NIGEL CLARKE
Samurai (for Wind Ensemble) / Pernambuco / Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) & BdSgt Ivan Hutchinson (trumpet) / Band Of Her Majesty's Royal Marines [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] world première recordings |
ORLANDE de LASSUS
Missa Vinum Bonum: 'Good Wine Mass' & service Ex Cathedra & His Majesty's Sagbutts & Cornetts, Jeffrey Skidmore [ Alto / CD - released 18/Jun/2012 ] |
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! |
ANDREA GABRIELI
Missa Pater Peccavi His Majesty's Consort of Voices / His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts / Timothy Roberts [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'A welcome addition to the catalog … excellent playing of His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts - their contributions to the program are uniformly brilliant. Makes me want to hear more' (Goldberg) |
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
1615 Gabrieli in Venice His Majesty's Sackbutts & Cornetts & The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College SACD CD + Blue-ray audio / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2015 ] "The effect is to reproduce the fine acoustics of the chapel, with the gloriously rich and pungent brass of His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts enveloping the pristine choir in enhanced surround sound. It's like taking a gondola on the Cam." (Guardian) |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 23 The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Plymouth, Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] This final volume in the series explores some of the lesser-known corners of Sousa's output. These include fantasies and humoresques that use renowned classical works and fashionable melodies of their day. |
LASSUS
Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera Westminster Cathedral Choir / His Majesty's Sagbutts & Cornetts / James O'Donnell, conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'Elegant and imaginative... the wind-band pieces are especially gorgeous. [The Mass] receives an opulent interpretation that stands out in a rather crowded field of challengers. Highly recommended' - Gramophone |