Rinat Ibragimov on Bottesini

LSO Double Basses Rinat Ibragimov and Matthew Gibson discuss the work of the Italian composer and bassist Giovanni Bottesini, making particular reference to Rinat's recent recording of the Bass Concerto No 2 in B minor.
You can watch that recording here: • Giovanni Bottesini Con...
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The London Symphony Orchestra is deeply saddened to learn of the death of our Principal Emeritus Double Bass Rinat Ibragimov in September 2020. lso.co.uk/more/news/1572-obit...

[@nemo227]

When Rinat said, "The pressure on the bass with 3 strings is much less than with 4 . . ." That resonated with me because years ago I discovered that during re-stringing my bass it sounded more resonant than after I put on the 4th string. I love the deep sound with just 3 strings but I don't want to re-learn to play with 3 strings; not at my advanced age.

[@archeryguy1121]

It's in b minor. Gibson refers to it as "si minor." This is because of the European tradition of referring to the key of pieces using fixed-do solfege. Si is sometimes used in place of ti. Ti/si is the syllable of B in fixed-do solfege.

[@agostinovecere8354]

si is the latin nameof note B: A as la and so on: B si C do D re E mi F fa G sol

[@ibassnote]

They teach the same in Japan

[@jancowell]

RIP 🙏

[@Gatitasecsii]

Rinat, you're incredibly good, thanks for the recording I loved it!

[@rinatibragimov]

@bassivus Yes, absolutely! I was looking for silk strings before this rec. and had no idea that Velvet strings were exactly what i was trying to find. But i got them now and am going to use in future project.

[@ibassnote]

Fascinating. So relatable. All bassists have to, in a sense, find what they can but then adapt it to themselves.

[@eerbrev]

I don't know if this would be passed on to Mr. Ibragimov or not, but I would be fascinated to hear his take on the Bottesini F# concerto.

[@jacek5809]

"Dragonetti was ok, but Bottessini really nailed it".

[@lin_leaf]

couldnt have been said better

[@jpimenta26]

Alguém traduz pro português,por favor. God bless you.

[@jdiih6294]

would like to hear Tubin

[@bassivus]

Perhaps, using the Velvet strings would bring even closer to the original G.Bottesinis sound...

[@eerbrev]

There's another edition for string orchestra and bass where the bass is in a scordatura up a minor 3rd (CFBb from low to high instead of BEA or the ADG of orchestral tuning). This means it's in c minor. I don't know why he says it here, because Rinat is in B, but there is a version in c minor. (source: notes from the international edition edited by Lucio Buccarella)

[@edoardodolci2062]

Somebody knows what edition of the concerto he mentions during the interview I can't hear the name

[@terrritorialgoosegoose4823]

Rodney slatford

[@martinborgen]

Is the concierto really in B-minor, or is that in german tradition, making it a Bb minor when we speak English? I noticed because Mattehw refers to in as a C-minor concierto, which if solo tuning is used, would make it Bb minor.

[@asby2154]

martinborgen look at the top comment it explains it well

[@Pensivata]

Is the tuning really ADG? when I hear the lowest open string sound at the end of the 1st movement, it sounds like a B...(could it be B,E,A ?)

[@Pensivata]

Thank you. I also found out from other sources the tuning is indeed BEA. But even the low B sounds really deep & beautiful. Tempted to go for 3 strong myself!

[@jaysuperstion8844]

+Pensivata if they where still made 😓

[@martinborgen]

Ah, thank you! That explains a lot. Mind you though, the Solfege is only latin Europe - other parts (like sweden where I'm from) use the german tradition; Eb = Ess, F#= Fiss, and of course the good old B=H, Bb=B whacko...

[@seojinkim6825]

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