Hartley, Keith. A book of orchestral excerpts . Double bass technique book. Double Bass Solo Techniques combines the dual function of a technique book and a collection of orchestral excerpts. Each technique is preceded by an explanatory note, and the repertoire has been selected to showcase the technique in context. Ideal as preparation for auditions and exams.. Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro * Schubert: Symphony No. 8 * Verdi: Aida * Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' (excerpt 1) * Handel: 'Rejoice Greatly' from Messiah * Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (excerpt 1) * Ravel: Concerto pour la main gauche * Wagner: Die Meistersinger von N�rnberg (Act II) * Chabrier: Espa¤a * Borodin: Symphony No. 2 * Debussy: La mer * Brahms: Variation VI from Variations on a Theme by J. Haydn * Brahms: Symphony No. 2 * Weber: Overture to Der Freisch�tz * J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 * Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (excerpt 1) * Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell * Tchaikovsky: 'Danse Espagnole' from Swan Lake * Holst: 'Mars' from The Planets * Ravel: Alborada del gracioso * Verdi: La traviata (Act III) * Schubert: Octet in F (excerpt 1) * Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 * Verdi: Falstaff (Act III) * Mendelssohn: 'Scherzo' from A Midsummer Night's Dream * Brahms: Symphony No. 4 * Wagner: Lohengrin (Act II) * Mahler: Symphony No. 2 * Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (excerpt 1) * Schubert: Symphony No. 9 * Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique * Musorgsky: Boris Godunov (Act III) * Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Act III) * Mozart: Symphony No. 35 'Haffner' * Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni * Rossini: Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia (excerpt 2) * Mozart: Symphony No. 40 * Haydn: Symphony No. 88 * Verdi: La forza del destino * Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (excerpt 2) * Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' (excerpt 2) * Dvorak: Serenade for Strings * Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 * Britten: 'Fugue' from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra * Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1) * Mozart: Die Zauberfl”te * Schubert: Octet in F (excerpt 2) * Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 * Wagner: 'Vorspiel' from G”tterd„mmerung * Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 * Ravel: La valse * Ravel: Valse nobles et sentimentales * Ravel: Ma mŠre l'oye * Ravel: Piano Concerto in G * Ravel: 'Menuet' from Le tombeau de Couperin * Dragonetti: Concerto in A * Stravinsky: 'Prelude' from Agon * Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilŠges * Ravel: L'heure espagnole * Berg: Drei Orchesterst�cke * Berg: Wozzeck (Act III) * Janacek: Katya Kabanova (Act III) * Ginastera: Variation XI from Variaciones concertantes * J. S. Bach: Adagio from Suite No. 3 * Janacek: Sinfonietta * Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (excerpt 2) * Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 * Ravel: Daphnis et Chlo‚ * Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker * Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 * Mozart: 'Romance' from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * Beethoven: Symphony No. 2