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Keeping it LOW

I'd be interested in hearing from enthusiasts of off the beaten path Double Bass, Bassoon, Tuba, etc. recordings. Any favorite recordings that we may not know about? No cello - that could be a whole thread by itself (probably is), and isn't quite LOOOOOWWW enough.

I'm at work, so no access to browse the stacks, but a few that come to mind are:

- Dragonetti Lives - Bertram Turetzky, totally awesome double bass (Takoma).

- Rodion Azarkhin - Incredible Virtuoso Performances on the Double Bass (Columbia)

- Sherman Walt - Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos (RCA Living Stereo)

- Sweet and Low - The London Serpent Trio (Titanic)

- Bassooniana - Arthur Grossman/Bruce Grainger (MHS)

I have mostly lp's so don't know which of these are available on CD. Anything you Audiogoner's think is essential?
opalchip
mnmark
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How about an avant garde jazz piano CD? Paul Bley plays a Bosendorfer Imperial concert grand piano with Gary Peacock on double-bass and Paul Motian on drums on the 1999 ECM release "Not Two, Not One". Typical great ECM production quality. The lower register piano sonics, particularly on the first cut "Not Zero", are absolutely astounding. I've never heard anything else like it.
wellen
19 posts
 
You will want to take a look at the cheesily but aptly named album "Super Double-Bass" by Gary Karr, on First Impression Music. This is JVC XRCD24, which is about as good as CD can sound. Transcriptions for double-bass and organ.
http://www.soundstage.com/music/reviews/rev586.htm

For voice, also note "Compostela," by Ensemble Organum, on Ambroisie. The recording, done by the first-rate Musica Numeris, is easily the best recorded chant CD I have ever heard (I've heard many). Antoine Sicot is an astounding French Basso profundo.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002LGW3G
opalchip OP
355 posts
 
Thanks for the responses everyone. There's definitely some very interesting stuff here I'll check out.
lousyreeds1
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Opalchip:

You HAVE to get your hands on James Carter's "Chasin' the Gypsy"! This guy is the next great tenor player, but get this... He plays BASS sax on the first track of this recording. Yes, I mean bass sax.

Incredible.
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