Virtuoso Reality
Joel Quarrington, double bass; Jacques Israelievitch, violin; Steven Dann, viola; Andrew Burashko, piano; Eric Robertson, harpsichord; Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Timothy Vernon, conductor
Joel Quarrington – the non-conformist, the rebel, the rabble-rouser? Hardly the adjectives we would expect to describe a talented classical musician, let alone a double bass player. But Joel Quarrington is all of these, and more.
Matthew Baird, Coordinating Producer, Project Producer Paulette Bourget, Production Coordination
Peter Cook, Digital Editing
Anton Kwiatkowski, Audio Supervisor, Producer
Ed Marshall, Engineer
Charles Metz, Liner Note Translation
Rick Phillips, Liner Notes
CBC Records 1999
Recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, Toronto, Ontario, Canad
1-4. Henry Eccles: Sonata in A minor for double bass and strings
5. Michael Conway Baker: Contours for bass viol, harpsichord & strings
6. Milton Barnes: Papageno Variations for double bass & strings
7. Giovanni Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante for violin, double-bass & orchestra
8-10. Giovanni Borghi: Sonata for viola & double bass
11-14. Franco Mannino: Sonatina Tropicale, Op. 222 for double bass & piano
15. Pablo de Sarastae: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 arr. Quarrington
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Henri Eccles
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Henri Eccles
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Henri Eccles
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Henri Eccles
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Michael Conway Baker
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Milton Barnes
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Bottesini, Giovanni (1821-1889)
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Giovanni Battista Borghi
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Giovanni Battista Borghi
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Giovanni Battista Borghi
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Franco Mannino
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Pablo de Sarasate/Quarrington