With a busy international concert schedule and a number of acclaimed discs, Oystein Baadsvik has made a name for himself as one of today's finest tuba players, as well as an indefatigable and imaginative advocate for the instrument. His first disc, Tuba Carnival, was described on the website Classics Today as a 'perfectly executed recital in which humor, charm, and virtuosity combine to make the best possible case for the tuba as star of the show'. His wide-ranging repertoire includes works by composers as diverse as Elgar, Kalevi Aho and Piazzolla, but on this new disc he still manages to surprise with his versatility. Ferry Tales combines original compositions with imaginative and unexpected arrangements of classics such as 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and Borodin's 'Prince Igor'.