Label &Catalog
Number
Description
| Nimbus NI 5175 or Musical Heritage HMS 5154738 |
Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale, Gossec: Symphonie Militaire, Gossec: March Lugubre, The Wallace Collection; Serpentist: Stephen Wick, Ophicleides: Stephen Wick, Stephen Saunders |
| Erato/Musifrance 2292-45607-2 | DeCaurroy: Missa Pro Defunctis, Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius; Serpentist: Bernard Fourtet |
| Musica Mundi 314011 | Fress und Sauflieder der Renaissance, Musica Canterey Bamberg; Serpentist: Enrique Crespo |
| Accent ACC 8860 D | Harmonie und Janitscharenmusick, Octophoros; Serpent & Bass Horn: Andrew van der Beek (note this album is also available from Musical Heritage Society, see below) |
| Musical Heritage MHS 512700Y | Music for Harmonie and Janissary Band, Octophoros; Serpent & bass Horn: Andrew van der Beek |
| Label la Lichere LLL 37 | Le Chant du Serpent (avant garde jazz); Serpentist: Michel Godard (also ophicleide sound effects on track 11 "Serpent d'Or") |
| Nimbus 5318 | Mendelssohn: Symphony #3 "Scottish", Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage"; The Hanover Band; Serpentist: Alan Lumsden |
| Saydisc SDL 360 | Under the Greenwood Tree: Music from the Time of Thomas Hardy; The Mellstock Band; Serpentist: David Townsend |
| Saydisc SDL 361 | Fill Your Glasses: Convivial English Glees; London Serpent Trio; Serpentist: Christopher Monk, Ophicleide: Clifford Bevan, Anaconda: Andrew van der Beek |
| Music Masters MMD6-0236 F | Music of Francis Johnson and Contemporaries; The Chestnut Brass Company; Serpentist: Jay Krush |
| Dog Rose Sound DR13930 | Serpent Celebration 1590-1990; The London Serpent Trio and Guests (the largest assembly of Serpent players for at least 200 years) |
| Thelonius THE 0101 | L'Impossible Trio (jazz); Serpentist: Michel Godard |
| Wergo WER 8008-2 | Heloise (jazz improvisation); Michael Riessler ensemble; Serpentist: Michel Godard |
| Hopi HOP 200002 | Aborigene (classical, baroque, renaissance, jazz); Serpentist: Michel Godard |
| Philips 434 402-2 (CD) and Philips70254 (VHS video) video re-released on DVD as Decca 074 3212 |
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14; Orchestre
Revolutionaire
et Romantique; Stephen Wick on Serpent & Ophicleide, Stephen
Saunders on ophicleide Video re-released as part of Decca DVD Berlioz Redicovered (see Filmography) |
| Newport Classic NPD 85548 or Sony Classical #62485 |
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too: American Political Marches and
Songs;
The Chestnut Brass Company and Friends; Ophicleide: Jay Krush Hail to the Chief (Sony title) |
| Newport Classic NPD 85516 | Listen to the Mockingbird: 19th Century brass band music; The Chestnut Brass Company and Friends; Ophicleide: Jay Krush |
| Crystal Records CD 562 | Pastime with Good Company; The Chestnut Brass Company; Serpent & Ophicleide: Jay Krush |
| EMI/Reflexe CDC 7-49541-2, re-released as Virgin Veritas / Virgin Classics # 7243 5 61379 2 9 (561379-2) |
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14; The London
Classical
Players; Ophicleides: Stephen Wick, Stephen Saunders (re-release adds Berlioz: Les Francs-juges, Op. 3) |
| Silex Y225040 | Le Bucher des Silences (jazz); Serpentist: Michel Godard |
| Silex Y225023 | Kejadenn (bagpipes, double reeds, drums, very eclectic); Bagad Kemperle; Serpentist: Michel Godard |
| Label Hopi 200004 | K.O.N.P.S. (jazz); Jean Francois Canape Trio; Serpentist: Michel Godard |
| Philips 442-137-2 video of this released on DVD as Decca 074 3212 |
Berlioz: Messe Solennelle; Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique; Serpent: Stephen Wick; Stephen Saunders; Ophicleide & Buccin: Marc Giradot |
| BNL 112851 A/B available from Organ Historical Society, phone: 800-728-2614 |
Louis Marchand (organ & plainsong); Ensemble Alternatim, Bernard Coudurier; Serpentist: Helmut Schmitt |
| Wild Goose WGS 281 CD | Tenants of the Earth (West Gallery and folk songs); The Mellstock Band; Serpentist: Phil Humphries |
| Varese Sarabande VSD-5753 | The Alien Trilogy (movie soundtracks); Royal Scottish
National
Orchestra; Serpentist: Phil Humphries (serpent heard on tracks: "Breakaway" & "The Door") |
| Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-9 | The Music of Dickens and His Time; The Seven Dials Band; Serpentist: Phil Humpries |
| Past Time BEJ0CD-10 | Christmas with Dickens; Trombone & Serpent: Phil Humphries |
| Titanic TI-100 | Sweet and Low; The London Serpent Trio; Serpentists: Christopher Monk, Alan Lumsden, Andrew van der Beek (out of print, check libraries) |
| Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-28 | The Dance at the Phoenix (Village Band Music from Hardy's Wessex); The Mellstock Band; Serpentist: Phil Humphries |
| Pandourian PRCD1004 order from <neuman@uofport.edu> |
The One Horse Open Sleigh; Ophicleide: Philip Neuman |
| Opus 111 #OPS30-135/136 | Mendelssohn: St. Paul (Paulus); Chorus Musicus Koln, Das Neue Orchester; Serpentist: Andrew van der Beek |
| Studio SM #D2490 | Repons (plainsong/chant with Serpent improvisation); The Choir of the Ligugé Abbey; Serpentist: Michel Godard |
| M.A. Recordings #M048A order from www.marecordings.com |
Sous Les Voutes, Le Serpent (serpent and not much else, in many styles); Michel Godard, serpent |
| Enja #ENJ-9339-2 | Odd Times (serpent, oud, harmonica, percussion); Michel Godard, serpent |
| Enja #ENJ-9071-2 | Loose Wires (serpent, guitars, percussion); Michel Godard, serpent |
| Enja #ENJ-9362-2 | Castel Del Monte (serpent, brass, woodwinds, persussion,
vocals);
Michel Godard, serpent see also Castel Del Monte II, below |
| Auvidis-Astree #E-8765 | Cristobal De Morales: Officium Defunctorum & Missa Pro Defunctus a 5; La Capella Reial De Catalunya & Hesperion XX; Bernard Fourtet, serpent |
| Auvidis-Astree #E-8642 | Joseph-Marie Amiot: Messe Des Jesuites De Pekin (Mass of the Jesuits in Beijing); XVIII-21, Musique Des Lumieres/ Ensemble Meihua Fleur de Prunus/ Choeur de Centre Catholique Chinois de Paris; Michel Godard, serpent |
| Auvidis-Astree #E-8521 | Charles D'Helfer: Requiem, Messe De Funerailles Des Ducs De Lorraine (Funeral Mass for the Dukes of Lorraine); A Sei Voci/ Les Sacqueboutiers De Toulouse/ La Psallette De Lorraine; Bernard Fourtet, serpent |
| Vivarte/ Sony Classical #SK-48-039 | Praetorius: Magnificat, etc.; Huelgas Ensemble;
Michele Vandenbroucque,
serpent The presence of serpent on this recording has been questioned. In spite of the liner notes which indicate the Vandenbroucque is playing serpent, it may be a bassoon instead. |
| New World Records #80299-2 | Music of the Federal Era; Members of the Federal Music Society; Alan Moore, serpent |
| L'Oiseau-Lyre #D103561/ Decca #436-131-2 | Susato: Danserye 1551; New London Consort; Stephen Wick, serpent |
| Ricercar #245012 | Praetorius: Terpsichore Musarum; Ricercar Consort & La Fenice; Michel Godard & Keremie Papasergio, serpents |
| Label Hopi #HOP200017 order from www.labelhopi.com, <labelhopi@wanadoo.fr> |
Dream Weavers (serpent, woodwinds, vocals); Michel Godard, serpent/ tuba/ conque-shell |
| Nimbus #NI 5470 | The Origin of the Species: Virtuoso Victorian Brass Music; The Wallace Collection; Stephen Wick (low parts) & Tony George (high parts), ophicleides |
| Harmonia Mundi France #HMC 901584.85 | Mendelssohn: St. Paul (Paulus); La Chapelle Royale / Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe; Bernard Fourtet, serpent |
| Archive Produktion # 459 688-2 | Handel: Solomon; Gabrieli Consort & Players / Andreas Scholl / Paul McCreesh; Bernard Fourtet, serpent |
| Seraphim CDE 7243 5 69025 2 7 (CD) Angel SS 45015 (LP) |
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; London Symphony Orchestra / Charles Mackerras, conductor / Alan Lumsden & Christopher Monk, serpents |
| Vanguard Classics SVC-47 | Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (complete - in original scoring); English Chamber Orchestra / Johannes Somary, conductor / 2 serpent players |
| Naxos # 8.554096-97 | Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo; Cappella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna / Sergio Vartolo; Bernard Fourtet, serpent |
| Auvidis-Astree #E-8640 | Escobedo: Missa Philippus Rex Hispaniae; A Sei Voci /Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse / Choeur Philippus Rex Hispaniae; Bernard Fourtet [liner notes only mention bass sackbut, however his personal discography lists this as a recording he played serpent on] |
| CMS Recording ? | Christmas Cheer; The London Serpent Trio; Serpentists: Christopher Monk, Alan Lumsden, Andrew van der Beek (out of print, check libraries) |
| Ateliers du Fresne #300 002.2 order from Ecole Maitrisienne Regionale des Pays de Loire angers@ecole-maitrise.org, fax 02 41 87 79 71 |
Le Livre d'Orgue de Montreal (Lebegue & anonymous: Pange Linqua, Messe Magnae Deus Potentiae, Tubas Cum Citharis, Magnificat); Maitrise de la Cathedrale d'Angers / Damien Herisset, organ / Bernard Fourtet, serpent |
| Verese Sarabande # VSD-5849 | Herrmann: Journey to the Center of the Earth (movie
soundtrack);
Serpentist: Don Cristlieb (serpent heard on tracks "Giant Chameleon/The Fight" (solo), and possibly "The Duck") |
| Altri Suoni # AS101 | Deux (avant garde jazz); Serpentist: Michel Godard |
| EMI / Virgin Classics # 72435 45369 22 (545369) | Prokofiev: Pierre et le Loup (Peter and the Wolf performed in French with various ancient instruments); Serpentist: Bernard Fourtet |
| Hyperion # CDA67119 | Antique Brasses (music of Beethoven, Crusell, Lachner, Löwenstein, Neukomm, Nicolai, Rossini, Salieri); London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble; ophicleides: Stephen Wick, Tony George |
| Naive/Livre Disque # V 4874 | Pérégrinations Goldberg (a unique musical creation with words in French and English, and riffs on serpent, overlaying portions of Bach's Goldberg Variations); Nancy Huston & Freddy Eichelberger; Michel Godard, serpent |
| EMI/Angel # CDM 7 63303 2 | Hoffnung's Musicfestivals (including The Hoffnung Music Festival Concert, The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival, The Hoffnung Astronautical Music Festival); Eric Halfpenny, serpent and Nigel Amherst, The Anaconda |
| JVC # JVC-2052-2 | The Wallace Collection's "Victorian Christmas"; The Wallace Collection, with The Trinity Boy's Choir and The Britten Singers, Tony George, ophicleide (with solos) |
| Decca/London # 455 688-2 | Mendelssohn : Elijah; Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment
& Edinburgh Festival Chorus with Bryn Terfel & Renée
Fleming,
directed by Paul Daniel; Tony George, ophicleide While the CD booklet does not state instrumentation, the performer has confirmed use of the ophicleide. |
| Enja #ENJ-9431-2 | Castel Del Monte II (serpent, strings, woodwinds,
persussion, vocals);
Michel Godard, serpent see also Castel Del Monte, above |
| Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-31 | Hey for Christmas (Seasonal Songs & Carols from
the Broadside
Ballad collections ); The Mellstock Band with The Oxford Waits; Serpentist: Phil Humphries |
| Argo # ZRG 596 | Music All Powerful : Music to Entertain Queen Victoria
; Purcell
Consort of Voices; Alan Lumsden, ophicleide |
| Virgin Classics # 7243 5 61975 2 7 (or, 5 61975 2) | Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian", and A Midsummer
Night's Dream; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; orchestra includes ophicleide Note: CD booklet notes indicate the participation of an ophicleide in the performance. However, the performer involved has stated that the ophicleide was used only for a pre-recording concert. Another player in the orchestra has stated that for the recording, a euphonium was used for the ophicleide part. |
| Harmonia Mundi (France) # 901463.64 | Mendelssohn: Elijah (Elias); Orchestre des Champs
Elysées,
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale with Petteri Salomaa & Soile
Isokoski,
directed by Philippe Herreweghe; Marc Girardot, ophicleide |
| Glossa # GCD 921101 | Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (part of The Grand
Tour series); Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, directed by Frans Brüggen; Stephen Wick, ophicleide |
| Mooncrest # CRESTCD 011 | No Roses; Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band; Alan Lumsden, ophicleide & Gregg Butler, serpent (both pretty much inaudible in the mix) |
| Arion # ARN 68300 | Dupuy: Noel, Motet, Magnificat ("Au Milieu de la Nuit"/"Cantate Domino Canticum Novum"/Magnificat respectively); Groupe Vocal de Toulouse & Ensemble Instrumental Baroque; Bernard Fourtet, serpent |
| Telarc CD-80594 | Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks & Water Music; Boston Baroque orchestra / Martin Pearlman, conductor / Douglas Yeo, serpent |
| Act Company ACT 9006-2 | Ottomania (avant-garde jazz); Kudsi Erguner, composer
&
reed flute / Michel Godard, serpent very little serpent on this recording |
| Wergo WER 8009-2 | Tentations d'Abélard (avant-garde jazz);
Michael Riessler,
woodwinds & composer; Michel Godard, serpent very little serpent on this recording |
| Intakt CD 062 | European Chamver Ensemble (avant-garde jazz); Pierre
Favre,
percussion & composer; Michel Godard, serpent very little serpent on this recording, but what's there is very nice |
| Leo Records CD LR 291 | Sequenze Armoniche (some jazzy reflections on
Gregorian Chant);
Dolmen Orchestra, Nicola Pisani, conductor; Michel Godard, serpent very little serpent on this recording |
| Enja ENJ-9380 2 | Translucide (cello solo with avant-garde jazz
accompaniment);
Vincent Courtois, cello & composer; Michel Godard, serpent very little serpent on this recording |
| Enja ENJ-8078 2 | The Sultan's Picnic (avant-garde jazz); Rabih Abou-Khalil, oud & composer; Michel Godard, serpent very little serpent on this recording |
| HatOlogy 504 | The Root of the Problem (avant-garde jazz, a series
of musical
chess games); Misha Mengelberg, piano & composer; Michel Godard,
serpent very little serpent on this recording |
| Splasc(h) CS h2501 | Atem (avant-garde jazz ?); Stefano Battaglia, Michele
Rabbia,
Vincent Courtois, et al; Michel Godard, serpent THIS RECORDING IS NOT IN THE SERPENT NEWSLETTER'S ARCHIVES AND HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED TO CONTAIN SERPENT |
| Intakt CD 049 | Pierre Favre Singing Drums (avant-garde jazz ?);
Pierre Favre,
percussion & composer; Michel Godard, serpent THIS RECORDING IS NOT IN THE SERPENT NEWSLETTER'S ARCHIVES AND HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED TO CONTAIN SERPENT |
| Enja ENJ-9323 2 | Ocre (avant-garde jazz ?); Sylvie Courvoisier; Michel
Godard,
serpent THIS RECORDING IS NOT IN THE SERPENT NEWSLETTER'S ARCHIVES AND HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED TO CONTAIN SERPENT.......this is not the same recording as the more recent "Ocre Y2K" |
| Capriccio 67 068 | Mendelssohn: Athalia; Das Neue Orchester, directed by Christoph Sperling; Erhard Schwartz, ophicleide |
| Pan Classics 510 142 | Krommer: Music for Wind Octet; Amphion Wind Octet (Amphion Bläseroktett); Marc Girardot, serpent |
| Berlioz Historical Brass BHB 101 available from <www.yeodoug.com> |
Le Monde du Serpent (The World of the Serpent); Berlioz Historical Brass, Gloria Dei Cantores choir, members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, DeBorah DeWolf Emery (piano), Jennifer Ashe (soprano), Ben Peck (buccin); Douglas Yeo, serpent & the contrabass serpent "George", with Craig Kridel (serpent) and Phil Humphries (serpent & ophicleide) |
| Enja ENJ-9148 2 | TubaTubaTu (jazz tuba duets); Michel Godard, tuba
& serpent
& composer, Dave Bargeron, tuba & sackbut & composer, with
accordion and drums two tracks, "Murmure" and "Old Town", have serpent and sackbut duets, the other tracks are tuba duets |
| Serpent Press SER 007 | Ghosts & Lovers (Shocking Stories, Wicked Songs & Wild Tunes, Tales of Dread and Delight from Hidden Byways of Rural Tradition); The Mellstock Band; Phil Humphries, serpent and ophicleide |
| King Record Company (Tokyo) KICJ 345 | Godzilla Jazz (avant-garde jazz based on themes from
Godzilla movies);
Jack Walrath on trumpet and effects, Art Baron on trombone, didgerido,
serpent, recorders and effects, Britt Woodman on trombone, Bill
Bickford
on guitars, Lindsey Horner on bass, Cecil Brooks III on percussion serpent appears as Rodan the Flying Monster, in a free-form solo with recorder accompaniment in the middle of the track "Rodan" |
| Multijazz Records 101
write or visit website to verify availability: |
Multiple Instruments; Scott Robinson, multi-instrumentalist, including ophicleide (album (LP, not CD) with eight jazz selections in traditional styles; backup of piano, bass and drums supporting overdubbed/multitrack lead and harmony on instruments including trumpet, saxophones, ophicleide, normaphon, double-belled euphonium, cornet, clarinets, trombone, tuba, banjo, recorders, piccolo, organ pipes, bombarde, solaristic sound sculptures, mellophone, french horn, valved posthorn, helicon, slide trumpet, highland bagpipes) - ophicleide used on one track, "If I Were a Bell" by Frank Loesser |
| Arbors Records ARCD19275 | Jazz Ambassador: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Louis Armstrong; Scott Robinson, multi-instrumentalist, including ophicleide (on the track "Yes! I'm In the Barrel") |
| Datura Blues (no catalog number) PO Box 5198, Arcata, CA 95518 daturablues@hotmail.com www.geocities.com/datura_blues |
Master the Tempest is Raging....; Bodie Pfost, serpent, trombone,etc., this self produced CD includes serpent on track 2, "The Ocean Thief...", as a foghorn very softly in the background, starting roughly at 7:00 on the track and ending at 8:20. A better serpent part is on track 4, "They'll Have to Drag Me Kickin' and Screamin", accompanying the vocals, church serpent style, in the Ave Maria section starting at 3:00 on the track and ending at 3:30. It is largely on the strength of this latter section that this recording is listed here. |
| Serpent Press SER 008 | Glad Tidings: A West Gallery Christmas; The Mellstock Band; Phil Humphries, serpent and ophicleide |
| Alpha 514 |
Une Messe Pour La Saint-Michel & Tous Les Saints Anges (A Mass for Saint Michel & All Holy Angels); improvised 17th Century Gallican mass re-enactment with Freddy Eichelberger (organ), Ensemble Vocal Ludus Modalis; Michel Godard, serpent |
| Virgin Classics 7243 5 45706 2 9 | Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto
Cellini; French National Orchestra, Radio France Chorus, directed
by John Nelson; unnamed player on ophicleide ophicleide has a solo as part of Pierrot's cavatine in Act I scene 12 |
| Intuition INT 3353 2 |
Trio Rouge; Lucilla
Galeazzi (voice), Vincent Courtois (cello); Michel Godard, serpent
& tuba |
| Doyen DOY CD162 |
The History of Brass Band
Music: The Early Years 1850-1920; Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal)
Band, Elgar Howarth directing; Clifford Bevan, ophicleide (tracks 1 & 2 only, on bass part) |
| EMI Classics D 104902 reissued as disk 4 of the 4 CD set "Christmas Carols" Musical Heritage Society 5489976 [this set also referenced below] |
Carol Album 2; Taverner
Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott directing; Stephen
Saunders, ophicleide ophicleide present on one track (17) only, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" on the bass line |
| Virgin Classics 7243
(5 45733 2) 3 |
Charpentier: Te Deum & Grand Office Des Morts; Les Arts Florissants, William Christie directing; Stephen Wick, serpent |
| Salzburger Museum Carolino
Augusteum (no catalog number) order by email cornelia.auernig@smca.at |
Geschichte der Salzburger
Blasmusik "alla turca"/History of Salzburg "alla turca (Janissary)"
Wind
Music; Magistratsmusik Salzburg, Joseph Seidl directing; Bruce
Holcomb, serpent serpent featured in 10 minute lecture in both German and English on Janissary music, then on demonstration scale, and finally on three musical selections; "Allemande Nr. 9, Marsch Nr. 11, both attributed to A. Fendt of the Salzburg military band of 1812, and "Salzburger Studentenmarsch vom Jahre 1777" This CD is an excellent introduction to Janissary music and the instruments used for playing it. |
| Ricercar RIC 245 |
Charpentier: Te Deum & Messe pour plusieurs instruments (au lieu des orgues); Choeur de Chambre de Namur (the choir), Les Agremens (chamber orchestra on Te Deum), La Fenice (chamber orchestra on Messe), Jean Tubery directing; Volny Hostiou, serpent |
| Supraphon SU 3194-2 931 (1993 recording from Czech Republic) |
Renaissance Music at Princely
Courts of Europe; Rozmberk Consort Prague, Frantisek Pok directing;
Frantisek Pok, serpent serpent heard only on 1-1/2 minute long track #19 "Entre vous gentilz hommes" (Pierre Certon), and is playing the melodic line at the top of the instrument's range, sounding almost like a tenor zink (lyzard), over the harmony provided by viols, but playing is good while it lasts |
| Chestnut Brass, no catalog number |
Distant Dancing; Chestnut
Brass Company; Jay Krush, ophicleide, Marian Hesse, quinticlave |
| Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
82876 64071 2 |
Richard Wagner: Der fliegende
Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) - Original Paris Version; WDR
Rundfunkchor Köln, Prager Kammerchor (the choirs), Cappella
Coloniensis (the orchestra), Bruno Weil directing; Marc Girardot,
ophicleide ophicleide is used throughout, but it's timbre can be heard easily in the Overture at 0:11 with the trombones, and in a soft chorale with trombone 2 and trombone 3 at 2:53. Also in the opening of track 2, especially at 0:23 |
| Frémeaux &
Associés FA 166 |
Choro (1906-1947);
Pixinguinha (flute), João Pernambuco (guitars), Jacob do
Bandolim; Irineu de Almeida, ophicleide ophicleide appears on track 15 of CD #1 (it is a 2 CD set), " São João Debaixo D'Aguá ", and Almeida is an excellent player on a very energetic part that comes through clearly. This CD consists of 36 Brazilian 'choro' pieces from the first half of the 20th Century; 'choro' is Brazil's oldest musical form, emerging from Rio in the 1880s, and is a mixture of European melody and harmony with African rhythm. |
| Orfeo C 689 061 A |
Victorian Christmas (a.k.a.
Victorian Christmas for Brass); Passion des Cuivres (19th Century
brass quintet, Constanze Backes, soprano; Erhard Schwartz, ophicleide ophicleide solos on several tracks, plus Handel's "O Ruddier Than the Cherry" which is a complete ophicleide solo |
| Melba MR 301111 |
Back from Oblivion; Nick
Byrne, ophicleide & David Miller, piano vintage virtuoso ophicleide solos + two contemporary compositions |
| Wolgrub W001 Wolgrub, Unit One, 30 Maple House, Idonia Street, London SE8 4LS |
Sporting & Military;
Alligator Horses, including Andrew Lamb, Russian Bassoon Russian Bassoon used only on 'British Grenadiers' track |
| The Madding Crowd TMC-002-CD | Hark, Shepherds, Hark;
The Madding Crowd, Mike Bailey, director; Peter Hackston, serpent traditional period versions of English Christmas songs and carols, done in the style of a village band and choir, nice earthy performances that really sounds '"right" for the material. |
| CPO 777 221-2 |
Ferdinand Ries: Die
Könige In Israel; Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert,
Hermann Max, director; Erhard Schwartz, ophicleide ophicleide is present 'in the mix' but it does not have any solos or prominent parts |
| Enja ENJ-9494 2 |
Songs for Sad Women;
Rabih Abou-Khalil, oud & composer; Gevorg Dabaghyan, duduk; Michel
Godard, serpent wonderful improvisations on the serpent bass line |
| Intuition INT 3415 2 |
DEEP; Gavino Murgia,
voice & soprano saxophone; Michel Godard, serpent & tuba free improvisations of an almost spiritual and mesmerizing sort |
| Angel S-37091 (LP from 1974) reissued on CD as Virgin Veritas #7243 (5 61289 2) 7 |
Music of Praetorius (Dances
from "Terpsichore" 1612 & Motets from "Muses of Zion" 1605-10);
The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow, director; Alan
Lundsen, serpent (Alan also plays sackbut, etc; and former London
Serpent Trio member Andrew van der Beek also plays many non-serpent
instruments) serpent is heard only on track 2 of side B (track 11 on CD), "Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort" |
| CAM Production CAMJ 7806-2 |
Archangelica;
l'Atelier
des
Musiciens
du
Louvre
(a
baroque
orchestra), directed by
Mirella Giardelli; Maria Pia de Vito, vocals; Freddy Eichelberger,
harpsichord; Michel
Godard, serpent baroque & jazz fusion with lots of expert serpent playing |
| RCA Red Seal 2 CD
88697 (27155 2) |
Robert
Schumann:
Das
Paradies
und
die
Peri; Bavarian Radio Orchestra
and Choir (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), directed by
Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Erhard Schwartz, ophicleide |
| Nonesuch H-71313 (LP) |
19th
Century
American
Ballroom
Music; Smithsonian Social Orchestra
& Quadrille Band, directed by James Weaver; Robert Eliason and
Robert Kraft, ophicleides, Robert Sheldon, quinticlave |
| Ligia Digital LIDI 0202196-8 | Jean
Gilles:
Requiem & motet
Cantate Jordanis Incolae; Orchestre Les Passions & Choeur de
chambre
les elements, directed by Jean-Marc Andrieu; Volny Hostiou, serpent serpent is audible throughout doubling the voices, the portative organ bass line, and the small orchestra's single string bass...on a few tracks the serpent has a very obvious solo line. This is an excellent recording for hearing a well-played serpent in an authentic period music ensemble. The CD booklet is in French only. The Serpent Newsletter editor, in collaboration with the group Orchestre Les Passions, has prepared a separate booklet in English, which may be downloaded here Gilles CD Booklet in English |
| EMI Classics / Capitol 0777 7
54529 2 1 reissued as disk 1 of the 4 CD set "Christmas Carols" Musical Heritage Society 5489976 [this set also referenced above] |
The
Christmas
Album:
Festive
Music
from
Europe
and
America;
The
Taverner Consort, Choir &
Players, directed by Andrew Parrott, Stephen Saunders, ophicleide ophicleide is very audible, with solo lines, in track 13, "Gloria" by Edmund Pascha |
| Carpe Diem CD-16274 | Tre Bassi: De Profundis; bass vocalists Alain Buet, Paul Willenbrock, Philippe Roche, with Hille Perl , viol/lirone; Lee Santana, chitarrone; Michel Godard, serpent |
| EMI/Angel SLS 988 or SAN 391-392
(2 LPs) reissued on CD as Virgin Veritas 0946 (3 85811 2) 3 |
Instruments
of
the
Middle
Ages
and
Renaissance; The Early Music Consort of
London, directed by David Munrow; Alan Lunsden, serpent serpent is used on the track "Canzona Quarta for 'basso solo'" by Girolamo Frescobaldi, which is track 5 on side B of record 2, aka Side 4 (LP version) or track 20 of CD2 (CD version) |
| Le Couvent K617215 | Pierre
Robert: Grands Motets;
Les Pages
& les Chantres du Centre de
Musique Baroque de Versailles, the orchestra ‘Musica Florea’, directed by
Olivier Schneebeli; Volny
Hostiou, serpent serpent is present but understated in the mix, and is nowhere prevalent |
| Hortus Editions Hortus 060 | Charles
Levens: Te Deum; Ensemble
Sagittarius, the combined choirs
Ensemble Baroque Orfeo and Groupe Vocal Arpège, Orchestre
Baroque Les Passions, directed by Michel
Laplénie; Volny
Hostiou, serpent serpent is quite audible throughout on some fairly active musical lines |
| Entheos
CD005 |
Requiem pour
Claude de Lorraine; Ensemble
Entheos, directed by Benoît
Damant; Volny
Hostiou, bass cornett the bass cornett is quite audible throughout, with its serpent-like sound (the bass cornett is related to the serpent, albeit in a parallel branch of the brass instrument family) The CD booklet is in French only. The Serpent Newsletter editor has prepared a separate booklet in English, which may be downloaded here Requiem Claude Lorraine CD Booklet in English |
| Gimini Music
GM 1016 |
En ces
jours-là, je répandrai mon Esprit; Mario
Hacquard, Gregorian chant, Volny
Hostiou, serpent the serpent is quite audible throughout in its role as echo and answer, and sometimes as accompaniment to to solo voice's chant The CD booklet is in French only. The Serpent Newsletter editor has prepared a separate booklet in English, which may be downloaded here En ces jours CD Booklet in English |
| Bandleader
Recordings/Modern Publicity BNA 5196 |
The Music of
Christopher Eley; The Duke of
York's Band of the Coldstream Guards, directed by Major Graham
O Jones; Stephen Wick,
serpent the serpent is very audible as the bass of the band |
| Triton
TRI 331139 |
Messe de
Bordeaux (anon) & Concerto en ré majeur
by Claude Balbastre; Vox
Cantoris, directed by Jean-Christophe
Candau;
Michel
Nègre, serpent the serpent is quite audible on fairly active musical lines |
| Serpent Press SER 010 |
The
Leaves
of
Life; The Mellstock Band, Phil Humphries, serpent Songs, carols, spoken word from Christmas and the wintertime in the rural England of Thomas Hardy the serpent is prominent on most tracks and has multiple solos |
| Le Couvent K617224 | André
Campra:
Messe
de
Requiem; Les Pages
& les Chantres du Centre de
Musique Baroque de Versailles, the orchestra ‘Orchestre des Musiques
Anciennes et à Venir’, directed by
Olivier Schneebeli; Volny
Hostiou, serpent album includes the Messe de Requiem as well as the Grant Motet 'In Convertendo' the serpent is prominent in the opening of the Mass on the 'cantus firmus' solo, and also in the 'Communion: Requiem Aeternam' section, and can also be heard easily in the Motet on the continuo |
| Winged Lion Records/ Signum Records SIGCD280 |
Berlioz:
Grande
Messe
des
Morts
(Requiem); Gabrieli Consert &
Players, Wroclaw
Philharmonic Orchestra, Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass
Ensemble, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, directed by
Paul McCreesheli; John
Elliott, Phil Humphries, Stephen Wick, Andy Kershaw, ophicleides the ophicleides are present in the mix of sound from the large orchestra and massive choir, about 400 persons strong, although their own contribution is not obvious |
| Carpe Diem CD-16286 | Monteverdi:
A Trace of Grace;
Guillemette
Laurens, voice; Gavino Murgia, saxophone & throat singing; Fanny
Paccoud, violin; Bruno Helstroffer, theorbo; Steve Swallow, bass;
Michel Godard, serpent This album is a mixture of renaissance and modern instruments and voice in performances of both Monteverdi selections as well as contemporary ones that are written with an appropriate sensibility and tonality, overall quite soulful; the serpent shares the bass with the theorbo and Swallow's bass, plus it has some solo lines |
| Revels Records CD 1078 www.revels.org |
The
Christmas
Revels:
In Celebration of the Winter Solstice; The Revels Chorus,
The Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble, Alexander's Feast renaissance
band with soloists Marshall Barron, Jerry Epstein, Lisle Kulbach, Frank
Epstein; David Gay, serpent A collection of 30 traditional songs and verse related to Christmas and the Winter Solstice, performed by modern and period instruments plus voice; serpent is clearly heard on track 27 "Apple Tree Wassail" |
| Serpent Press SER 011 | The
Sound
of
Leather; The Lost Chord, Dave Townsend, concertina;
Phil Humphries, serpent This album is a collection of 14 eclectic music-hall songs, Victorian & Edwardian ballads and showpieces, and popular songs. All selections are played exclusively on concertina and serpent; the virtuoso serpent playing is very prominent throughout |
| Hybrid Music H1827 |
Le
Serpent
Imaginaire (The Imaginary Serpent); Francois Menissier,
organ; Thomas van Essen, baritone; Eva Godard, cornetto; Volny Hostiou,
serpent This recording imagines what a solo serpent concert during the first 100 years of the instrument's history would be like |
| Harmonia Mundi-World Village 479078 | Hungry
People; Rabih Abou-Khalil, oud; Gavino Murgia, soprano saxophone
and voice; Luciano Biondini, accordion; Jarrod Cagwin, drums; Michel
Godard,
tuba, electric bass & serpent Not much serpent on this CD, but what's there is good |
| DML Records CD 017 | Point
of View; Patrick Bebelaar, piano; Frank Kroll, saxophone; Pandit
Prakash Maharaj, tabla; Pandit Vikash Maharaj, sarrod; Subhash Maharaj,
tamboura; Michel Godard,
tuba & serpent 'World Music' merger between western European jazz and traditional Indian music. Only one track with noticable serpent on this CD |
| CamJazz CAMJ 7792-OD | ImpertinAnce;
Franck Tortiller, vibraphone; Patrice Heral, percussion, vocals and
electronic sampling; Michel Godard; tuba & serpent Note intentionally misspelled album title. Showcase for mallet percussion virtuoso Tortiller, this is a long free-form jazz improvisation. Godard mostly plays the tuba on this CD, but there are serpent solos on the tracks "Luiza Blanca", "Archangelica", and "Serpent et Sonnailles" |
| Music Center Lissone BA 301 CD | Le
Sonnet Oublié; Roberto Martinelli, soprano & alto
saxophones; Francesco D'Auria, percussion; Michel Godard; tuba,
electric bass & serpent This is a long free-form jazz improvisation. There are serpent solos on the tracks "Le Sonnet Oubliè", "Sur l’èchelle des spheres", "Ferma l’ali", and "In Paradisum" |
| Winged Lion/Signum Classics SIGCD 300 | Felix
Mendelssohn: Elijah 1846; Gabrieli Consert and Players &
Gabrieli Young Singers Scheme & Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, with
Simon Keenlyside, baritone (Elijah), directed by Paul McCreesh;
Nicholas Perry & Phil Humphries & Carl Woodcroft, serpents;
Stephen Wick & Andrew Kershaw, ophicleides; Tony George, contrabass
'monstre' ophicleide Recreation of the premiere performance of this classic oratorio, and the only commercial recording to include a contrabass ophicleide, not to mention such a large assembly of serpents and ophicleides |
| DML Records CD 015 | You
Never Lose an Island; Patrick
Bebelaar, piano; Frank Kroll, soprano saxophone, clarinet & bass
clarinet; Herbert Joos, trumpet; Michel
Godard,
tuba & serpent Serpent only used on one track, "Maienlied" |
| CamJazz CAMJ 7770-OD | Cousins
Germains; Franck Tortiller, vibraphone & marimba; Christof
Lauer, soprano and tenor saxophones; Wolfgang Puschnig, alto saxophone
& flute; Herbert Joos, trumpet; Wolfgang Reisinger, drums; Michel
Godard; tuba & serpent As a serpent recording, it contains several extended sequences that show off Godard’s virtuosity. |
| no catalog number, available
from Feeling Musique (Paris) www.feelingmusique.com |
Le
Désir; Laurent Vadrot, euphonium & ophicleide; Marc
Girardot, ophicleide; Sébastien Jaudon, piano Primarily a solo recording featuring Vadrot on euphonium with piano accompaniment. One track, "Introduction et Polonaise, Op.30" by Jules Demersseman features solo ophicleide, and two short tracks are ophicleide duets with Girardot The CD booklet is in French only. The Serpent Newsletter editor has prepared a separate booklet in English, which may be downloaded here Le Désir CD Booklet in English |
| Dreyer Gaido CD 21075 | Renaissance
Goes Jazz - Live; Markus
Becker on piano; the
renaissance wind ensemble Capella de la
Torre, directed by Katharina
Bäuml on shawm; Michel Godard; tuba, electric bass &
serpent Modern jazz fused with traditional Renaissance music, this has significant amounts of serpent playing |
| Yellow Bird 7718 | Ivresses;
Franck Tortiller, vibraphone & marimba; Patrice Heral, percussion,
vocals and electronic sampling; Michel Godard; tuba, electric bass
& serpent A jazz meditation on wine and its intoxicating properties, this has some nice exposed serpent solos |
| MegaSound
label, unknown catalog number, available only as an MP3 download from
numerous websites |
Megalitico
5tet; Gavino Murgia, soprano saxophone, flute, voice; Franck
Tortiller, vibraphone; Luciano Biondini, accordion; Pietro Iodice,
percussion; Michel Godard; tuba & serpent Easy jazz genre, dominated by Murgia’s saxophone solos underlaid by Godard’s bass lines. Serpent is used only on the track "Luna Antica" |
Copyright Paul Schmidt 1997
revised March 2013