CRYSTAL RECORDS  -  Tuba Recordings (Euphonium see C393 below)

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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 ORDER NOW


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Bach Sonata in Eb:  Mvt 1(Allegro)   Mvt 2(Siciliano)  Mvt 3(Allegro)   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 NOW    Click here for CD cover photo and details.

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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-DancingEffie-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

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.   UPC 00941473952-0
    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) ORDER NOW

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Stevens: Dances   Telemann Fantasy:  Mvt 1(Grave)   Mvt 2(Vivace)   Mvt 3(Adagio)   Mvt 4(Allegro)

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.   UPC  00941473962-9 ORDER NOW    Click here for CD cover photo and details.

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Morning Song      Westwood Song      Yellow BirdSonoro      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 NOW    Click here for CD cover photo and details.
            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: Bōz

CD420:  THE TUBADOURS.  Disneyland's favorite tuba quartet!  18 classical favorites & 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, and more. UPC 00941474202-5 ORDER NOW

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March of the Toys    March of the Toy Soldiers   Fledermaus Waltz   Barnum & Bailey    When Tubas Waltz

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 NOW  Click here for CD cover photo and details.

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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 w/Vermont Symphony & is new release editor with T.U.B.A. Journal.   "superb tuba player",   Fanfare   UPC 00941476912-1 ORDER NOW

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Cummings Fantasia Breve:  Mvt 1(Allegro)  Mvt 2(Larghetto)  Mvt 3(Molto allegro)   Persichetti:  Parable   Corwell: Reveries

CD692: Velvet!  VELVET BROWN, TUBA.Jacques Castéréde, 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 NOW    Click here for CD cover photo and details.

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Casterede Sonatine:  Mvt 1(Defile)   Mvt 2(Serenade)  Mvt 3(Final)   Stevens: Salve Venere   Handel:  As When The Dove

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.  UPC 00941476932-9 ORDER NOW    Click here for CD cover photo and details.

 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 & 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 NOW    Click here for CD cover photo and details.

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

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   009414712547 Cassette ORDER NOW 

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   009414712646   Cassette   ORDER NOW

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.   009414739148   Cassette ORDER NOW

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.    009414739247   Cassette ORDER NOW

C393:  BRIAN BOWMAN, EUPHONIUM.  Samuel Adler, Four Dialogs; Ross, Partita; Capuzzi, Andante & Rondo; Boda, Sonatina.  w/Gordon Stout, marimba; Marjorie Lee, piano.   009414739346  (At the present time, this is our only Euphonium recording, but it is a good one.)  cassette only ORDER NOW

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  009414739643  Cassette  ORDER NOW

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.   009414742148 cassette ORDER NOW

C422:  MIGHTY TUBADOURS MERRY CHRISTMAS ALBUM.     Traditional Christmas melodies and classical favorites played by America's favorite tuba quartet.   also available on CD420   009414742247 Cassette ORDER NOW

C691:  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 w/Vermont Symphony & is new release editor with T.U.B.A. Journal.   "superb tuba player",   Fanfare   UPC 00941476914-5 Cassette ORDER NOW
 
 
 

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