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This article was originally part of a review of events at IHS Brisbane 2010.
The final afternoon session was Jonathan Stoneman interviewing Barry Tuckwell on the topic of “Essential Recordings.” This was a well attended session and I have enough notes about it to almost write a full post on it. Perhaps sometime in the future I will follow up more.
The scenario was that Tuckwell was selecting eight recordings he would like to have with him if he were stranded on a desert island. His very interesting number one choice was Tommy Dorsey from 1935, for the beautiful natural lyric quality of his playing.
Also in the Q and A he mentioned that the album he was most proud of and remembered the most fondly was his recording of Jerome Kern. This is currently available under the title A Sure Thing, and I am certainly interested to hear it now, I don’t own it.
And finally I should mention I was very interested that Tuckwell agrees with the theory that Mozart 1 was not by Mozart but rather a re-writing by Mozart of a work of Leutgeb. I have more on this in this prior post and the case is pretty compelling.
UPDATE 2020: With his passing, and listening to this in my office today, physical CD on a stereo, A Sure Thing is such a great recording of Barry Tuckwell. Youtube and computer speakers simply don’t do it justice, lush arrangements and great phrasing. A recording well worth seeking out if you have the chance. But if you just want some of the flavor of it, this is one of the tracks from YouTube:
