Whats the best recording of...

[davetubaking]

Persichetti's Symphony No 6 for Windband. There's so many of them?

[BVD Press]

If you are conducting it, listen to them all and then make your own interpretation. Listen on YouTube as well. The good, the bad and the ugly are all valuable!

[davetubaking]

No I'm not conducting it I'm looking for a CD so I can listen but there are dozens so I wanted some recommendations

[Highpitch]

Note to Davetubaking,

If you are able, try recording your tuba/euph ensembles using a pair of RCA 77DX mics.

They are a vintage ribbon velocity type, and give some of the best definition to brass instruments of any mic.

Keep them away from pianos and women, they make both sound funny.

I learned this tip from Doc Severinsen in a studio years ago.

Dennis

[davetubaking]

Well thanks for the advice Dennis but I don't have a tuba ensemble, not a live fleshy one, I only have the virtual VSL tuba players and they've already been recorded.

Has no one got a favourite recording of the persichetti?

[sffz]

Dave, I have several recordings. My favorite today is the USAF Tactical Air Command Band - Lowell Graham, Conductor - on their CD "Fireworks for Band". Other great performances on this CD are To Tame the Perilous Skies - Holsinger, Fantasies on a Theme by Hayden - Dello Joio, and Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini - Barnes. I believe it was recorded in 1990.

This is another fine recording and is commercially available.
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The performance by North Texas is excellent and is performed with wonderful clarity.

Randy