The good news is that James Gourlay's affectionate yet virtuosic performance of Vaughan Williams' magnificent Tuba Concerto is every bit as good as his performances of the tuba concertos of Edward Gregson, Roger Steptoe, and John Golland that fill out this disc, British Tuba Concertos. The bad news is that the tuba concertos of Gregson, Steptoe, and Golland are nowhere near as magnificent as Vaughan Williams' tuba concerto. Gourlay's performance ideally projects the robust exuberance, the nostalgic sentimentality, and the ...
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The good news is that James Gourlay's affectionate yet virtuosic performance of Vaughan Williams' magnificent Tuba Concerto is every bit as good as his performances of the tuba concertos of Edward Gregson, Roger Steptoe, and John Golland that fill out this disc, British Tuba Concertos. The bad news is that the tuba concertos of Gregson, Steptoe, and Golland are nowhere near as magnificent as Vaughan Williams' tuba concerto. Gourlay's performance ideally projects the robust exuberance, the nostalgic sentimentality, and the deep humanity of Vaughan Williams' immortal work, but what can even a virtuoso do when the three remaining concertos fail to match that level of achievement? While all three of the other works are persuasively played by Gourlay, only Golland's concerto's straightforward melodies and direct emotions come close to being memorable, but Gregson's concerto's facile fanfares and commonplace tunes and Steptoe's concerto's gray themes and austere harmonies fall short of that distinction....
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