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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo) / Royal College of Music Brass Band / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "This splendid performance is now the best way to hear the 1920 version of A London Symphony." MuscWeb Nov 2017 |
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CLEMENT JANEQUIN / THOINOT ARBEAU / PIERRE de la RUE / JOSQUIN DESPREZ / etc
Music in the Châteaux de la Loire Ensemble Clement Janequin, Dominique Visse / The Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow [ Harmonia Mundi Resonances / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] Famous places and monuments all have a musical history whose richness and variety we do not always realise. For centuries their beauties have nourished the imagination of composers and performers who, in return, have often dedicated to them some of... |
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BAX / ELGAR / GERMAN / MacKENZIE / WALTON / etc
The Crown Imperial: Marches for 20th Century British Coronations London Symphonic Concert Band, Tom Higgins [ Somm / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "This is an interesting and imaginative concept, a mix of celebrated and little known and/or forgotten pieces composed for 20th century coronations. The mix shows commendable variety too in that the ear does not tire from an overindulgence of pomp. A |
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Gilzene & The Blue Light Mento Band
Sweet Sweet Jamaica [ World Village / CD - released 3/May/2010 ] |
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The Grampian Police Pipe Band
Pipes and Drums of Scotland [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] The Band is a firm favourite of the people of the north east of Scotland and plays at many Highland Games, community events, police open days and like events throughout the year. |
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HANDEL / LECLAIR / CORELLI / GEMINIANI
Handel 'Oxford' Water Music Brook Street Band [ Avie / CD - released 14/Jan/2004 ] "The Brook Street Band - named after the London street where Handel lived for a large part of his life - are gaining quite a reputation for their stylish and imaginative programmes. Here they offer a mixed collection of trio sonata repertoire... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 101, 102 / 'Windsor Castle' Overture The Hannover Band / Roy Goodman conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] 'The playing is stylish and imaginative, the "clock" movement is beautifully paced and the balance of instruments is excellent' (Classic CD) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1050, 1053, 1056 & 1057 Hanover Band, Andrew Arthur conductor [ Signun / CD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] "JS Bach's seven concertos for solo harpsichord & strings, occupy a significant place in the history of music, marking as they do the origin of the keyboard concerto genre. Collective- ly, they encompass the gamut of Baroque rhetorical expression;... |
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J. C. BACH
Complete Symphonies [Special price 5 CD set] The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead [ CPO / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2010 ] The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead |
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HAYDN
The 'Paris' Symphonies Vol 1: Symphonies 82 'The Bear', 83 'The Hen', 84 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 42 43 44 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2002 ] 'Superbly skilled playing... a sense of sheer enjoyment which communicates itself magnificently to the listener' (CDReview) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 6, 7, 8 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - 'Immensely inventive works that, had there not been another hundred to follow, every music-lover would know and which would be widely performed and recorded' (Early Music Review) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies 70, 71, 72 The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2002 ] Great performances now reissued |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos.17 - 21 The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/May/2002 ] |
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NIGEL CLARKE
Clarke: Mysteries of the Horizon / Dial 'H' for Hitchcock / Swift Severn's Flood / Earthrise Harmen Vanhoorne (cornet) / Grimethorpe Colliery Band, David Thornton, Nigel Clarke [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Nigel Clarke has always been fascinated by virtuosity and timbre - it is the brass band genre that has lent itself most to his passion for musical athleticism. Dial 'H' for Hitchcock is an imaginary film score in the film noir vein, complete with... |
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 22 Her Majesty's Royal Marines Band, Plymouth, Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2022 ] John Philip Sousa was renowned as "The March King", expressing the brash energy of an emerging United States of America in famous pieces such as The Stars and Stripes Forever! |
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TRADITIONAL
Klezmer: Tradition / In the Fiddler's House / Live [3 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Klezmer Conservatory Band, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra [ Itzhak Perlman complete Warner Recordings / 3 CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] Itzhak Perlman's parents were from Poland and in these albums he explores the secular music of Eastern Europe's Jews. Its sinuous melodies and piquant harmonies fuse elements of Slavic, Balkan, Greek and Turkish music - and, in its American... |
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Jaco Pastorius Big Band
Word of Mouth Revisited [ Heads Up / Telarc Records / CD - released 26/Aug/2003 ] Possibly the most impressive lineup of bass virtuosity ever assembled! |
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TRADITIONAL
The Songs of England John Potter / Lucie Skeaping / Jo Freva / The Broadside Band [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "Unadulterated magic, not a disappointing track" Folk Roots / "A delightful record" The Gramophone |