Élégie Op.27 by Gabriel Fauré is originally for cello and piano but transcribes well for the advanced bassist and is an excellent addition to the transcription repertoire. It successfully explores the sonorous, lyrical and expressive possibilities of the double bass throughout its solo register, with technical challenges that allow the soloist to demonstrate virtuosity and technical accomplishment.

Élégie was composed in 1889, as the slow movement of a proposed cello sonata, which was never...