Giovanni Bottesini - Andante Sostenuto for string orchestra or sextet

Edited by David Heyes

Andante Sostenuto is scored for string sextet (2 violins, viola, 2 violoncellos, double bass) or string orchestra, was completed in Naples on 13 April 1885, and is dedicated to Giulio Ricordi (1840-1912), Bottesini’s publisher and a member of the Ricordi family of publishers.

In one movement and lasting almost seven minutes, Andante Sostenuto is a beautifully original work contrasting tender and...