Check out this list of available Roger Bobo tuba recordings on Crystal Records:
Los Angeles Brass Quintet
Program: Paganini, Three Caprices; Bartók, Suite from For Children; Wilder, Brass Quintet No.1; Hindemith, Morgenmusik; Schmidt, Variations on a Negro Folk Song; Cheetham, Scherzo; and pieces by J.S. Bach and Pezel.
Performers: Los Angeles Brass Quintet (Thomas Stevens and Mario Guarneri, trumpets; Ralph Pyle, horn; Miles Anderson, trombone; Roger Bobo, tuba).
LP classics reborn as Spectacular CD’s, Ralph Pyle played with Los Angeles Philharmonic, his rich warn tone on the horn is a pleasure to listen to… Pyles luxuriously rich tones are on full display in long, lyrical lines… This is a great opportunity to hear legendary brass players many people today have not heard, especially students. The trumpet runs by Mario Guarneri are fantastic. The recording quality is excellent; all parts are clear and present.
Brass Roots
Program: William Kraft, Nonet for Brass Quintet and Percussion; Frank Campo, Madrigals for Brass Quintet; Rayner Brown, Concertino for Harp and Brass Quintet; William Schmidt, Concertino for Piano and Brass Quintet.
Performers: Los Angeles Brass Quintet; Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble; Stanley Chaloupka, harp; Sharon Davis, piano.
Though the music of this CD is modern and contemporary-sounding, it is a thoroughly worthwhile listen, especially the concertinos for harp and piano. If it were a concert, we would all want to stand in ovation.
Gravity is Light Today
Program: Roger Kellaway: The Morning Song, The Westwood Song, Sonoro, Dance of the Ocean Breeze; Fred Tackett: The Yellow Bird.
Performers: Roger Bobo, tuba and bass horn; Frøydis Ree Wekre, horn; Roger Kellaway, piano; and jazz ensemble (Fred Tackett, guitar; Ralph Grierson, piano; Skip Mosher, bass; Ray Rich, drums).
According to Stereo Review, Roger Bobo is “the Heifetz of the Tuba.”
Thomas Stevens — Reynolds, Kraft, Wen-Chung, Henderson, Revueltas, Campo, Kupferman
Program: Verne Reynolds: Signals (solo trumpet & tuba w/ brass; Roger Bobo, tuba); William Kraft: Encounters III (trumpet, percussion); Chou Wen-chung: Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni (solo trumpet, brass, percussion); Robert Henderson: Variation Movements (trumpet solo); Silvestre Revueltas: Two Little Serious Pieces (trumpet & woodwinds: Westwood Wind Quintet); Frank Campo: Times (trumpet solo); Meyer Kupferman: Fires of Prometheus (trumpet & piano).
Performers: Thomas Stevens, trumpet; Roger Bobo, tuba; Michell Peters, percussion; members of the Westwood Wind Quintet and the Los Angeles Brass Society conducted by Robert Henderson.
Thomas Stevens was solo trumpet with Los Angeles Philharmonic for 27 years. “Excellent pieces. Performances entertaining to incredible. Without a doubt, one of the world’s finest brass players.” American Record Guide.
Bobissimo!
Program: Hindemith, Tuba Sonata; Gilliard, Sonata; Barat, Introduction and Dance; Draft, Encounters II; Wilder, Effie the Elephant & Tuba Encore Piece; Lazarof, Cadence VI (tuba and tape); Spillman, Two Snogs.
Performers: Roger Bobo, tuba; Ralph Grierson, piano.
This is a compilation CD featuring the best of Roger Bobo’s previous releases.
Tuba Libera
Program: 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: Rumanian Dance No.2; Arban: Carnival of Venice.
Performers: Roger Bobo, tuba; Marie Condamin, piano; the European Tuba Octet conducted by John Stevens.
Rainbo-Bo: The Man with the Golden Tuba
Program: J.S. Bach, Air from Suite No.3; Schubert, Ständchen (Serenade); Kupferman, Saturnalis; Subotnick, The First Dream of Light; Thomas Stevens, Encore: Boz.
Performers: Roger Bobo, tuba; Zita Carno, piano; Daniel Rothmuller, cello; Ralph Grierson, piano.
This CD is a compilation from three recordings.
