Great work with an awesome tuba part

[AHynds]

If anyone is looking for a tuba-heavy orchestral work that is a little off the beaten path, I highly suggest Henry Brant's A Concord Symphony, an orchestration of Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60. There's a live recording by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and there's another recording from last year with the San Francisco Symphony. The second recording in particular has some pretty tasty tuba playing, and Jeff Anderson (I'm assuming) sounds great. I'll put links to the two recordings below. The San Francisco recording is available on Naxos, as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Ives-A-Co ... d+symphony

http://www.amazon.com/Ives-Concord-Symp ... d+symphony

P.S., while we're on the subject, another work with a great tuba part is Jonathan Harvey's Body Mandala. Here's a recording of the work with the commissioning group, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: http://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Harvey-M ... dy+mandala