Michael CretuComposer · Solo Double Bass · Manchester

Works

Compositions

Concert music for double bass, chamber and orchestral commissions, theatre scores, and arrangements drawn from Eastern European folk song. Scores are published by Liben Music and Recital Music.

  1. Sonata for solo Double Bass

    Four movements. Recorded on The Byzantium Connection.

  2. Homeland

    For violin and double bass. Recorded with Jisun Youn.

  3. Eight Steps to Eternity

    Premiered in Manchester; noted by the Manchester Evening News.

  4. The Wolf, the Bear and the Shepherd

    Concert work for double bass.

  5. Paganini, Caprice No. 24

    Transcription and recording for solo double bass.

  6. Suite for the RNCM New Music Festival

    Commissioned in 2019. Around forty minutes for chamber orchestra, spoken word, and material from Roma, Kurdish and Pakistani traditions, written for MIRO.

  7. Work for the Josef Prunner International Double Bass Competition

    Commissioned by the Bucharest Conservatoire.

  8. Music for Romanian National Radio

    Finalist, Prix Europa 2013.

  9. Thrasher

    Score for a play that sold out at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, and Camden People’s Theatre, London.

  10. Burnt

    Live soundtrack. “Fringe theatre at its best… a live soundtrack courtesy of double-bass maestro Michael Cretu.” — Ian Winterton, The Public Reviews.

Publishers

  • Liben Music Publishers, Cincinnati, USA
  • Recital Music, United Kingdom