Instrumental Recordings List for Band

This extensive list of instrumental recordings is a great tool to use with your students to:

• give them an opportunity to hear a professional tone quality on their instrument
• expose them to other genres of music
• demonstrate a reference for different styles of music they may be trying to play

We hope you can benefit from having this list to share with your students! Bookmark this page and use it often!

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FLUTE

• James Galway (Danny Boy)
• Jeanne Baxtresser 
• Georges Barrère 
• Matt Molloy (Irish – biographical information/playing demonstration)
• Bobbi Humphrey(Jazz) 
• Jean-Pierre Rampal 
• Emmanuel Pahud 
• Jasmine Choi (Carmen Fantasy)
• Herbie Mann (Jazz) 
• Gareth Davies 
• Ian Anderson (Rock) 
• Greg Patillo (Beatboxing) 
• Marine Band (Flute/Bassoon Duet) 
• Hariprasad Chaurasia 
• Yusef Lateef 

OBOE

• Albrecht Meyer (Berlin Philharmonic) 
• Nathan Hughes (MET) 
• Elaine Douvas (MET) 
• Cleveland Orchestra (Educational- Choose Your Instrument) 
• Eugene Izotov (Oblivion by Piazzolla)
• Maurice Borgue
• Elizabeth Priestly Siffert 
• Keisuke Wakao (“Playing for Life” TEDx) 
• Kathryn Greenbank (Oboe Caprice)
• James Caldwell 
• Humbert Lucarelli (Schumann Romance No. 1, Op.94)

BASSOON

• Bernard Garfield (Philadelphia orchestra)         
• Daniel Matsukowa (Educational Masterclass)
• Gustavo Nunez (Rite of Spring Bassoon Solo)
• Kristin Wolfe Jensen 
• US Marine Band (Bassoon Instruction)
• Judith LeClair (NYPhil)  
• Archie Camden 
• Lindsay Cooper 
• Leonard Shaw  (Mozart Bassoon Concerto)
• Albrecht Holder
• Luc Loubry 
• Klaus Thunemann 
• Bill Douglas (Boulder Bassoon Band) 
• Julie Price (Mozart Sonata for Bassoon and Cello)
• Minnesota Orchestra Bassoon Section  (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)

CLARINET

• Ricardo Mirales 
• Karl Leister  (Classical)
• Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie. Eric Abramovitz 
• Leshnoff Clarinet Concerto with USMB and Ricardo Morales (Tracks 6-8)
• Brahms’ Third Symphony with the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam 
• Wenzel Fuchs w/Berlin Philharmonic (Mozart Concerto slow movement) 
• USMB Lincolnshire Posy (4th movement, “The Brisk Young Sailor” starts and 16:10) 
• United States Marine Band (Perpetual Motion) 
• Nielsen Clarinet Concerto (with USMB principal clarinetist) 
• Andreas Ottensamer with Berlin Philharmonic (Weber 1, final movement excerpt) 
• Wenzel Fuchs (Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie) 
• Nicolas Baldeyrou (Carmen Finale) 
• Berlin Philharmonic Playlist feat. Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, etc. 
• Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Berlin Philharmonic and James Levine conducting)
• Philadelphia Orchestra Live (Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 6 (1:05:30)
• Saturday’s Berlin Clarinet concert  (free with trial)

BASS CLARINET

• US Marine Band- Low Clarinets 
• Bennie Maupin (Jazz)
• Eric Dolphy (Jazz)
• David Murray (Jazz) 
• Louis Sclavis 
• Adison Evans (Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Lady)
• Harry Carney (Jazz)
• Cornelius Boots 
• Josef Horak (Classical)
• Jason Alder 
• Rudi Mahal 
• Michel Pilz 
• Chicago Clarinet Ensemble-Michael Lowenstern 
• Bobby Mintzer 
• Jerome Simas (San Francisco Symphony) 

SAXOPHONE

• Jean-Yves Formeau 
• Otis Murphy (Fantasia by Claude T. Smith)
• Kenneth Tse (Classical)
• Eugene Rousseau 
• John Coltrane (Jazz)
• Charlie Parker (Jazz) 
• Attillio Berni (Sub-contrabass sax) 
• Amy Dickson (Soprano Sax)
• Marcel Mule 
• Sigurd Rascher (Rhumba by Maurice Whitney)
• John Harle (Debussy)
• Arno Bornkamp (Classical)
• Jess Gillam (TEDx) 
• James Houlik (Tenor Sax) 
• Raaf Hekkema 
• Jack Montrose(T.S)/Bob Gordon (B.S.)
• Hamiet Bluiett (Bari Sax) 
• U.S. Army Field Band- Unheard Instruments of the Saxophone Family

TRUMPET

• Arturo Sandoval 
• Wynton Marsalis (Amazing Grace) 
• Alison Balsom (Classical)
• Chris Botti 
• Roy Hargrove (Jazz)
• Ingrid Jensen
• Doc Severinson (Johnny Carson clip)
• Allen Vizzutti (The Carnival of Venus)
• Miles Davis (Jazz)
• Tine Thing Helseth (Libertango by Piazzolla)
• Maurice Andre  (Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D)
• Wayne Bergeron 
• Bobby Shew (Quintet, performing Skylark)
• Adolf “Bud” Herseth (Interview & Performance Clips)
• Louis Armstrong (Jazz; Performing “Someday”)
• William Vacchiano (Petroushcka Trumpet Solo)
• Maynard Ferguson (Jazz; “Take the ‘A’ Train”)
• Phil Smith

FRENCH HORN

• Radek Baborek (Horn Concerto)
• Dale Clevenger (Mahler 5)
• Herman Baumann (Ave Maria)
• Stefan Dohr (Strauss’ Horn Concerto No.1)
• Sarah Willis (Classical)
• Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet 
• Dennis Brain (Beethoven Horn Sonata)
• Philip Farkas (“Intermezzo”)
• Barry Tuckwell (Educational- Horn Lesson)
• Alan Civil (Stravinsky’s Firebird Horn Solo)
• Froydis Ree Wekre (Concerto for Horn & Orchestra) Additional Interview 
• John Clark (Jazz) 
• Tom Varner (Jazz) 
• Gail Williams (Horn Festival Recital)
• Sharon Freeman (Jazz- Article); NPR Interview & Performance
• Willie Ruff (Jazz) 
• Helen Kotas Hirsch (CSO) (article/recording) 
• John Cerminaro (“Romance”- Saint Saens)

TROMBONE;

• Joe Alessi (‘Claire de Lune’)
• Bill Watrous and Paul the Trombonist (Two Trombone Duo) 
• Trombone Shorty (NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert) 
• Carol Jarvis (Bach Prelude 2 in C)
• Gunhild Carling (TedX- Jazz trombone) 
• Melba Liston (Jazz)
• Al Grey (Jazz) 
• Ian Bousfield (Trombone Choir) 
• Arthur Pryor (Blue Bells of Scotland)
• J.J. Johnson (Jazz)
• Glen Miller (Jazz) 
• Bonerama 
• Christian Lindberg (Full Recital)
• Helen Jones Woods (history of her life)
• The International Sweethearts of Rhythm (Jazz)
• Vanessa Fralick (International Trombone Festival)

EUPHONIUM 

• David Childs  (Carnival of Venice)
• Brian Bowman 
• Euphoniums of The President’s Own US Marine Band (Educational- Masterclass)
• David Werden (Excerpts)
• Bert Sullivan 
• Byron Fulcher (Educational & Excerpts)
• Lyndon Baglin (“Rule Brittania”)
• Trevor Groom
• Nicholas Childs 
• Stephen Mead (Encore Performance) 

TUBA

• Chester Schmitz (Boston Symphony)
• Dave Kirk (Houston Symphony) 
• Melton Tuba Quartet (William Tell Overture)
• Steve Curtis (Grigoriev Etude #26) 
• West Point Band Tuba Players (Duet)
• Patrick Sheridan (Tuba Concerto)
• Øystein Baadsvik (Czardas)
• Roger Bobo (Carnival of Venice)
• Carol Janstch (with the University of Michigan Symphony Band)
• John Fletcher (Flight of the Bumblebee)
• Yasuhito Sugiyama (Low Brass Seminar)
• Gene Pokorny (Over The Rainbow)
• Alan Baer (Cappriccio for Solo Tuba)
• Velvet Brown  (Incantation for Tuba and Piano)
• Charles Daellenbach (Tuba Tiger Rag)
• Floyd Cooley (Strauss Horn Concerto in Eb)

PERCUSSION

• Cindy Blackman Santana (Drum solo)
• Buddy Rich 
• Cynthia Yeh (CSO- Vibraphone) 
• Christopher S Lamb (NyPhil) 
• Martin Grubinger (Planet Rudiment II)
• Matthew Howard (with LAPhil Percussion Section) 
• Evelyn Glennie (Educational- Ted Talk)  
• Neil Peart (Drum Solo)
• Dave Grohl (Drum Solo)
• Keiko Abe (4 Mallet Marimba)
• Ruth Underwood (Zappa Sound)
• Elvin Jones (Drum Solo)
• David Corkhill (Educational- Instrument Introduction) 
• At Home with the BBC Orchestra 
• Christoph Sietzen (Thirteen Drums- Multipercussion Piece)
• Hillcrest College Marimba Band (Zimbabwe) 
• Lionel Hampton (Jazz marimba)
• Susie Ibarra (Philippines)

Other Wonderful Performances:

• Yo-Yo Ma (Tiny Desk Concert)
• Dallas Symphony Brass 
• Matti Salminen (Bass Vocalist)
• Canadian Brass (Tiny Desk Concert) 
• Black Dyke Brass Band 

Related Reading:
Band Directors Talk Shop You Tube Channel
BOOM Cards: Digital, Interactive Task Cards for Band
The Garner Ensemble Project (Free, Printable Duets for all Band Instruments

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