Double Bass: R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (Reh. 9 until 6m. after Reh. 12)

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Recordings:

Sir Simon Rattle: Berliner Philharmoniker, EMI 2006

Quarter Note = 110

Bernard Haitink: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, CSO-Resound 2010.

Quarter Note = 108

Lorin Maazel: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, BMG Music 2004

Quarter Note = 106

Midi Practice Tracks:

*These were created using MIDI with the Double Bass part removed. I intensely dislike the midi orchestral instrument sounds, so I changed all the instruments to the piano patch.

Quarter Note = 95

Quarter Note = 105

Quarter Note = 116

See another Ein Heldenleben Bass Excerpt: Ein Heldenleben (Reh 51-63)

Video from YouTube:

Manfred Honeck: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Opening concert of Musikfest Berlin, August 31, 2013
Excerpt starts at 3:54 (and the cameraman knows this is an excerpt for the bass)

Mariss Jansons: Symphonie-Orchestrer des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Excerpt starts at 3:52