Double Bass Solo Techniques

Description

Double Bass Solo Techniques combines the dual function of a technique book and a collection of orchestral excerpts. The techniques are introduced in a logical order, and each is preceded by a short explanatory note, providing technical advice and tips on performance. The repertoire has been carefully selected to showcase the technique in its real musical context, and the pieces cover all major styles and genres. Ideal as preparation for auditions and exams.

Double Bass Solo Techniques Contents:

• Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart
• Symphony No. 8, Schubert
• Aida, Verdi
• Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’ (excerpt 1), Mozart
• ‘Rejoice Greatly’ from Messiah, Handel
• Symphony No. 39 (excerpt 1), Mozart
• Concerto pour la main gauche, Ravel
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Act II), Wagner
• España, Chabrier
• Symphony No. 2, Borodin
• La mer, Debussy
• Variation VI from Variations on a Theme by J. Haydn, Brahms
• Symphony No. 2, Brahms
• Overture to Der Freischütz, Weber
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, J. S. Bach
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia (excerpt 1), Rossini
• Overture to Guillaume Tell, Rossini
• ‘Danse Espagnole’ from Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky
• ‘Mars’ from The Planets, Holst
• Alborada del gracioso, Ravel
• La traviata (Act III), Verdi
• Octet in F (excerpt 1), Schubert
• Symphony No. 6, Tchaikovsky
• Falstaff (Act III), Verdi
• ‘Scherzo’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mendelssohn
• Symphony No. 4, Brahms
• Lohengrin (Act II), Wagner
• Symphony No. 2, Mahler
• Scheherazade (excerpt 1), Rimsky-Korsakov
• Symphony No. 9, Schubert
• Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz
• Boris Godunov (Act III), Musorgsky
• Sleeping Beauty (Act III), Tchaikovsky
• Symphony No. 35 ‘Haffner’, Mozart
• Overture to Don Giovanni, Mozart
• Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia (excerpt 2), Rossini
• Symphony No. 40, Mozart
• Symphony No. 88, Haydn
• La forza del destino, Verdi
• Symphony No. 39 (excerpt 2), Mozart
• Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’ (excerpt 2), Mozart
• Serenade for Strings, Dvorak
• Piano Concerto No. 2, Beethoven
• ‘Fugue’ from The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Britten
• Madama Butterfly (Act 1), Puccini
• Die Zauberflöte, Mozart
• Octet in F (excerpt 2), Schubert
• Symphony No. 7, Beethoven
• ‘Vorspiel’ from Götterdämmerung, Wagner
• Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky
• La valse, Ravel
• Valse nobles et sentimentales, Ravel
• Ma mère l’oye, Ravel
• Piano Concerto in G, Ravel
• ‘Menuet’ from Le tombeau de Couperin, Ravel
• Concerto in A, Dragonetti
• ‘Prelude’ from Agon, Stravinsky
• L’enfant et les sortilèges, Ravel
• L’heure espagnole, Ravel
• Drei Orchesterstücke, Berg
• Wozzeck (Act III), Berg
• Katya Kabanova (Act III), Janacek
• Variation XI from Variaciones concertantes, Ginastera
• Adagio from Suite No. 3, J. S. Bach
• Sinfonietta, Janacek
• Scheherazade (excerpt 2), Rimsky-Korsakov
• Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky
• Daphnis et Chloé, Ravel
• The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky
• Violin Concerto No. 5, Mozart
• ‘Romance’ from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mozart
• Symphony No. 2, Beethoven