Tuba Recordings (Historic)

Tuba Recordings (Historic) This instrument is heard to best advantage in the band or orchestra, rather than as a solo performer; indeed there is virtually no concert literature for it. An unidentified artist played “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep” on a Columbia cylinder ca. 1900 (#29200) with a piano accompaniment. There were several LP records by classical tuba players, such as Harvey Phillips and Roger Bobo. Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote a concerto for the instrument, performed on an RCA LP…