Leningrad Philharmonic/ Mravinsky years

ZNC Dandy · Post by **ZNC Dandy** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:45 pm

Anyone know who the fantastic tuba player was during the Mravinsky years with the Leningrad Philharmonic? This guy was a fantastic player. Also interested to know who the bass trombone player was? Especially around the 60's and 70's. This is rapidly becoming my favorite orchestra to listen to. What sound and precision and fantastic music making. If anyone has not heard the Tchaik 4,5,6 get it now. The last Mvt. of 4 will make your head spin. Its so fast it has to be heard to be believed. And you hear every single note. Also, the groups dynamics are unbelieveable. The can be very delicate at ppp and when it comes to big and loud in some of the Tchaik or Shostakovich symphonies it will make your ears bleed. Pick up any recordings you can.

ZNC Dandy · Post by **ZNC Dandy** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:08 pm

Nevermind. Found the info on my own. For those that are curious the tubists were, from 1938-1970 Nikolai A. Kouivanen. From 1970-??? it was Valentin V. Galouzine. Each one of these guys is fantastic and well worth listening to. Check out the Leningrad Philharmonic/Mariss Jansons recording of Prokofiev 5 from 1988 on Chandos. WOW. I am still wondering about the bass trombone player though.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:41 am

The Soviets were pretty good about keeping tabs on anybody who played in their orchestras. While this served, more or less, as a political tool then, today what these records tell us is a matter of history.