If you had to pick a definitive VW recording...

chronolith · Post by **chronolith** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:28 pm

I have a few recordings of the VW concerto lying around (Dowling, Lind, Fletcher...). I know this concerto gets talked to death on Tubenet because it is overly pervasive to the literature - like playing "Stairway to Heaven" at the Guitar Center.

As such, I ask what is THE recording of this piece that every tuba player really should hear (note that I have already crossed the subjective line). Or to put it another way, for those of you who have several recordings of the piece - which one do you find yourself going back to most often? Suppose you had to recommend one to a young player who wants to learn the piece.

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:23 pm

Fletcher with LSO

Paul S · Post by **Paul S** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:19 am

For me it is always...
Michael Lind with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

tubapress · Post by **tubapress** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:13 am

Another vote for Fletrcher...hands down!

AndyCat · Post by **AndyCat** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:39 am

Fletcher for me too.

TexTuba · Post by **TexTuba** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:55 am

I've said it once and I'll say it again: Fletcher/LSO under Previn. Just sooooo beautiful. If you could ONLY afford one this would be the one to get.

Ralph

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:28 pm

chronolith wrote:I have a few recordings of the VW concerto lying around (Dowling, Lind, Fletcher...). I know this concerto gets talked to death on Tubenet because it is overly pervasive to the literature - like playing "Stairway to Heaven" at the Guitar Center.

As such, I ask what is THE recording of this piece that every tuba player really should hear (note that I have already crossed the subjective line). Or to put it another way, for those of you who have several recordings of the piece - which one do you find yourself going back to most often? Suppose you had to recommend one to a young player who wants to learn the piece.

For me, the Fletcher is too beautiful and the Lind WAY too beautiful. Vaughan Williams had a wonderful dry humor and I think it shows in this music, when it's allowed to.

Thus, I like the Hans Nickel recording (Cantuballada, on the Valve-Hearts label and sold by World of Brass in the UK). The technique is there, but it has a sense of fun and playfulness that the Fletcher and Lind recordings lack.

Yup, that's about as subjective as it gets.

Rick "who would never suggest NOT having the Fletcher recording in the collection, but who keeps going back to the Nickel" Denney

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:35 pm

Fletch wins every time. Even without Shaq.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:16 pm

Julian Lloyd Webber; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, cond. Neville Marriner. (Philips 442 530 2PH)

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Fri May 20, 2005 8:02 am

My favourite is Fletcher.

I wouldn't mind hearing Lloyd Webber's version.
I thought that tuba-'cello transcriptions were always the other way round.

Mark E. Chachich · Post by **Mark E. Chachich** » Fri May 20, 2005 12:20 pm

Fletcher - LSO

Pete Link · Post by **Pete Link** » Sun May 22, 2005 1:48 pm

Sometime in the not too distant future there will be a new version out there for fans to enjoy. Floyd Cooley has plans to release a live performance w/ the SFS and Seji Ozawa conducting from the late 70's. This is a fantastic performance and worth the bucks if and when it makes it to the open market. If I remember correctly this would be the same Gronitz F he recorded his" Romantic Tuba" album on.

As for recordings already on the market, John Fletcher/LSO will get my vote as well for beauty of sound and line. Michael Lind's recording is also a favorite.

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If you had to pick a definitive VW recording...

If you had to pick a definitive VW recording...

Always Lind

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