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Mehta Wagner--esp . The Ride...powerful!
Mark

Copland Sym #3, Bernstein, NY Phil

One of the greatest Brass recordings, ever made!

Check out the Sibelius 2 with Mehta on Teldec. Never heard tuba like that in that piece before.

DP wrote: 1988
French Horns – Charles Kavalovski, David Ohanian, Philip Myers
Trombones -Ronald Barron, Eugene Watts, Joseph Alessi
Trumpets – Charles Schlueter , Peter Chapman, Frederic Mills, Ronald Romm,
Mark Gould, Neil Balm, Philip Smith
Tubas - Robert Tucci, Charles Daellenbach, Warren Deck

That's a good'n. The liner notes tell who's on what channel, although they managed to switch L and R(!). Despite that, it's still obvious when Warren's playing.

doublebuzzing wrote:Check out the Sibelius 2 with Mehta on Teldec. Never heard tuba like that in that piece before.

I heartily second Sibelius 2 as my favorite. Warren's incredible sound and musicianship help make this a powerful interpretation of this work. This recording shows Warren Deck in his prime!

When I perfomed Sibelius 2 several years ago and having had the priviledge of studying with Warren, I let this recording and Warren's teachings influence the way I played Sibelius. It was an exhilerating experience.

hbcrandy wrote:

doublebuzzing wrote:Check out the Sibelius 2 with Mehta on Teldec. Never heard tuba like that in that piece before.

I heartily second Sibelius 2 as my favorite. Warren's incredible sound and musicianship help make this a powerful interpretation of this work. This recording shows Warren Deck in his prime!

When I perfomed Sibelius 2 several years ago and having had the priviledge of studying with Warren, I let this recording and Warren's teachings influence the way I played Sibelius. It was an exhilerating experience.

There's a Finlandia on that CD as well and there's some monster tuba presence on that!

The recording of John Steven's Moondance that used to be on Youtube (Bobo, Perantoni, Phillips, and Warren Deck). His cadenza was great!

Anyone happen to know where there might be a copy of that?

I know it was recorded with basically the same group (I think Gene Pokorny instead of Warren Deck), but I really don't like that version all that much.

jonesmj wrote:Mehta Wagner--esp . The Ride...powerful!
Mark

That was the first one that came to my mind.

Just to add another, the so-called "Deck Special" masterclass recording is jaw-dropping. I hope the original audio tape can get mastered and released sometime in the future.

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Pictures at an Exhibition. I don't remember who was conducting, but Warren lights it up on Baba Yaga.

Dan Tuba wrote:Pictures at an Exhibition. I don't remember who was conducting, but Warren lights it up on Baba Yaga.

Sinopoli on DG?

Same as my post on the favorite Chester recordings - Canadian Brass: Red, White and Brass. You'll wanna sell your tuba after you hear Warren play Voluntary on Old Hundredth.

https://myspace.com/officialcanadianbra ... 266-220941" target="_blank

Also, Cape Fear (recent DeNiro/Nolte remake).

http://www.amazon.com/Cape-Fear-Elmer-B ... soundtrack" target="_blank

Somewhere out there is a Mahler 5 radio broadcast with Mehta conducting. Everything about that recording is aaaammmmaaazzziiiinnngggggggg! There are parts where I'm just like I also have the "Deck Special" and it was truly a life changing recording. I wish I sounded at least 1/10th as good! There is also this one recording of the NY Phil brass quintet playing the "Earle of Oxford's March" and at first I thought it was the entire brass section. It was truly scary when I learned that it was just 5 players. The sound is soooo huge!

Was browsing thru YT and found this gem. I think I've heard it before, but wanted to post it this time 'cuz it's amazing

Deck on an early M-W 2165, nailing the tooba part live!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU556MvQN6c

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ren wrote:when I was in school everyone EVERYONE had the tape of him playing excerpts with his old brass section at a conference after winning the NY Phil job. The tape is up on youtube,
The execution was spotty but Warren was a very unique player, in terms of his sound. He changed the tuba world a bit.

Can you please post the youtube link? Thank you.

Comparing the radio broadcasts to the commercial recordings of the era is especially eye opening. Someone made a CD for me from a tape of Hindemith recording, Mathis der Maler and Symphonic Metamorphosis. Visceral is the word that comes to mind. IMO, being in NYC during this time, the Masur recordings don’t compare to the live concerts; I’ve never been the hugest fan of the TELDEC mixes. More vibrant sounding in the hall vs the CD.

hbcrandy wrote:

ren wrote:when I was in school everyone EVERYONE had the tape of him playing excerpts with his old brass section at a conference after winning the NY Phil job. The tape is up on youtube,
The execution was spotty but Warren was a very unique player, in terms of his sound. He changed the tuba world a bit.

Can you please post the youtube link? Thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... GnLPo11jX-" target="_blank

My favorite orchestral recording of Warren's is the Planets with NY Phil under Mehta. Fantastic tuba playing.

https://www.amazon.com/Holst-Planets/dp/B000009IM6

There was a Teldec release in the 90's with a live Prokofiev 5 with Kurt Masur. He was miked very well and just sounded amazing.
I feel like I heard him do a nice Bydlo on recording, but I don't remember which recording specifically.

My favorite may be the Gerhard Meinl Sextet recording with Pilafian, Sass, etc. He sounded awesome on that.



DanB

jtuba wrote:Comparing the radio broadcasts to the commercial recordings of the era is especially eye opening. Someone made a CD for me from a tape of Hindemith recording, Mathis der Maler and Symphonic Metamorphosis. Visceral is the word that comes to mind. IMO, being in NYC during this time, the Masur recordings don’t compare to the live concerts; I’ve never been the hugest fan of the TELDEC mixes. More vibrant sounding in the hall vs the CD.

I totally agree with this. The recording of Franck d Minor sounds like the low brass is in the next room. Not sure if it was the recording engineers or the conductor. Apparently Masur was always giving them "the hand." Warren said once that Masur asked him to play something softer, so he faked playing and just put the mouthpiece up to his lips but did not play at all. Masur said it was still too loud, so Warren had to embarrass him in front of the orchestra by telling him he didn't play that time.