Description

Achille Gouffé composed a number of works for double bass and his Concertino Op.10 is ideal for the intermediate bassist who is looking for accessible …challenges, primarily in bass clef, throughout the orchestral range of the double bass. In three short movements, a dramatic introduction is followed by a lyrical and sonorous slow movement, emphasising the cantabile qualities of the double bass primarily in the orchestral register, ending with a lively, vibrant and substantial Allegro (alla breve). The short coda is dramatic and impressive, bring this wonderfully inventive and impressive piece to a forceful and successful conclusion. Gouffe’s Concertino offers both musical and technical challenges for the intermediate bassist and is both player and audience friendly, with a few easy virtuosic challenges to test the technical prowess of the player. An ideal examination or recital piece, this new edition by David Heyes is clear and easy to read with the short harmonic passages now in the correct octave for the 21st-century bassist. This edition includes piano accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings.