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Hey guys. I realized the other day, while going through my CDs, that I am lacking in the tuba department. I'm rather ashamed to say that being, since tuba is my thing haha. Anyways, I was hoping I could get some help on what recordings are the quintessential of tuba works. I know that's rather subjective, but I can still get a good idea of what I need to have in my collection.

Thanks in advance!

Bobo--And tuba play Hindemith, Kraft et al (his first album)
Gravity is Light

Fletcher/LSO--VW concerto
Travelin' Light (Pilafian) that's the album title and the band

Pat Sheridan--Lollipops

Floyd Cooley's with the Bach Eb sonata

John Griffiths "Canadian Chops"

John Stevens Reverie. Not the typical "Look what I can do" stuff. Sweet, laid back listening.
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Big second on "Portrait Of An Artist". It is so helpful to me and some very sweet tunes.

Anything recorded by Walter Hilgers. Can't go wrong with Velvet Brown either.

Some of my favorite tuba cds:

Ben Pierce: Wheels of Life
Gene Pokorny: Tuba Tracks and orchestral excerpt cd
Pat Sheridan and Sam Pilafian: Dos Amigos
Roger Bobo: All of them
Sumner Ericson: Live at (from) round top (plays straight through an etude book not the most exciting music but damn good playing)
Oystein Baadsvik: ALL


That's just the short list I can call up at the moment. There are many many more fantastic recordings out there.

"Bobissimo," Roger Bobo (Hindemith, Effie, Into & Dance, Kraft, etc.)
"Romantic Tuba," Floyd Cooley (Bach Eb, Suite Concertante, etc.)
"English Tuba," Eugene Dowling (VW, Arnold Fantasy, Jacob Suite, etc.)

Also consider:

"Concertos for Brass" (Fletcher doing the Gregson Concert with Brass Band)

"British Tuba Concertos," James Gourlay (VW, Gregson, plus a few more obscure works that I find interesting)

Other great albums for brass players:

Also pick up a copy of the Antiphonal Music of Gabrielli by the Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Chicago Brass Ensembles and a copy of the two disc greatest hits collection (to start with) from the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (Fletcher playing). I enjoy listening to the German Brass, too.

I strongly second everything Oystein, the guys amazing. Sheridan's stuff as well.

Also:

Dan Perantoni: Daniel in the Lions Den
Al Baer: Coast to Coast
Sotto Voce: Viva Voce

The Perantoni and Sotto Voce disks are both on Itunes if that's your thing.

And does anyone know when Al Baers next cd is supposed to come out. I've heard soon, but I haven't heard an exact date.

I would recommend anything by Oystein, but if you are looking for standard rep. start with Danzas:

SIVELOV Tres Danzas (2005); HINDEMITH Sonata; JACOB Tuba Suite; BERNSTEIN Waltz for Mippy III; PLOG 3 Miniatures; PIAZOLLA Milonga del Angel; Invierno Porteno; Adios Nonino.



Look for a new CD sometime this Spring/Summer. It will contain some concertos some of us may have heard of:

Vaughan Williams

John Williams

Alexander Arutiunian

Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist

If it is available, I will have copies at ITEC in Cinci.

Take care,

MnM Trio--Halfway To Heaven (Eli Newberger)

Tubas From Hell--Dave Gannett--a MUST have! (search on TubeNet for eBay links)

Gravity! Howard Johnson and Gravity

The Original Salty Dogs--In New Orleans (Mike Wallbridge..not a lot of solo stuff but AMAZING playing with a great band doing great tunes. This is the style, guys...you want 4 beat, play bass)

Dan Perantoni- Daniel in the Lion's Den

Roland Szentpali- I Killed My Lips

Bill Bell and His Tuba

John Stevens-Power

Anything by the Matteson/Phillips TubaJazz Consort

Anything by the Modern Jazz Tuba Project

Anything by Soto Voce

I still smile every time I listen to "Carolina Mornings".

Benjamin Pierce - Wheels of Life
(Vaughan Williams with piano, Tubaku, Bozza, Butterworth... sweet CD)

Toby Hanks - Sonata
(a great recording of the Casterede, and some other unexpected gems)

Michael Lind - Virtuoso Tuba
(amazing recording of Landscape by Torbjorn Lundquist)

Oystein Baadsvik - Tuba Works
(Hindemith, Madsen, AMAZING Sonata by his pianist, Niklas Sivelov, Kraft, and the crowd pleaser Gaathaug)

David Randolph - Contrasts in Contemporary Music
(Thom Ritter George, Halsey Stevens, Claude Baker)

John Stevens - Reverie
(a very nice collection of the softer, more mellow side of tuba/euphonium peformance)

Portrait of an Artist - is essential, no matter what.


Those are my thoughts.

Portrait of an Artist - vital to any tuba player

Bobissimo - Bobo

Refractions - Sotto Voce

Exerpts - Pokorny

Haven't heard much of any mention about Harvey Phillips recordings ... what a pioneer he was. Some of his better known recordings included the Alec Wilder Sonata, Donald Swann Two Moods, etc. Also did Vincent Persichetti Serenade No 12 and the Wilder Suite f/ Fr Hn, Tba, Pf. Steve Shoop on this board is working with Mr Phillips on a re-release of earlier recordings, so these may be once again available ... jump on 'em. Harvey inspired SOOO many people and careers, and seems to get little recognition on this board.

Bobo is GREAT ... most of the good work is in Bobissimo, Gravity is Light Today. As a soloist, he's as close to a Gold Standard as we have.

John Fletcher's VW Cto with LSO/ Previn should be in there, as said above.

Toby Hanks SAMPLER has some jaw-droppers in it. The David Reck and John Steven pieces stand out.

Floyd Cooley's Romantic Tuba has some particularly fine work in it. Cooley developed a real theater-filling sound ... wide up-close vibrato that up close sounded horrendous, at the rear of the room the most amazing thing you've heard.

Gene Pokorny's Tracks, Big Boy, Excerpts ... don't miss 'em .

Jake's Portrait of an Artist ... Bill Bell & His Tuba

Pat Sheridan's Lollipops could and should go over anywhere