Friday 17 March 2017

CD: Romance

Bastien Baumet’s third solo recording, this is the first to feature the euphonium with piano. Key to the CD is the sheer elegance and musical refinement that the soloist brings to what is largely romantic repertoire in its atmosphere and age. The one notable exception is, perhaps, Philip Wilby’s Concert Gallop, written...read more

Friday 17 March 2017

Instrument: Odyssey Tuba

John Gillam takes the Odyssey Premiere Bb Bass Tuba for a ‘test-drive’ and pronounces it ‘a welcome entry’ to the market. With an economy price, I was first impressed with the clean lines and detail of design. In bright silver-plate with gold/burnished copper valve caps and ends to tuning slides, it’s very...read more


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