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

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BIS
Release Date
September 1, 2008
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ARUTIUNIAN, ALEXANDER LUNDQUI
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Singapore Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Anne, Oystein, Manson, Baadsvik
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 2008
    • UPC
      7318590015155
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-CD-1515
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    2. II. Romanza: Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    3. III. Finale: Rondo all tedesca: Allegro

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    4. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Alexander Arutiunian

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    5. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Alexander Arutiunian

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    6. III. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Alexander Arutiunian

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    7. Landscape

      Composer: Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    8. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: John Williams

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    9. II. Andante

      Composer: John Williams

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson

    10. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: John Williams

      Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Anne Manson


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.