Double Bass Duets for cello and bass?

[Alexis Duntov]

I discovered a neighbor in my building is a remarkably good cellist and is interested in baroque music (as I am). I have a bunch of duets, like the book of duets for bass by Fred Zimmerman. But I’d love to hear some recommendations from this forum. Does not have to be baroque. Thanks!

 

[SammyLikesDogs]

I discovered a neighbor in my building is a remarkably good cellist and is interested in baroque music (as I am). I have a bunch of duets, like the book of duets for bass by Fred Zimmerman. But I'd love to hear some recommendations from this forum. Does not have to be baroque. Thanks!

I'm pretty sure you could try doing Bottesini cello bass duet, I listened to that a couple weeks ago and it was so breathtaking
some other recommendations are obviously bach and ig you can look at rossini idk

 

[OlyWhite]

I’m not sure if this will be helpful, but I have this in my Spotify library:

 

[PKWVMD]

I discovered a neighbor in my building is a remarkably good cellist and is interested in baroque music (as I am). I have a bunch of duets, like the book of duets for bass by Fred Zimmerman. But I’d love to hear some recommendations from this forum. Does not have to be baroque. Thanks!

There are a number of these pieces in the SHAR catalog if you want to look that up !

 

[s van order]

As noted above, the Rossini duet in D is nice. The melody to open the second mvmt is quite pretty. I have that on tap to do with a bassist for fun. Link on imslp:

https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/21/IMSLP332431-PMLP74382-rossini_duet_for_cello_and_bass.pdf

 

[neilG]

Here's some by Bernard Salles. No copyright problem: he put these on the web for free.

 

[Mark_T]

The Rossini is a blast to play. There's a Dragonetti duo too but when I was researching these, I decided I didn't like it as much as the Rossini, but it might be worth a look.

 

[PCPlod]

I did one of the Offenbach 'cello duets for my end-of-year exam and recital, rearranged for cello and double bass, from this collection:
Title: Pieces de Salon
Instrumentation: Cello and bass
Editor: Klaus Stoll
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Contents:
Petit Scherzo – Charles Gounod
Minuette & Rondeau – Jacques Offenbach
La Chasse – Robert Harold Thomas
Piece de Salon – Robert Lindley

 

[Co.]

If you are interested in baroque music, you might be interested in this:

6 Sonatas for 2 Bassoons, Op.14 (Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de) - IMSLP

imslp.org

You could play the lower part in thumb position, so it sounds as written.

Perhaps your cello neighbor likes the Vivaldi Cello sonatas? You could accompany him/her by playing the bassline from the contiuo part. Even without chordal accompaniment it can sound beautiful and is a lot of fun to play.

 

[damonsmith]

 

[Lionel Albert]

Checkout this channel.
There are some duets.

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Maybe you can get inspired.

 

[damonsmith]

I know I am cross-posting but improvising is always an option:

 

[Jeff Schwartz]

There's also this, inexplicably dedicated to Robben Ford's bassist...