|
The Big Ben Banjo Band
Strummin' On The Old Banjo [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] The concept of a 'family sing song' may nowadays seem positively antique - but in the pre-rock 'n' roll, pre-TV early 1950s, gathering together and belting out a ditty or two was a regular weekend occurrence for any family with a piano or record... |
|
The Bill Frisell Band
Lookout For Hope [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Memo from the heyday of the Downtown scene, an album from Frisell's first touring band, with cellist Hank Roberts, drummer Joey Baron and bassist Kermit Driscoll. All material by Frisell, except Thelonious Monk's "Hackensack". |
|
Billy Cotton And His Band
Follow The White Line [ CD ] |
|
BUXTEHUDE
Scandinavian Cantatas Bine Bryndorf (organ) / Theatre of Voices / TOV Band / Paul Hillier [ DACAPO SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "[Theatre of Voices] breathe new life into this stimulating but neglected 17th-century repertoire, aided by the splendidly crisp TOV band. Soprano Else Torp, countertenor William Purefoy and bass Jakob Bloch Jespersen shine among the singers. Highly... |
|
PETER GRAHAM
Graham: Force of Nature Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Winner of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association's Ostwald Award for composition, Peter Graham is one of the leading brass band composers of his generation. |
|
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Symphonic Brass Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "With the wide appeal of these popular scores and the exceptional standard of the performances from the Black Dyke Band I can see significant interest and many subsequent converts to brass band music being generated by this disc." |
|
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Black Dyke Plays Rossini John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Peter Parkes (conductor) [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 1/Feb/1992 ] Chandos Brass now at a special price |
|
SCOTTISH PIPES & DRUMS
From The Highlands - The Best of Scottish Pipes & Drums The Black Watch, The Scots Guards, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Bagpipes en masse accompanied by drums can send a shiver down the spine like few other musical forms. |
|
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
Season of Changes [ Verve Records / CD - released 23/May/2008 ] This album features nine moving new works - a compelling distillation of the compositional eloquence and collective chemistry that have made Blade and his longtime bandmates one of contemporary jazz's most respected ensembles. |
|
Broadside Band/Barlow
Il Ballarino-Italian Dances [ Helios / CD - released 2/Oct/2000 ] |
|
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Six Sonatas for Cello trans. from the Recorder Sonatas by Carolyn Gibley Brook Street Band [ Avie / CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] "Theo and Gibley play their transcriptions with impeccable style and with a warm rapport for the music. Slow movements come off especially well and, in one or two instances." (BBC Music) |
|
HANDEL
English Cantatas and Songs Brook Street Band [ Avie / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In this day and age is there any more to be traced and discovered from Handel's "lost music"? The Brook Street Band, awarded a Gramophone Editor's Choice for their AVIE debut of Handel's "Oxford" Water Music (AV 0028), certainly think so. Their... |
|
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Basso Continuo Brook Street Band [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "[They] approach everything with a spring in their step, relishing the harmonic crunches and keeping everything vital and vivacious." The Guardian |
|
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo The Brook Street Band [ AVIE / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] The Brook Street Band's passion for the music of George Frideric Handel shines through on this recording of the nine Violin Sonatas by - or attributed to - the Baroque composer. The ensemble's 10th release for AVIE compliments its critically... |
|
HANDEL
Handel - Trio Sonatas Op. 5 (period instruments) The Brook Street Band [ Avie / CD - released 24/Aug/2005 ] "As with everything they do there are no half measures. I find them intoxicating, sometimes quixotic, but always entertaining guides to the repertoire." (MusicWeb July 2005) |
|
HANDEL
Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 The Brook Street Band [ Avie / CD - released 18/Oct/2013 ] |
|
Bunk Johnson Band, George Lewis New Orleans Band, Wilbur de Paris, Kid Ory Creole Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong All Stars, etc
Very Best of: Dixieland New Orleans [ Alto / CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] "78 minutes of well-mastered vintage classic tracks chosen by experts - a great romp!" |
|
MAURICE SAYLOR
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits / Music for Silent Films Cantate Chamber Singers / The Snark Pit-band / The Holton-Arms Lower School Chorus / Gisele Becker / Snark Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] The result is music of vibrancy, excitement, and even dangerous volatility. The three silent film scores are pacey, dapper and splendidly jazzy. |
|
KARL JENKINS
This Land Of Ours Karl Jenkins with Cory Band and Cantorion [ EMI Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2008 ] The two most famous musical traditions in Wales - the brass band and the male voice choir - have been brought together for the first time by Britain's most popular living classical composer, and exclusive EMI artist, Karl Jenkins OBE. |