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Dubbed the 'Paganini' of the double bass, Giovanni Bottesini effectively exploited the technical possibilities of the instrument. His idiomatic writing and his passion for opera make his music extremely lyrical and fundamental to the double bass repertoire. This disc features, among others, arrangements of popular arias by Bellini and Paisiello with wide-ranging cadenza-like passages demanding great mastery of the fingerboard and phenomenal bow control. A feast of virtuosic display not to be missed.