Nice Bass Line Sound

[Ace]

http://www.tema.ru:8083/rrr/music/index.html

From our Russian colleagues comes a nice bass sound on one of the most beautiful and musical of all the world's anthems.

Click on the above link, then click the first anthem on the list. (I got best playback in the 28800s column.)

[Chuck(G)]

http://www.tema.ru:8083/rrr/music/index.html

From our Russian colleagues comes a nice bass sound on one of the most beautiful and musical of all the world's anthems.

Click on the above link, then click the first anthem on the list. (I got best playback in the 28800s column.)

I remember that after the breakup of the USSR, Russia adopted for a short time a miserable "new" anthem. Fortunately, they came to their senses and reinstated the more musical "old" one.

Thanks for the link! I'm not familiar with some of the anthems of the lesser SSR's. I really like the ones for Moldova, Kyrgyz and Armenia. The one for Turkmenistan is kind of hard to make out, since the only stream available seems to be the 28.8K one.

[Ace]

Wow, you must read Russian, Chuck.

I couldn't figure out what Soviet Socialist Republic each entry was for. I did recognize the first one because it was the official anthem of the entire USSR, then later for Russia.

Glad you enjoyed the site. Here's a similar link:

http://www.funet.fi/pub/culture/russian ... oviet.html

[Chuck(G)]

Wow, you must read Russian, Chuck.

I couldn't figure out what Soviet Socialist Republic each entry was for. I did recognize the first one because it was the official anthem of the entire USSR, then later for Russia.

Glad you enjoyed the site. Here's a similar link:

http://www.funet.fi/pub/culture/russian ... oviet.html

Thanks, I'm familiar with that site. Some years go, I started arranging national anthems for quintet and the Russian anthem was one that I did. If you'd like a copy of the score and parts, just PM and I'll email PDFs. I used Alexandrov's original piano version, so I think it's pretty close to the real thing.

[Anterux]

As you know I am not American nor Russian.

This anthem would be, musicaly, one of my favourites too.

But I cant like it... Maybe because of the politics it once represented...

O dont know. Strange feeling.

[tubeast]

This isn´t an anthem neither, but I think "Der Traum des Oenghus" by Rolf Rudin, written for concert band, certainly is a piece to look at.
We did that one in last year´s main concert of the community band.
Tons of air needed, musical playing required, dialogue with other sections encouraged, lots of emotion included.

We performed in the village´s church (a 1970 building VERY suitable for concerts) with great success.
When the piece finished, there were maybe five seconds of silence, then applause started.
Loved the piece.

[Dean E]

From our Russian colleagues comes a nice bass sound on one of the most beautiful and musical of all the world's anthems.

Outstanding, even on my office computer's 1.5 inch speakers.

The "projection" topic recently discussed on this forum is nicely illustrated. Tubas are the foundation, and do not merely blend. They prevail.

I wonder about the models and numbers of tubas (the indicated copyrights are 1970-80).

[Ace]

Dean,

I also have wondered what tubas the Russians used on these recordings. My guess would be Cerveny tubas because of the proximity of the Cerveny factory at Hradec Kralove near the border with Poland and well east of the Amati plant.

http://www.amati.cz/english/company/mapacz.htm

Also, another possibility might be St. Pete's. Were St. Pete's made in the 1970's and 80's?

Some BBS members who have actually travelled to Europe or done business there (e.g., Charlie Krause, Lee Stofer) might have a factual perspective on what tubas the Russians have used in the past.

[Chuck(G)]

I also have wondered what tubas the Russians used on these recordings. My guess would be Cerveny tubas because of the proximity of the Cerveny factory at Hradec Kralove near the border with Poland and well east of the Amati plant.

Some years ago, the Irkutsk Philharmonic (one of our "sister cities") came to town for a concert The tuba player was very proud of Cerveny Kaiser BBb, but I don't recall what exact model it was.