The following is a list of compositions by Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889). A new comprehensive catalogue can now be found on the Bottesini Urtext website bottesiniurtext.com/bottesini-s-catalogue
Operas
Colón en Cuba (Cristoforo Colombo) – Opera in one act. Spanish libretto by Ramón de Palma and Rafael María de Mendive. Tacón Theatre, Havana January 31, 1848 (1847?). No known score remains. L'assedio di Firenze (1856) Il diavolo della notte (1858) Marion Delorme (1862) Vinciguerra (il bandito) - Opéra-bouffe en un acte (1870) Alì Babà (1871) Ero e Leandro (1879) La regina del Nepal (1880) Nerina (1882) Azaële o La figlia dell'angelo (never performed) Cedar (never performed) Babele (never performed)
Orchestral works
Symphony in D major (1836) Arabian Nights (1878) Alba sul Bosforo (1881 al Teatro San Carlo di Napoli) Promenade des ombres Sinfonia Caratteristica Fantasia funebre "alla memoria del colonnello Nullo" Graziella Marcia Funebre Marcia Orientale Margherita Ouverture Divertimento per corno da caccia (bugle) and orchestra Andante sostenuto, for string orchestra Ero e Leandro, Prelude Il diavolo della notte, Sinfonia Ali Baba, Overture
Works for double bass
with piano
Adagio melanconico appassionato (Elegie par Ernst) Gran Allegro di Concerto "à la Mendelssohn" Allegretto-Capriccio in F-sharp minor ("à la Chopin") Capriccio di bravura Elegy No.1 in D major (1870) Elegy No.2 in E minor, "Romanza drammatica" Elegy No.3 in E minor, "Romanza patetica" (Melodia) Rêverie (1870) Tarantella in A minor Fantasia Cerrito Fantasia on Bellini's "Norma" Fantasia on Bellini's "Beatrice di Tenda" Fantasia on Bellini's "I Puritani" (1st version) Fantasia on Bellini's "La Straniera" Fantasia on Bellini's "La Sonnambula" (1849) Gran Fantasia on Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" Fantasia on Verdi's "Il Trovatore" Introduzione e Gavotta in A major Introduction et Variations sur Le Carnaval de Venise Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento from Paisiello's La "Molinara" Introduzione e Bolero Introduzione e Fuga Meditazione: Aria on G string from Suite BWV 1068 by J.S.Bach Melodia No.1 Melodia No.2 Melodia No.3 Melodia No.4: Auld Robin Gray, Introduction and Variations on a Scottish Song Serenata from Rossini's "Barber of Seville" Aria from Verdi's "Il trovatore" Una furtiva lacrima, Romanza on Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'amore" Finale of Bellini's "La sonnambula" Contrabass-Polka Nocturne
with orchestra
Concerto No.1 "Concerto di bravura" in A major for double bass (1840) Concerto No.2 in B minor for double bass (1853) (I. Allego moderato; II. Andante; III. Finale. Allegro quasi una polacca) Concerto No.3 in F-sharp minor for double bass (1871) (I. Allego moderato; II. Andante; III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco) Concertino in C minor for double bass (I. Moderato: II. Andante; III. Finale) (version of Concerto No.2, for double bass and strings) Concerto a Due Contrabbassi No.1 (Gran Duo Concertante) for 2 double basses and orchestra/piano (original version, 1880) Gran Duo Concertante for violin, double bass and orchestra/piano (1846) (arranged by Bottesini for Violin + Double bass and later updated for its publication) Gran Duo Concertante for clarinet in A, double bass and orchestra/piano Concerto a Due Contrabbassi No.2 Passione Amorosa (I. Allegro deciso; II. Andante-Allegro; III. Allegretto), for double bass (or cello), 2nd double bass and orchestra/piano Duo Concertant on Themes of Bellini's "I Puritani" for cello, double bass and orchestra (2nd version of Puritani Fantasy) Duet for clarinet and double bass Concerto in G major, for cello and double bass
duets
3 Grandi Duetti, for 2 double basses: No.1 (I. Allegro; II. Andante; III. Polacca. Molto allegro) No.2 (I. Allegro; II. Andante; III. Rondò. Allegretto) No.3 (I. Andantino; II. Presto) Duo in D major, for cello and double bass (I. Allegro; II. Andante molto; III. Allegro) Capriccio, for 2 double basses and piano 3 Fantasie on Rossini's Canzonette, for 2 double basses and piano: 1. La danza: Allegro non troppo 2. La serenata: Andante 3. I marinai: Allegro moderato
Chamber music
String Quartet No.1 in B minor
String Quartet No.2 in B-flat major, Op.2
String Quartet No.3 in F-sharp minor
String Quartet No.4 in D major
String Quartet No.5 in E-flat major
String Quartet No.6 in E minor
Quintet No.1 in C minor "Gran Quintetto" Quintet No.2 in E minor Quintet No.3 in A major Quintet No.4 in F major Morceaux, for viola and piano Rêverie, for viola and piano Capriccio, for cello and piano 3 Melodies, for cello and piano Rêverie, for cello and piano