eugene Levinson, Eugenia Diener (Enrique Granados)
    05:07
  • Total time: 01:14:03