Arnold Jacobs, tuba and speaker ; Adolph Herseth and Vincent Cichowicz, trumpet (tracks 1, 16, 22-25) ; WIlliam Scarlett and Charles Geyer, trumpet (track 1) ; Dale Clevenger, horn and Jay Friedman, trombone (tracks 1 and 16) ; Richard Oldberg, horn and Frank Crisafulli, trombone (tracks 22-25) ; Gunnison Music Camp Director's Band, Robert Hawkins, conductor (Strauss) ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor (track 29) ; Fritz Reiner, conductor (tracks 30 and 35) ; James Levine, conductor (track 31) ; Jean Martinon, conductor (track 32) ; Daniel Barenboim, conductor (track 33). Recorded Aug. 15, 1962 (Strauss); at Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Dec. 18, 1966 (Bozza); and between 1957 and 1977 (orchestral excerpts). Compact disc. "Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1944-1988"--Insert cover.
Contents:
Excerpt from The great gate of Kiev from Pictures at an exhibition / Modest Mussorgsky ; Maurice Ravel (1:45). We are enormously complex (1:57) -- Horn concerto no. 1 in E-flat / Richard Strauss (12:52) -- The musician plays the instrument (2:30) ; Playing for the audience (1:48) ; Programming the brain (1:15) -- Home practice tapes: Czardas / Vittorio Monti (3:53). Carnival of Venice / Herbert L. Clarke (2:50). Concerto for bass tuba (1st Mvt.) / Ralph Vaughan Williams (3:12). Etude no. 24 [from 335 Selected Melodious Progressive, book I] / Gugel ; Pottag (4:26). Czardas : with the metronome (1:52) -- This is an art form (2:12) ; We play by song and wind (1:31) -- Canzon per sonare no. 2 / Giovanni Gabrieli (2:58) -- King Heinrich's call from Lohengrin / Richard Wagner (0:41) -- Dies irae from Symphonie fantastique / Hector Berlioz (1:02) -- Become a singer in your brain (1:39) ; There must be a source of vibration (1:16) ; Breath as a motor force (1:14) -- Sonatine for brass quintet / Eugène Bozza (10:47) -- Keeping music as an art form (2:31) ; Breathe to expand (2:13) ; F tuba demonstration with Berlioz (0:28) -- Excerpt from Romeo and Juliet / Hector Berlioz (2:07) -- Excerpt from Concerto for orchestra (2nd movement) / Béla Bartók (1:14) -- Excerpt from Petrouchka / Igor Stravinsky (0:57) -- Excerpt from Symphony no. 4 (1st movement) / Carl Nielsen (1:20) -- Excerpt from Symphony no. 4 (1st movement) / Anton Bruckner (2:44) -- The key for communicating in music (1:52) -- Excerpt from The great gate of Kiev from Pictures at an exhibition / Modest Mussorgsky ; Maurice Ravel (1:45).
Summary:
"This recording showcases the unmistakable sound, style, and sincerity of Arnold Jacobs, legendary tubist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1944-1988. It is a unique audio portrait comprised entirely of recordings of his own voice from master classes, rare radio and television interviews, as well as rare recordings which demonstrate his amazing virtuoso performances with CSO colleagues, and orchestral performances with the famed Chicago Symphony"--Container.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.