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CD120: THE ROMANTIC TUBA, Floyd Cooley. J.S. Bach: Sonata in Eb; Brahms: Vier
Ernste Gesange; Earl Zindars: Trigon; Armand Russell: Suite Concertante. Cooley
has been solo tuba with the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years. "Cooley’s
virtuosity and suppleness ...is to be heard and maybe even then, not to be
believed," San Francisco
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Bach Sonata in Eb:
Mvt 1(Allegro)
Mvt 2(Siciliano)
Mvt 3Allegro)
Brahms: Mvt 1(Denn es gehet) Mvt 2(Ich wandte) Mvt 3 (O Tod, O Tod, Wie Bitter) Mvt 4 (Wenn Ich Mitt Menschen)
Zindars: Trigon Meditative
And Sustained Allegro Chorale Russell: Suite Concertante Capriccio Ballade Scherzo Burlesca
CD125: BOBISSIMO - Roger Bobo, Tuba. Hindemith: Tuba Sonata; Galliard, Sonata No. 5; 
Barat:
Introduction and Dance; William Kraft: Encounters II; Wilder: Effie the
Elephant and Tuba Encore Piece; Lazarof: Cadence VI for Tuba and Tape; Robert
Spillman: Two Songs. With Ralph Grierson, piano. Bobo was tuba with Los Angeles
Philharmonic for 25 years “The Heifetz of the Tuba. Astonishing
performance.” Stereo Review
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Galliard Sonata: Mvt 1(Adagio)
Mvt 2(Allegro) Mvt 3(Alla
Siciliano) Mvt 4(Allegro) Barat: Intro. and Dance
Hindemith Sonata: Mvt 1(Allegro)
Mvt 2(Allegro)
Mvt 3(Variationen) Wilder Children's Suite: Effie Takes a
Dancing Lesson Effie Falls in
Love Effie Goes Folk
Dancing Effie Chases a
Monkey Effie Sings a
Lullaby Effie Joins a
Carnival Kraft:Encounters II
Spillman Two Songs: Mvt 1 Andante(Andante)
Mvt 2(Allegro) Lazarof: Cadence VI
Wilder: Tuba Encore
CD221: TUBBY’S
REVENGE. New York Tuba Quartet & New York Brass Quintet.
N.Y. Tuba Quartet: Gunther Schuller: Five Moods for Tuba Quartet; George Heussenstamm: Tubafour; Henry Purcell: Allegro and Air; Walter Ross: Fancy Dances for Three Bass Tubas; John Stevens: Music 4 Tubas; Charlie Parker: Au Privave; N.Y. Brass Quintet: Vincent Persichetti: Parable for Brass Quintet; Jan Bach: Laudes.
The New York Tuba Quartet,
formed in 1973, consisted of some of the top tubists in New York City: Toby
Hanks, Stephen Johns, Tony Price, Sam Palafian. The
New York Brass Quintet, formed in 1954 and in existence for over 30 years, was
called “the homogenized cream of wind ensembles” by the Chicago Tribune.
Robert Nagel and Allen Dean, trumpets; Paul Ingraham, horn; John Swallow,
trombone; Toby Hanks, tuba. This CD is derived from two critically acclaimed
LPs released in 1976 and 1978, respectively. UPC 009414722126 
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Schuller:
Five Moods for Tuba Quartet Mvmt I Mvmt II Mvmt III Mvmt IV Heussenstamm: Tubafour Purcell: Allegro and Air Ross: Fancy
Dances Galop Sarabande Saltarello Stevens:
Music 4 Tubas Lively Chorale Rock Parker: Au Privave Persichetti: Parable for Brass
Quintet Bach Laudes Reveille Scherzo Cantilena Volta
CD383: THE BIG TROMBONE. Jeffrey Reynolds, Bass Trombone; and STERLING BRASS,
Daniel Perantoni, Tuba; David Hickman, Trumpet.
The Big Trombone – Galliard: Sonata No. 1 for bass trombone and piano
(with Zita Carno piano); Gregory Kosteck:
Concert Music for unaccompanied bass trombone; Donal Michalsky: Fantasia a due for horn and bass trombone (with
Robert Henderson, horn); Patrick McCarty: Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano
(with Zita Carno, piano); Walter Hartley: Sonata
Breve for unaccompanied bass trombone; Orlando Di Lasso: Susannse
un Jour for bass trombone and vocal ensemble.
Sterling Brass: Morgan Powell: Midnight Realities and Transition
(tuba with the Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players); Glenn Hackbarth: Double Concerto (trumpet and tuba with the
Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players). This compact disc is a combination of
two albums originally released as LPs S383 and S394. The Big Trombone features
Jeffrey Reynolds, who was bass trombonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for
40 years. Sterling Brass features Daniel Perantoni,
tuba, and David Hickman, trumpet. Both were founding members of Summit Brass, and are international soloists. Perantoni
and Hickman teach at Indiana University and Arizona State University,
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Galliard, Sonata no 1 for Bassoon Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3 Mvt 4 Mvt 5 Kosteck, Concert
Music Michalsky,
Fantasia McCarty, Sonata Mvt 1 Mvt 2
Hartley, Sonata Breve Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Di
Lasso, Susanne
un Jour Powell, Midnight
Realities and Transition Hackbarth, Double
Concerto Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3
CD393: THE FIRST CARNEGIE HALL EUPHONIUM RECITAL.
BRIAN BOWMAN
Antonio Capuzzi: Andante and Rondo; Arthur Frackenpohl: Sonata for Euphonium and Piano; Walter Ross: Partita for Euphonium and Piano; Samuel Adler: Four Dialogs for Euphonium and Marimba; John Boda: Sonatina for Euphonium and Synthesizer; Erman Picchi: Fantasia Originale.
Marjorie Lee, Piano; Steven Harlos, Piano; Gordon Stout, Marimba.
Internationally-acclaimed soloist
Brian Bowman presented the first-ever Euphonium recital at Carnegie Hall. This
is the program that was performed on that recital. Bowman has been principal
euphonium with the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C., and is now
euphonium professor at North Texas University. He is acknowledged by many to
be the best euphonium player in the world. UPC
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Capuzzi: Andante
and Rondo Frackenpohl:
Sonata Moderately
Fast Slowly Fast Ross: Partita Toccata Pastorale Furiant Adler:
Four Dialogs Quite
Slowly Fast
and Humorous Slowly
and rather lazily Fast
with a happy spirit Boda: Sonatina Picchi: Fantasia
Originale
CD395: SAMPLER. TOBY HANKS,
TUBA. Telemann: Fantasy in C Minor
(from flute 
sonata);
Hindemith: Three Easy Pieces; John Stevens: Dances; Tomasi:
To Be or Not To Be; Alec Wilder: Elegy for the Whale; David Reck: Five Studies
for Tuba Alone; Tom Fay: Some Music; Herbert L. Clarke: From the Shores of the
Mighty Pacific; Frederick Hand: Toby & Lynn.
Hanks is assisted by the New York Tuba
Quartet: Gary Kirkpatrick, piano; David Pearl, piano; Frederick Hand, guitar;
and Theo Saunders, piano.
Toby Hanks, tuba player with the New York
City Ballet, the New York Brass Quintet, and the New York Tuba Quartet, "is
a marvelously adept player. The music is cleverly designed to show off the
instrument’s surprising capacity for gentle lyricism, sinister mystery,
expressive nobility, and earthly humor." Peter G. Davis, New York Times
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Stevens: Dances Telemann Fantasy: Mvt 1(Grave)
Mvt 2(Vivace)
Mvt 3(Adagio)
Mvt 4(Allegro) Hindemith: Three Easy Pieces Moderately
Fast Slow Lively Tomasi: To
Be or Not to Be Wilder: Elegy
for the Whale Reck: Five
Studies Fay: Some
Music Clarke: From
the Shores of the Mighty Pacific Hand:
Take
One Take
Two
CD396: GRAVITY
IS LIGHT TODAY.
Roger Bobo, Tuba and Bass Horn, with Frøydis Ree Wekre, Horn. Roger Kellaway, Piano, and Jazz Ensemble. Roger Kellaway: The Morning Song, The Westwood Song, Sonoro, Dance of the Ocean Breeze; Fred Tackett: The Yellow
Bird. With Fred Tackett, guitar; Ralph Grierson, piano; Skip Mosher, bass; Ray
Rich, drums. Bobo is "the Heifetz of the Tuba," says Stereo
Review. He was for 25 years solo tuba with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This
recording shows what jazz tuba can do.
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Morning Song Westwood Song Yellow Bird Sonoro Dance of the Ocean Breeze
CD398: RAINBO-BO; The Man With the
Golden Tuba - Roger Bobo. J.S. Bach:
Air from Suite No. 3 (Air on the G string); Franz Schubert: Ständchen
(Serenade); Meyer Kupferman: Saturnalis;
Morton Subotnick: The First Dream of Light; Thomas Stevens: Encore Bōz.
Roger Bobo’s solo recordings on Crystal
Records have been a sensation, eliciting comments like “The Heifetz of the
tuba…astonishing performance.” Stereo Review
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Bach: Air Schubert: Ständchen Kupferman: Saturnalis
Subotnick: The
First Dream of Light Stevens:
Encore:
Boz
CD420: THE TUBADOURS - Disneyland's favorite tuba quartet! 18 classical favorites and 17 Christmas traditionals. Includes Nutcracker, Fledermaus Waltz, March
of the Toys, Mouret Rondo, Bach Fugue, Comedians'
Galop, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Too Fat Polka, Mood
Indigo, Satin Doll, Barnum &
Bailey's Favorite March, Down by the Old Mill Stream, March of Marionettes,
Come Dearest, Jingle Bells, God Rest Ye, First Noel, O Little Town of
Bethlehem, O Tannenbaum, Away in a Manger, Il Est Ne, We Three Kings, O Come
Emmanuel, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Good King Wenceslas, Coventry Carol,
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March
of the Toys March
of the Toy Soldiers Fledermaus
Waltz Barnum
& Bailey When
Tubas Waltz Rondeau Down
By the Old Mill Stream Dance
of the Reed Pipes March
of the Marionettes Fugue
in G Minor Come
Dearest, the Daylight is Gone Comedians’
Galop Bagatelle Mood
Indigo Satin
Doll Too
Fat Polka Eine Kleine Nachtmusik O
Little Town of Bethlehem Hail
to the Lord's Annointed March
of the Kings/O Come Little Children We
Three Kings Away
in a Manger Good
King Wenceslas Von
Himmel Hoch The
Cloucester Wassail Song O
Come Emmanuel Coventry_Carol O
Tannenbaum Break
Forth O Beauteous Light It
Came Upon A Midnight Clear God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen The
First Noel O Sanctissimus Jingle
Bells Waltz March-Overture
from The Nutcracker
CD690: ROGER BOBO, TUBA LIBERA.
John Stevens: The Liberation of Sisyphus;
Tom Stevens: Variations in Olden Style; Shostakovich: Adagio from "The
Limpid Stream"; Anthony Plog: 3 Miniatures (tuba
& Piano); Krzysztof Penderecki: Capriccio (solo tuba); Trygve Madsen:
Sonata (tuba,piano); Ionel
Dumitru: Romanien Dance No. 2; Arban:
Carnival of Venice.
For 25 years Bobo was tuba with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic. "...great tuba recording by legendary virtuoso Roger
Bobo. Remarkably musical & technically amazing." In-Tune
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J. Stevens: Sisyphus T. Stevens: Variations Shostakovich: Adagio Plog
Miniatures: Mvt 1(Allegro)
Mvt 2(Freely)
Mvt 3(Allegro)
Penderecki: Capriccio Madsen Sonata: Mvt 1(Andante)
Mvt 2(Allegro)
Mvt 3(Allegro)
Dumitru: Romanien Dance
Arban: Carnival
of Venice
CD691: MARK NELSON, TUBA. New England Reveries. Vincent Persichetti: Parable for Solo Tuba; Barton
Cummings: Fantasia Breve; Neal Corwell: New England
Reveries; Walter Ross: Escher’s Sketches; Louis Calabro: Sonata-Fantasia. With Sylvia Parker, piano.
Nelson was solo tuba with the Vermont
Symphony and is new release editor with T.U.B.A. Journal. "...superb tuba player." Fanfare UPC
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Cummings Fantasia Breve: Mvt 1(Allegro)
Mvt 2(Larghetto)Mvt
3(Molto allegro)
Persichetti: Parable Corwell: Reveries Escher’s Sketches: Rippled
Surface Metamorphoses
II Cycle Magic
Mirror Metamorphoses
I Calabro: Sonata Mvt 1 Mvt 2 Mvt 3
CD692: VELVET! Velvet Brown, Tuba. Jacques Castérède: Sonatine pour Tuba et Piano; John Stevens: Salve Venere,
Salve Marte; G.F. Handel: As When the Dove; Jan Koetsier: Concertino for Tuba; Bruce Broughton: Tuba
Sonata; H. L. Clarke: Stars in a Velvety Sky (arr. Velvet Brown); Four Negro
Spirituals (arr. Velvet Brown). With Roberto Arosio,
piano. UPC
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"...a very good, very inspiring recording." Gene Pokorny, tuba, Chicago Symphony. "This
recording signals the arrival of a major new virtuoso in the world of brass
performance." Sam Palafian.
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Casterede Sonatine: Mvt.1 Defile Mvt. 2 Serenade
Mvt. 3 Final
Stevens: Salve
Venere, Salve Marte Handel:
As
When The Dove Koetsier: Concertino
Mvt. 1 Allegro con brio Mvt. 2 Romanza a Scherzino Mvt. 3 Rondo Bavarese Broughton: Sonata Mvt. 1 Allegro Moderato Mvt. 2 Aria Mvt. 3 Allegro Leggero
Clarke: Stars
in a Velvety Sky Four Negro Spirituals Deep
River The
Gospel Train Sometime
I Feel Like a Motherless Child Joshua
Fought the Battle of Jerico
BONUS:
entire spirituals The
Gospel Train Sometimes
I Feel Like A Motherless Child Joshua
Fought The Battle Of Jerico
CD693: MUSIC FOR VELVET. Velvet Brown, Tuba. Eric Ewazen: Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Verne Reynolds: Sonata
for Tuba and Piano; Neal Corwell: 2 AM; Velvet Brown:
Te Dago Mi (tuba, euphonium, and piano); Faye-Ellen
Silverman: Zigzags for Solo Tuba; Alice Gomez: Bonampak (tuba and piano); Henri
Tomasi: Danse Sacrée (tuba
and piano).
With Roberto Arosio,
piano; and Neal Corwell, euphonium.
Velvet Brown, an international
soloist, "is a very expressive player whose tone is focussed
yet robust and lively in all registers." American Record Guide. She
teaches at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Ewazen Sonata: Mvt 1(Andante con moto) Mvt 2(Andante espressivo) Mvt 3(Allegro ritmico) Reynolds Sonata: Mvt 1(Moderately fast) Mvt 2(Slow) Mvt 3(Variations)
Corwell: 2
AM Brown: Te Dago Mi
Silverman: Zigzags Gomez: Bonampak Tomasi: Dance
Sacree
CD694: PERSPECTIVES – Sound and Rhythm. Velvet Brown, Tuba. James A. Beckel, Jr.: Concerto for Tuba
& Percussion; Alice Gomez: Latin Jazz Suite; Franz Cibulka:
Digression Nr. 5; Roland Szentpáli: Dance Movements; Alice Gomez: High-Life. With Chris Buzzelli, electric and
bass guitar; and percussionists Jimmy Finnie, Roger Schupp, Laszlo Toth, and
Rick Willis.
Exploring the fascinating sounds of tuba with percussion ensemble, this is
Velvet Brown’s third Crystal CD. She is quickly becoming one of the best-known
tuba players in the world. A protégé of the legendary Roger Bobo, she is an
international soloist and associate professor of tuba and euphonium at
Pennsylvania State University.
This is a spectacular album
with some invigorating sounds. It is rare to hear such fine tuba playing and
rarer still to hear the tuba with such stimulating percussion, played by some
of the best players anywhere.
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Beckel: Concerto Mvt. 1 Mvt. 2 Mvt. 3: Gomez: Latin Jazz Suite Guaguanco Bolero Mambo-cha Afro-Cuban Cubop Cibulka:
Digression Nr. 5 Mvt. 1 Mvt. 2 Mvt. 3 Szentpáli: Dance
Movements Gomez: High-Life
CD695: INSIDE OUT. Tom McCaslin, Tuba. Frank Zappa:
Outside Now Again (unaccompanied tuba); Sam Pilafian:
Relentless Grooves II (tuba and prerecorded accompaniment); Jorge Salgueiro: Concerto for Tuba (tuba and piano); Juraj Filas: Sonate
(tuba and piano); Francois Thullier: Rebellion
(unaccompanied tuba); Elizabeth Raum: Tribute (tuba
and piano). With Gail Novak, Piano.
The legendary tuba virtuoso Roger Bobo called Tom
McCaslin “a great tubist” and wrote that “the repertoire on this CD
is the most interesting that there’s been in a very long time. The CD is a
winner. I predict it will be a big seller.” McCaslin has performed with the
Auckland Philharmonia, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit
Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, and Boston Symphony Orchestra. He has presented
recitals worldwide, and is currently Professor of Tuba
and Euphonium at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. UPC
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Relentless Grooves II: Armenia Mvt 1
Liberation Mvt 2
Identity Mvt 3
Lament Mvt 4 Kef
Time Salgueiro:
cONCERTO fOR tUBA Mvt 1 dEPTHS Mvt 2 bEATING Mvt 3 cADENZA Mvt 4 fANTASY Mvt 5 fIREWORKS
Zappa: Outside Now Again Mvt 1 Original Mvt 2 With Effects Filas: Sonate Mvt 1
Moderato Mvt 2
Allegro agitato Thuillier: Rebellion Raum: Tribute
PS101: SONATA. Toby Hanks, Tuba.
Castérède: Sonatine for Tuba and Piano; William Schmidt: Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Alec Wilder: Elegy for the Whale; Koetsier: Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Schumann: Adagio and Allegro; Pisciotta: Sonata for Tuba and Piano.
Toby Hanks was tubaist with the New York Brass Quintet for nearly 40 years. He was tubaist with the New York City Ballet Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra. Before that, he played with the San Antonio, Puerto Rico, and Minneapolis Symphonies. He was a long-time teacher at the Manhattan School of Music, Yale University, and the New England Conservatory.
This CD is on the Planesong label, originally released in 1996. It is now
exclusively distributed by Crystal Records. “Throughout the recording Hanks displays
formidable technique and range, and a relaxed, singing quality of tone. Perhaps
better known in recent years for his teaching, this recording is a reminder of
what a virtuoso performer Toby Hanks remained until his retirement.” Frank Gazda, International Trombone Association Journal, April
2014
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Casterede: Sonatine Defile Serenade Final Schmidt: Sonata Moderately Slowly Moderately
Fast Wilder: Elegy
for the Whale Koetsier: Sonatina Allegro Minuetto Allegro
Moderato Schumann: Adagio Allegro Pisciotta:
Sonata Allegro Sostenuto Vivace
Cassettes (these are being liquidated and are in limited supply):
C126: PRUNES, with Froydis Ree Wekre, Horn; Roger Bobo, Tuba & Bass Horn. J.S. Bach: Air for G-String; Sinigaglia: Song & Humoreske; Schubert: Serenade; Cui: Perpetual Motion; Roger Kellaway: Sonoro & Dance of the Ocean Breeze. Cassette 009414712646 see also CD396 To order cassettes, contact Crystal Records.
C421: THE TUBADOURS.
Disneyland's original ambulating tuba quartet.
March of the Toy Soldiers,
Fledermaus Waltz,
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,
Too Fat Polka,
Dance of Reed Pipes (Nutcracker),
March of the Marionettes,
Mood Indigo, etc. cassette
009414742148 see
CD420 To order cassettes, contact Crystal
Records.
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