Your top 5 Tuba CD

[jwjeffrey]

Going to add a couple that are not on CD (but should be).

Robert LeBlanc: Tuba Solos---one of my favorite recordings. This is a rare recording if any of you want it, I posted a link below. I really enjoy listening to this early recording, and is almost a live recording with amazing musicality. Also, it has the complete recording of the Beversdorf Sonata---which I am not sure has been released with all 3 movements (making this a great reference).

http://classicvinyl.com/20th-century/ro ... aker-piano" target="_blank" target="_blank


Michael Thornton: The Sound of a Tuba--another one of my influential recordings done around 1980 by the late Michael Thornton. The Proto 4 seasons is an interesting piece, and the Beethoven and Elgar are exceptional recordings of the pieces. Mike was an amazing performer who recently passed away, and I wish in honor of him that someone would release this great recording on CD.

I was going thru my L.P Collection this morning to see of I had the Tuba Polka on one of my 8 Canadian Brass L.P's which I didn't and found the Robert LeBlanc: Tuba Solos L.P. in my collection,go figure.I'll have to give it a listen when I get home from work,also found Roger Bobo Prunes L.P. I really like the duet he did on the Bass Horn that was made for him with another French Horn Player.

[MikeMason]

Pat Sheridan -bon bons and lollipops
Gene Pokorny- tuba tracks and orchestral excerpts
Sam Pilafian-any early empire brass and any travelin light
Bobissimo
Bootleg recording of Warren Deck orchestral excerpts w section

[T. J. Ricer]

Melton tuba sextet with warren deck et al.

Most tuba recordings are great for listening to from an academic standpoint.
A very few other tuba recordings are "fun" to listen to.
This is one of the rare discs that is both - a "who's who" of tuba players in 1992 performing impeccably in a wide variety of styles. This is becoming harder to find, and I would strongly recommend any serious tuba player to acquire one.
http://www.amazon.com/Tuba-Six-Musical- ... B000002SKB

I don't know how I forgot to put that in my 5 most influential CDs growing up! Maybe my very favorite on in high school! Thanks for the reminder, I'm listening to it right now!

--T. J.

[TexTuba]

Arnold Jacobs: Portrait of an Artist
Sam Pilafian: Travelin' Light
Øystein Baadsvik: Tuba Carnival
John Fletcher: RVW Concerto with LSO/Previn
Warren Deck: Prokofiev 5 with NYP/Masur (Don't tell me that's NOT a tuba CD!)

[hubert]

Anyway Michael Lind and Walter Hilgers.
Hubert

[Tubadude999]

I have an Alan Baer CD that I got from a master class last year. Can't remember what it's called but I will try to find out.

[LARSONTUBA]

Personal all time top 5:

Toby Hanks - Sampler
Oren Marshall - Introduction to the Story of Speedy Sponda
Pelbo - Days of Transcendence
Eugene Dowling - The English Tuba
Jukka Myllys and Petri Keskitalo - Tubhonium Sketches

Honorable mentions:
Oystein Baadsvik - all, especially Tuba Carnival and 20th Century Concertos
Roger Bobo - all
Ben Pierce - all, especially Wheels of Life
Paul Droste - Complete Recordings
Michael Lind - all
Jens Bjorn-Larsen - not much recorded, but what exists is unreal
Perry Hoogendijk - Quicksilver
Michael Vogt - Tuba Intim, Argonautika

[MacedoniaTuba]

Jim Self and Hollywood Tuba 12 (Christmas songs arranged for tubas and euphoniums) Thanks Mr. Dave for giving mi this amazing CD,probably the best I've ever heard.
Gene Pokorny - Tuba Tracks and the Orchestral Excerpts CD(OMG, what a playing)
Lollipops (is this a real life?)

[pjdicris]

Warren Deck: Prokofiev 5 with NYP/Masur

Is this the Prokofiev 5 from the Deck Special?