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Royal
Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra conducted by Timothy Reynish
plays
British
Wind Band Classics
Gustav
Holst:
First Suite for Military Band, Op.
28 No. 1 10:43
Second Suite for Military Band,
Op. 28 No. 2 11:44
Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Gustav Holst:
Fugue à la gigue 3:04
Gustav Holst:
from
Two Songs Without Words, Op. 22
Marching Song 3:44
Hammersmith, Op. 52 14:08
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Toccata marziale 4:37
Flourish for Wind Band 2:20
English Folk Song Suite 15:09 I March 'Seventeen Come Sunday': Allegro 3:25 II Sea Songs: Allegro 3:54 III Intermezzo 'My Bonny Boy': Andantino 3:55
IV March 'Folk Songs from Somerset': Allegro 3:44
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Royal
Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra with Joseph Alessi trombone* conducted by Timothy Reynish
plays
French
Wind Band Classics
Florent
Schmitt:
Dionysiaques, Op. 62 10:57
Camille Saint-Saens:
Orient et Occident, Op. 25 8:07
Grande Marche pour grande harmonie
Eugène Bozza:
Children's Overture 5:16
Darius Milhaud: Suite française, Op. 248
14:51 I Normandie. Animé 1:41
II Bretagne. Lent 4:11
III Ile de France. Vif 1:56
IV Alsace-Lorraine. Lent 4:06
V Provence. Animé 2:47
Hector Berlioz:
Grande Symphonie funèbre et triomphale,
Op. 15* 32:41 I Marche funèbre. 18:21
II Oraison funèbre. 6:23
III Apothéose. 7:53
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Royal
Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
conducted by Clark Rundell
plays
Nordic
Wind Band Classics
Geirr Tveitt:
The Old Mill on the Brook, Op. 204
(1962) 3:10
Einojuhani Rautavaara:
A Soldier's Mass, Op. 40 (1968)
9:45 1 The Lord of Battles (Kyrie). Moderato 2:02
2 Have Mercy on Us (Miserere). Largo - 1:46
3 On the Field of Glory (Gloria). Allegro - 1:43
4 At Death's Door (In hora mortis). Largo 3:58
Aulis Sallinen:
Chorali, Op. 22 (1970) 9:29
for 32 Winds, Percussion, Harp and Celesta
Hugo Alfven:
Festival Overture, Op. 26 (1909)
7:16
Carl
Nielsen:
Paraphrase on 'Nearer My God to Thee',
FS 63 (1912) 3:11
Geirr Tveitt:
Sinfonietta di soffiatori, Op 203
(1962) 17:18 1 Intonazione d'autunno. Lento - Poco più mosso
- Tempo I 3:35
2 Ricordi d'estate. Tempo moderato di springar 2:24
3 Fanfara funebra. Andante, deciso 3:20
4 Allegria alpestre. Mosso moderato 3:00
5 Canto di congredo. Tranquillo - Poco più mosso
- 4:39
Ole Schmidt:
Hommage à Stravinsky (1985)
8:23
for Symphonic Winds, Timpani and 3 Percussion I crotchet = 114 1:40
II Largo - Allegro - Largo - Allegro 3:17
III crotchet = 132 3:19
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Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra with Jacques Mauger trombone*
conducted by Clark Rundell
plays
Russian
Wind Band Classics
Reinhold Gliere:
Solemn Overture, Op. 72 8:11
Igor Stravinsky:
Circus Polka 3:28
Sergey Prokofiev:
Marches for Military Band, Op. 69
14:22 1 March for a Spartakiade 3:37
2 Marching Song (Lyrical) 3:14
3 March. Composed for the Muzgiz Competition 5:37
4 Cavalry March (Over the Bridge) 1:43
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov:
Concerto for Trombone* 10:53
Dmitri Shostakovich:
March of the Soviet Militia, Op. 139
1:30
Sergey Prokofiev:
Anthem for Military Band, Op. 98 1:50
Aram
Il'yich Khachaturian:
The Battle of Stalingrad, Op. 74a
28:22
Suite from the film I The City on the Volga 2:03
II Invasion 2:51
III Stalingrad in flames 4:35
IV The enemy is doomed 7:06
V Into battle for the Motherland 2:46
VI Eternal fame to the heroes 3:18
VII Forward, to victory 3:53
VIII There is a cliff on the Volga 1:49
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Royal
Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
conducted by Clark Rundell * & Timothy Reynish
plays
German
Wind Band Classics
Paul Hindemith
Symphony in B flat for Concert Band
16:52 I Moderately fast, with vigour - Molto agitato 6:09
II Andantino grazioso - Fast and gay 5:51
III Fugue. Rather broad - Fast, energetic 4:46
Ernst Toch
Spiel for Wind Orchestra, Op. 39 8:10
I Overture: Sehr leicht und beweglich, präzisestes
staccatissimo 2:05
II Idyll: Allegretto grazioso 3:15
III Buffo 2:43
Arnold Schoenberg
Theme and Variations, Op. 43a 11:54
Boris Blacher
Divertimento for Wind Orchestra, Op.
7 5:17 I Intrada 2:19
II March 2:55
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Symphony No. 5* 16:51 I Toccata (lebhaft) 5:12
II Melodie (langsam) - Scherzo (sehr lebhaft) - A tempo
7:35
III Rondo (lustig - sehr lebhaft) 3:57
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Royal
Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra conducted by Clark Rundell
plays
Dances
with Winds
Kenneth Hesketh
Danceries 14:16 I Lull me beyond thee. Andante espressivo 3:07
II Catching of Quails. Vivace vigoroso 1:52
III My Lady's Rest. Andantino con senti mento - 4:55
IV Quodling's Delight. Allegro vivace - Con fuoco 4:22
Nikos Skalkottas
Nine Greek Dances 22:03 I Epirotikos (Dance from Epirus) (I/3). Moderato 1:27
II Peloponnisiakos (Dance from Peloponnesos) (I/4). Allegro
- Andante 4:06
III Kalamatianos (Dance from Kalamata) (I/8). Moderato 1:27
IV Mariori mou (My Mariori) (III/4). Moderato assai e molto
espressivo - 4:20
V Pedia ke pios to petaxe (Boys, who threw it?) (I/11).
Allegro moderato 1:23
VI Kritikos (Dance from Crete) (I/2). Allegretto moderato
1:30
VII Sifneikos (Dance from Sifnos) (I/7). Allegro ben ritmico
1:03
VIII Makedonikos (Dance from Macedonia) (II/11). Moderato
- 4:25
IX Enas Aïtos (An Eagle) [Tsamikos] (I/1). Allegro
moderato 2:21
John Corigliano
Gazebo Dances 15:50 I Overture. Allegro con brio 4:50
II Waltz. Allegretto 2:47
III Adagio. Adagio (poco rubato) 5:40
IV Tarantella. Allegro 2:33
Adam Gorb
Yiddish Dances 16:41 Khosidl. Andante 3:16
Terkishe. Allegro molto - 2:17
Doina. Meno mosso, rubato - 1:57
Hora. Andante con moto - Più mosso - 4:25
Freylachs. Allegro molto - Tempo di Khosidl - 4:45
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Royal
Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
conducted by Timothy Reynish & Clark Rundell
Percy Grainger - Works for Wind Orchestra
part 1
Hill Song No. 2 5:01
Ye Banks and Braes O`Bonnie Doon 2:56
Faeroe Island Dance 2:33
The Lads of Wamphray March 7:52
Irish Tune from County Derry 4:12
Shepherd`s Hey 2:02
The Merry King 4:03
Molly on the Shore 3:53
Country Gardens (2nd version) 1:53
Colonial song 6:06
The `Gum-Suckers` March 3:46
Lincolnshire Posy 15:40 1 Dublin Bay (Lisbon) 1:27
2 Harkstow Grance 2:57
3 Rufford Park Poachers 3:47
4 The Brisk Young Sailor 1:41
5 Lord Melbourne 3:16
6 The Lost Lady Found 2:19
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Royal
Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
conducted by Timothy Reynish * & Clark Rundell
Percy Grainger - Works for Wind Orchestra
part 2
The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart* 12:06
Children's March * 6:48
Bell Piece* 5:32
Blithe Bells 3:35
The Immovable Do 4:07
Hill Song I 14:18
Hill Song II 5:05
Irish Tune from County Derry 6:30
Marching Song of Democracy 6:36