Nabil Shehata & Karim Shehata - Brahms, Bruch, Glière & Koussevitzky: Works for Double Bass & Piano (2017)

The double bass is so much more than just an orchestral foundation when it is played by Nabil Shehata: the winner of the 2003 ARD Music Competition and professor at the Munich University of Music is one of his instrument’s most renowned virtuosos. But Shehata is a lot more than that, as he proves in his GENUIN debut release: a full-blooded musician who knows how to best bring out the unique colors and qualities of his instrument – whether in original works by Glière and Koussevitzky or arrangements of cello works by Bruch and Brahms. Both rugged and sweet-sounding, brilliant and down-to-earth – for lovers of distinctive sound!

TRACKLIST

Reinhold Glière: 2 Pieces, Op. 32
01. 2 Pieces, Op. 32: No. 1, Prélude
02. 2 Pieces, Op. 32: No. 2, Scherzo

Reinhold Glière: 2 Morceaux, Op. 9
03. 2 Morceaux, Op. 9: No. 1, Intermezzo
04. 2 Morceaux, Op. 9: Tarantelle

Serge Koussevitzky: Chanson triste, Op. 2
05. Chanson triste, Op. 2

Max Bruch: Kol nidrei, Op. 47 (Arr. for Double Bass & Piano)
06. Kol nidrei, Op. 47 (Arr. for Double Bass & Piano)

Serge Koussevitzky: 2 Morceaux, Op. 1
07. 2 Morceaux, Op. 1: No. 2, Valse miniature - Nabil Shehata

Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 (Arr. for Double Bass & Piano)
08. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 (Arr. for Double Bass & Piano): I. Allegro non troppo
09. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 (Arr. for Double Bass & Piano): II. Allegretto quasi menuetto-Trio
10. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 (Arr. for Double Bass & Piano): III. Allegro