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1 of 23 tracks have a preview · 16 works · 58:11

1 Malagueña Isaac Albéniz 3:34
Spanish Dance Op. 37Enrique Granados 2 movements6:28
1. 2 No. 5 3:40
2. 3 No. 2 2:48
4 Solo Cello Suite No. 3 Johann Sebastian Bach 2 Bourrées 3:41
5 Schön Rosmarin Fritz Kreisler 2:05
6 The Swan Camille Saint-Saëns 2:50
Solo Cello Suite No. 1Johann Sebastian Bach 2 movements4:55
1. 7 2 Menuets 3:22
2. 8 Gigue 1:33
9 Sicilienne Gabriel Fauré 3:34
10 Après un rêve Gabriel Fauré 2:42
11 Liebesleid Fritz Kreisler 3:36
12 Liebesfreud Fritz Kreisler 3:13
13 Deep River Traditional 2:36
14 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional 2:49
15 Goyescas Enrique Granados Intermezzo 4:11
16 Requiebros Gaspar Cassadó 4:34
17 Czardas Vittorio Monti 3:17
18 Caprice Viennois Fritz Kreisler 4:06

This album gathers performances of works by Albéniz, Granados, Bach, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Monti and Kreisler.

Two rare tracks for tuba and strings come from his 1950s album Tuba Fantastique. The remaining pieces were assembled from sessions at Move Records Studio in 2000, a live recital at Assembly Hall, Melbourne in 1969, and studio recordings from the 1960s.

Radio station MBS named it CD of the Week, 25 February – 3 March 2001.

Reviews

The album comes to life, variously with vibrancy and mellowness and with such conviction that one is inspired to rummage for more riches ... an important addition to the tuba's meagre discography.

— Bob Crimeen, Sunday Herald Sun

an excellent resource for school students ... Ian King demonstrates the extensive range and technique of the tuba

— Amanda Watson, ASME Journal

I really love this recording ... such a wonderful selection and so exquisitely played ... Forget the cello – the Tuba has it!

— Rozzi Bazzani, 3AK Talk 1117

Ian King must surely rank among the world's finest tuba players ... remarkable control and dexterity ... masterly interpretation.

— The British Bandsman

King's playing is impeccable … breathtaking. His control is astonishing, but it does not over-shadow his musicianship.

— Herald Sun

considerable virtuosity ... the complete master of instrument and style

— The Age

Masterly

— The Daily Telegraph

The tuba ideally captured the spirit and depth of the Spanish music with its mellow beauty and surging rhythms.

— The Australian Jewish News

Artists

Ian King

tuba

Ian King is a tuba virtuoso who gave the first Australian performance of Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto in 1955 and the first tuba recital in Australia. His playing is prized for astonishing control, dexterity and musical sensitivity.

Margaret Schofield

piano

Schofield was born in Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Melbourne. She gave many recitals and broadcasts for the ABC and toured Australia in 1946 with the cellist Edmund Kurtz before leaving for England, where she studied under Solomon.

Dean Sky-Lucas

piano

Dean Sky-Lucas is a countertenor and pianist whose Move recordings span a contemporary Australian song cycle and a wide-ranging tuba recital.

Isaac Albéniz

composer

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909) was a Spanish pianist and composer whose piano music, steeped in folk idioms, helped give Spanish art music a distinctive national voice.

Johann Sebastian Bach

composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German composer and organist of the late Baroque. His sacred and secular music for choir, orchestra, organ and solo instruments remains among the foundations of the Western concert and church repertory.

Gabriel Fauré

composer

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) was a French composer, pianist, organist and teacher whose music links late Romanticism with early modernism. His best-known works include the Requiem, the Pavane, and a large body of songs and piano music.

Enrique Granados

composer

Enrique Granados was born in Lérida in 1867. He studied the piano and composition in Barcelona and then in Paris, returning to Barcelona in 1889, and won distinction as a pianist and popularity in Spain with his zarzuelas and piano music.

Fritz Kreisler

composer

Fritz Kreisler's violin miniatures and arrangements pour Viennese charm into the encore repertoire: Liebesleid and Liebesfreud, Caprice Viennois, and those sly pastiches that sound like rediscovered baroque gems.

Camille Saint-Saëns

composer

Camille Saint-Saëns wrote music of classical clarity and Romantic colour: the Organ Symphony’s blazing finale, the glittering Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, the late Clarinet Sonata, and the song Clair de lune that still draws listeners into moonlight and memory.

Henry Thacker Burleigh

composer

Gaspar Cassadó

composer

Gaspar Cassadó was a Spanish cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father and began taking cello lessons at age seven. The city of Barcelona awarded him a scholarship so that he could study with Casals in Paris.

William Flynn

composer

Vittorio Monti

composer

Vittorio Monti’s Csárdás, written around 1904, is the piece that carries his name: a Hungarian dance of slow lament and whirling fire that has become a virtuoso showpiece far beyond its original scoring.

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Performers

Ian King · tuba
Margaret Schofield · piano · tracks 2, 3, 15 and 16
Dean Sky-Lucas · piano · tracks 1, 5, 6, 9–14

Technical credits

Recording Engineer Thomas Grubb (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9–14)
Editing Engineer Vaughan McAlley (tracks 2–4, 7, 8, 15–18)
Venue Assembly Hall, Melbourne (tracks 2, 3, 15 and 16)
Move Records Studio (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9–14)