CRYSTAL RECORDS Velvet Brown,
Tuba Recordings
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Velvet Brown 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.
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; Four Negro Spirituals. UPC 009414769220 BUY
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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. With Roberto Arosio, piano.
CD692 Sound samples (mp3 files) Click
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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. UPC 009414769329 BUY
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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 Bowling Green State
University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Sound samples (uses
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shown.
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: DanceSacree
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. UPC 009414769428 BUY
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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 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.
“Velvet Brown has
established herself as one of the premiere tuba soloists in the world” NACWPI Journal
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of
the movement shown.
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
CD696: VELVET BROWN, TUBA. Ron Stabinsky, Piano;
Amy Gilreath, Trumpet. UPC 009414769626. BUY
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Barbara
York,
How Beautiful; Roger Kellaway, Dr. Martin Luther King, In Memoriam;; John Stevens, Monument; Meyer
Kupferman, Sound Objects 1-3; Drew Bonner, Naptown.
Velvet Brown is an international
soloist, composer/arranger, chamber ensemble performer, recording artist,
conductor, orchestral player, and professor. This is her sixth solo CD (four on
Crystal Records). She has performed and taught in Europe, Scandinavia, Asia,
and North America. She is principal tubist with the New Hampshire Music Festival, and has been principal tuba with the River City
Brass, guest principal with the Lahti Philharmonic (Finland), Detroit Symphony,
and as substitute principal tubist with the St. Louis Symphony and Fort Wayne
Philharmonic. She is Music Professor at Pennsylvania State University and
Artist Faculty at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
“Velvet Brown is one
of the best tuba players anywhere.” (Fanfare) “a very expressive player whose tone is focused
yet robust and lively in all registers.” (American Record Guide
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York How Beautiful Kellaway
Dr. Martin Luther King, In Memoriam Part I Part II Part III Stevens
Monument (begin at
:32) Kupferman Sound Objects
Sound Objects #1 Sound Objects #2 Sound Objects #3 Bonner
Naptown
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