List of compositions by Giovanni Bottesini

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. 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

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" (adapted from duo with cello)
 * Fantasia on Bellini's "La Straniera"
 * Fantasia on Bellini's "La Sonnambula"
 * 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, 1844)
 * 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 (original 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

Piano solo

 * Preludio
 * Fugue in A minor
 * 3 Polke:
 * 1. Arlecchino
 * 2. Brighella
 * 3. La Tremblante

Vocal

 * Il lamento della Ghisa (Le chagrin de Jeanne) in D major, for soprano and piano (1870)
 * Melodia: Giovinetto innamorato, for soprano and piano
 * Ci divide l'ocean, for soprano and piano
 * Romanza: Dove fuggiste mai, for soprano and piano
 * Romanza: Une bouche aimeé, for soprano, double bass and piano
 * Terzetto: Tutto che il mondo serra (transcription of Etude No.19 in C-sharp minor, Op.25/7 by Chopin) for soprano, double bass and piano

Sacred works

 * Messa di Requiem (1877/80)
 * Il Giardino degli Ulivi (Garden of Olivet), Oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass + mixed chorus (SATB), organ (1887)

Instrumental music not including the solo double bass

 * Morceaux – Viola and piano; autograph score, Naples
 * Rêverie – Viola and piano; autograph score, Naples
 * Capriccio – Cello and piano; autograph score, Milan August 25, 1863
 * Three melodies – Cello and piano; autograph score, Milan
 * Rêverie – Cello and piano; autograph score, Naples
 * Various string quartets
 * Various string quintets