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Orchester Probespiel (Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions)
for Bassoon and Contra-Bassoon
Bassoon
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3 E-flat major Op. 55 ("Eroica")
3. Movement: Scherzo
Symphony No. 4 B-flat major Op. 60
1. Movement
2. Movement
4. Movement
Symphony No. 6 F major Op. 68 ("Pastorale")
5. Movement
Symphony No. 9 D minor Op. 125
4. Movement
Coriolanus Op. 62
 Leonore OvertureNo. 3 Op. 72b
Violin Concerto D major Op. 61
1. Movement
2. Movement
3. Movement: Rondo
Fidelio
1. Act No.9 Rezitativ und Arie
Hector Berlioz
(1803-1869)
Symphonie Fantastique
3. Movement
4. Movement
5. Movement
Georges Bizet
(1838-1875)
Carmen
Zwischenspiel zwischen 1. und 2. Act
2. Act Finale
3. Act 2. Bild
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
Symphony No. 2 D major Op. 73
4. Movement
Variation on a Theme of  Haydn Op. 56a
Var. II
Var. V
Violin Concerto D major Op. 77
2. Movement
Gaetano Donizetti
(1797-1848)
Der Liebestrank
2. Act No.19 Romanze des Nemorino
Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)
Symphony No. 90 C major
2. Movement
4. Movement: Finale
Symphony No. 88 G major
1. Movement
4. Movement: Finale
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
(1858-1919)
Der Bajazzo
Finale II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
The Marriage of  Figaro
Overture
Così fan tutte
Overture
1. Act No. 14 Arie
No. 18 Finale des 1. Acts
2. Act No. 26 Arie
No. 31 Finale
The Magic Flute
Overture
Symphony No. 41 C major KV 551 ("Jupiter")
1. Movement
2. Movement
4. Movement: Finale
Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
Boléro
Klavierkonzert G major
1. Movement
3. Movement
Rapsodie espagnole
I. Prélude à la nuit
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
(1844-1908)
Scheherazade
2. Movement
Gioacchino Rossini
(1792-1868)
The Barber of Seville
Overture
1. Act No. 1 Introduktion und Kavatine
No. 2 Kavatine
No. 4 Duett
No. 8 Finale des 1. Acts
2. Act No. 12 Quintett
No.14 Temporale (Gewitter)
Dmitri Shostakovitch
(1906-1975)
Symphony No. 9 E-flat major Op. 70
4. Movement
5. Movement
Robert Schumann
(1810-1856)
Symphony No. 1 B-flat major Op. 38 ("Frühlings Symphony")
1. Movement
4. Movement
Bedrich Smetana
(1824-1884)
The Bartered Bride
Overture
Richard Strauss
(1864-1949)
Don Quixote Op. 35
Variation IX
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28
Ein Heldenleben Op.40
Salome Op. 54
Salomes Tanz
Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971)
The Firebird (1945)
Berceuse
Le Sacre du Printemps
Introduzione
Pulcinella-Suite
3. Movement: Scherzino
5. Movement: Toccata
6. Movement: Gavotta con due variazioni
Peter I. Tschaikovskyi
(1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 F minor Op. 36
1. Movement
2. Movement
Symphony No. 5 E minor Op. 64
1. Movement
2. Movement
3. Movement: Valse
Symphony No. 6 B minor Op. 74 ("Pathetique")
1. Movement
4. Movement
Giuseppe Verdi
(1813-1901)
Othello
1. Act
3. Act Duett Desdemona-Othello
Richard Wagner
(1813-1883)
Lohengrin
2. Act 3. Scene
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1. Act 3. Scene
2. Act 6. Scene
3. Act 1. Scene
3. Act 2. Scene
3. Act 3. Scene
5. Act 5. Scene
Carl Maria von Weber
(1786-1826)
Der Freischütz
Overture
 
Contra-Bassoon
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 C minor Op. 67
4. Movement
Symphony No. 9 D minor Op. 125
4. Movement
Fidelio
2. Act No.12 Melodram und Duett
Alban Berg
(1885-1935)
Wozzeck
1. Act
3. Act 2. Scene
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 C minor Op. 68
1. Movement
4. Movement
Symphony No. 3 F major Op. 90
1. Movement
4. Movement
Maurice Ravel Ma mère l'oye
IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et la Bête
Klavierkonzert D major (für die linke Hand)
Richard Strauss Salome Op. 54
Elektra Op. 58
Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlos
3. Act 2. Scene