Gary Karr
Gary Karr
Top Songs
| 1 | Nueve | ||
| 2 | Sonata No. 6 in C minor: III. Minuetto I & Minuetto II | ||
| 3 | Sonata No. 6 in C minor: II. AIIa breve | ||
| 4 | Sonata No. 6 in C minor: I. Adagio | ||
| 5 | Sonata No. 5 in A Major: III. Minuetto I & Minuetto II |
Albums
Aug 2010 • 4 songs
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Biography
There have been only five notable solo double-bass virtuosos in the past two-and-a-half centuries -- remarkable for an instrument developed before 1600 and refined ever since. Gary Karr is the most recent and widely famous of these rare players, virtually the Yo-Yo Ma of the cello's big brother. Domenico Dragonetti (1776-1846) came first, playing an instrument built by Amati in 1611. Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889) followed, after him Franz Simandl (1841-1912), and then Sergey Koussevitzky (1874-1951), who played the 1611 Amati until he traded his bow for a baton in 1908. In 19...