The Contrabass Discography

This discography is intended as a listing of recordings which feature one or more of the rarer bass or contrabass instruments. I have not included any string bass or bass guitar CDs - those aren't particularly difficult to find. If you can plug a hole in the list below, please feel free to let me know.

  • Bass & Larger Recorders
  • Bass Flutes 
  • Contrabass (and lower) Flutes
  • Contrabass Clarinets in EEb and BBb 
  • Octocontrabass Clarinets 
  • Bass Chalumeau
  • Bass Saxophone in Bb 
  • Contrabass Saxophone in Eb 
  • Tubax
  • Heckelphone 
  • Bass Oboe
  • Contrabass Oboe in FF
  • Contrabass Oboe in CC
  • Bass Shawm
  • Great Bass Shawm
  • Quart-Fagott
  • Contrabassoon 
  • Bass Dulcian
  • Quart/Quint Bass Dulcian
  • Bass/Great Bass Sordune
  • Bass Rackett
  • Great Bass/Contrabass Rackett
  • Bass Crumhorn
  • Extended Bass Crumhorn
  • Great Bass Crumhorn
  • Bass Kortholt
  • Great Bass Kortholt
  • Sarrusophones
  • Bass Rothophone in Bb
  • Contrabass ad Ancia 
  • Bass Horn in CC
  • Bass Trumpet in Bb
  • Contrabass Trumpet in F
  • Contrabass Trombone 
  • Ophicleide 
  • Bass Cornett
  • Serpent 
  • Anaconda (Contrabass Serpent)
  • Bass Saxhorn in Bb
  • Contrabass Saxhorn in EEb 


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