A lot of double-bass players I know could really hold their liquor. So that old joke about the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony -- "It's the bottom of the Ninth and the bases are loaded" -- is actually true!
| Rolf Liebermann: Furioso for orchestra RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Ferenc Fricsay, conductor - Original Masters. The Singles - Deutsche Grammophon |
| Erkki-Sven Tüür: Requiem Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor; Tallinna Kammerorkester; Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor - Erkki-Sven Tüür. Crystallisatio - ECM New Series |
| Jacques Ibert: Divertissement Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - Fête à la française. Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - London 
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| I. Introduction
II. Cortège III. Nocturne IV. Valse V. Parade VI. Finale |
| Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Sinfonia Concertante in D Major for viola, double-bass, and orchestra Mincho Minchev, viola; Encho Radukanov, double-bass; Sofiiski Solisti; Emil Tabakov, conductor - Virtuoso Double-Bass Concertos - Vivace |
| I. Allegro
II. Andantino III. Menuetto IV. Allegro ma non troppo |
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