Angels & Demons / Tim Buzbee, tuba; Faith Debow, piano

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Album Summary

Performers

• Faith Debow (Piano)
• Timothy Buzbee (Tuba)

Composers

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Anthony Plog (1947 - )
• Carl Nielsen (Composer) (1865 - 1931)
• John Stevens (Conductor) (1951 - )
• Ferrer Ferran
• Ennio Morricone (Composer/Conductor) (1928 - )
• Timothy Buzbee
• Alfred Reed (1921 - 2005)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• James Grant (Composer) (1954 - )
• James Meador (1974 - )
• Barbara York

Notes & Reviews:

For his third recording on Albany Records, tuba phenomenon Tim Buzbee has produced an excellent selection of recorded works for the tuba, this time featuring an eclectic group of composers (including Buzbee himself) and their unique styles. One could say that Buzbee's approach to music and playing the tuba is emotionally charged and perhaps even spiritually driven, and that underlying energy clearly reveals itself through the music in the pieces recorded here. Adding to that energy is a certain spiritual dichotomy that conjures up mental images of angels and demons or good versus evil. Many of the pieces presented here delve deep into the soul triggering a range of emotions from sadness and pain to exuberance and joy. The music is so emotional and moving that it is easily forgotten you are listening to a tuba, and in doing so Buzbee has achieved what every musician strives to accomplish.

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
The album ends with Buzbee's very humorous 'Tubifer's Saga' (2008). He plays the three tuba parts while stentorian-voiced narrator Josh Gorman tells of "a character named Tubifer and his battles with the conductor and upper management". The tuba sounds by turns sonorous and grotesque.

Excellent artistry by pianist Faith Debow.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010).

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Works Details

Reed, Alfred : Fantasia a due, for tuba & piano

• Performers: Faith Debow (Piano); Timothy Buzbee (Tuba)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

York, Barbara : Elegy for an Angel, for tuba & piano

• Performers: Timothy Buzbee (Tuba); Faith Debow (Piano)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 9 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Stevens, John [Conductor] : Salve Venere, Salve Marte, for solo tuba

• Performers: Faith Debow (Piano); Timothy Buzbee (Tuba)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 9 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46

• Performers: Faith Debow (Piano); Timothy Buzbee (Tuba)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1864

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105 :: Wie Melodien zeiht es mir leise durch den Sinn, Op. 105/1

• Performers: Faith Debow (Piano); Timothy Buzbee (Tuba)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1886

Schumann, Robert : Liederkreis, Op. 39

• Performers: Timothy Buzbee (Tuba); Faith Debow (Piano)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1840

Ferran, Ferrer : Sonata del Angel Caido, for tuba & piano

• Performers: Faith Debow (Piano); Timothy Buzbee (Tuba)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 12 min. 14 sec.

Grant, James : Waltz for Betz, for viola & piano

• Performers: Faith Debow (Piano); Timothy Buzbee (Tuba)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Plog, Anthony : Miniatures (3) for tuba & piano

• Performers: Timothy Buzbee (Tuba); Faith Debow (Piano)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1990

Morricone, Ennio : The Mission

• Performers: Timothy Buzbee (Tuba); Faith Debow (Piano)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Meador, James : Apocalyptic Voices, for tuba & piano

• Performers: Timothy Buzbee (Tuba); Faith Debow (Piano)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 7 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Nielsen, Carl : Canto serioso, for horn (or cello) & piano, FS 132

• Performers: Faith Debow (Piano); Timothy Buzbee (Tuba)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913

Buzbee, Timothy : Tubifer's Saga, for tuba & piano

• Performers: Timothy Buzbee (Tuba); Faith Debow (Piano)
• Notes: Haskolabio University Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland (07/24/2010-07/26/2010)
• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.