20th Century Tuba Concertos - Arutiunian, Lundquist, Williams, Vaughan Williams / Baadsvik, Et Al

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Not many instruments have a birthday - the tuba, however, does: the 12th September 1835. It is true that more or less similar instruments were already in existence, but it was on that day that a patent for the instrument was registered in Germany. By the second half of the century, with the operas of Richard Wagner, it had become an indispensable colour in the orchestra, and was later to play a significant role in works by such composers as Richard Strauss, Stravinsky and Prokofiev. Tuba concertos started to appear in the middle of the twentieth century, and finally gave lie to the cliché that the tuba was heavy, clumsy and incapable of playing fast. On this disc, the Norwegian tuba virtuoso Øystein Baadsvik explores some of these concertante works, including pieces by the Georgian composer Alexander Arutiunian and the Swedish composer Torbjörn Lundquist. The programme opens and closes with a Williams, however. Written in 1954, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Concerto for Bass Tuba was at first considered a last eccentricity of an aged composer, but with the passing of time it has become recognized as a classic.



Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: BIS-CD-1515


  • UPC: 7318590015155


  • Label: BIS


  • Composer: Alexander Arutiunian, John Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Torbjörn Lundquist


  • Conductor: Anne Manson


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: Oystein Baadsvik



Works:


  1. Concerto for Tuba in F minor

    Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)

    Conductor: Anne Manson


  2. Landscape

    Composer: Torbjörn Lundquist

    Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)

    Conductor: Anne Manson


  3. Concerto for Tuba

    Composer: John Williams

    Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)

    Conductor: Anne Manson


  4. Concerto for Tuba

    Composer: Alexander Arutiunian

    Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)

    Conductor: Anne Manson