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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 Chronicle UPC 00941471202-8 
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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; Wm. Kraft, Encounters II; Wilder, Effie the Elephant and Tuba Encore
Piece; Lazarof, Cadence VI for Tuba and Tape; Robt. 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. UPC 00941471252-3 ORDER
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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-Dancing Effie-in
Love Effie-Folk
dancing Effie-Chases
Monkey Effie-Sings Effie-Carnival Kraft:Encounters
II Spillman Songs:
Mvt
1(Andante) Mvt
2(Allegro) Lazarof: Cadence
VI Wilder: Tuba
Encore
CD221: TUBBY’S REVENGE. New York Tuba Quartet & New York
Brass Quintet. UPC 009414722126. 
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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.” (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, resp.
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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 
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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
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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, EUPHONIUM. UPC 00941473932-2. ORDER
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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.
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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: TOBY HANKS, TUBA. (The CD
is entitled Sampler ) 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.
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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. UPC 00941473982-7 ORDER
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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. ORDER
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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
Comedian's
Galop Bagatelle Mood
Indigo Satin
Doll Too
Fat Polka Eine
Kleine Nachtmusik Oh
Little Town of Bethlehem
Hail
to the Lord's Annointed March
of the Kings
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. Bobo was for 25 years tuba with the Los Angeles Phil.
"great tuba recording by legendary virtuoso Roger Bobo. Remarkably
musical & technically amazing."
In-Tune. UPC 00941476902-2 ORDER
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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: ORDER
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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
Cast_(c)r_(c)de, 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; Four Negro
Spirituals. "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. With Roberto Arosio, piano. UPC 00941476922-0 ORDER
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Casterede Sonatine: Mvt
1(Defile) Mvt
2(Serenade) Mvt
3(Final) Stevens: Salve
Venere Handel: As
When The Dove Koetsier: Concertino
Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Broughton: Sonata Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Clarke: Stars
in a Velvety Sky Deep
River The
Gospel Train Sometime
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 Sacr_(c)e (tuba and
piano). With Roberto Arosio, piano; and Neal Corwell,
euphonium. UPC 00941476932-9 ORDER
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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
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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 & 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. UPC
00941476942-8 ORDER
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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 prot_(c)g_(c) of the legendary Roger
Bobo, she is an international soloist and associate professor of tuba and
euphonium at
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. UPC 00941476952-7. ORDER NOW
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.
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movement shown. Pilafian: 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
Cassettes:
C120:
FLOYD COOLEY, TUBA. J.S. Bach: Sonata in Eb (trans. Cooley); Brahms: Vier Ernster Gesang
(trans. Williams);
Earl Zindars: Trigon;
Armand Russell: Suite
Concertante (for tuba & wind quintet).
Cooley is tuba player with San Francisco Symphony. also available on CD120 009414712042 Cassette ORDER NOW
C125: ROGER BOBO & TUBA Play
Hindemith: Tuba Sonata; Alec Wilder: Effie
the Elephant;
William Kraft:
Encounters II;
Galliard: Sonata #5;
Barat: Introduction
& Dance. also
available on CD125
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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.
see also CD396
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C391: ON TUBA: BART CUMMINGS.
Walter Ross: Piltdown
Fragments for tuba & tape;
Marilyn Ziffrin: Four
Pieces; Fredrick
Zinos: Elegy for tuba
& piano; Jae
Eun Ha: Three Pieces. with Mary Jane
Moore, piano.
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C392: BOTUBA. Roger Bobo, Tuba. Verne
Reynolds: Signals for
trumpet, tuba, & brass choir (w/Thomas Stevens, trumpet); Lazarof: Cadence VI; Spillman, Two Songs
(w/Ralph Grierson, piano);
Kraft, Encounters II;
Thomas Stevens, Encore Boz;
Wilder, Tuba Encore
Piece.
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C393: BRIAN BOWMAN, EUPHONIUM. Samuel Adler, Four Dialogs;
Ross, Partita; Capuzzi, Andante & Rondo; Boda, Sonatina. w/Gordon Stout, marimba;
Marjorie Lee, piano.
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present time, this is our only Euphonium recording, but it is a good one.) Cassette ORDER
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C396: GRAVITY IS LIGHT TODAY. Roger
Bobo, Tuba. Roger
Kellaway: The Morning Song & The Westwood Song; Fred Tackett: The Yellow Bird. (jazz tuba)
with Fred Tackett, guitar;
Roger Kellaway &
Ralph Grierson, piano;
Skip Mosher, bass; Ray
Rich, drums. Also
available on CD396
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C421: THE TUBADOURS. ORDER NOW
C422: MIGHTY TUBADOURS MERRY CHRISTMAS ALBUM. Traditional
Christmas melodies and classical favorites played by ORDER NOW
C691: MARK NELSON, TUBA: ORDER NOW
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