Since you are interested in French Bonbons, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SMETANA
Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Incls 'Wallenstein's Camp' & 'Hakon Jarl') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "Brass thrillingly to the fore: have these stirring tone-poems sounded better?" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2007) |
Concertos for Brass (Edward Gregson, Gordon Langford )
Besses O` Th` Barn Band, Roy Newsome, conductor with Ifor James french horn; James Watson cornet; John Fletcher tuba; [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 19/Apr/2003 ] Chandos Brass now at a special price |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
L'eventail de Jeanne - Ballet in One Act by ten French composers Philharmonia Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] '…these pieces are full of imagination and fun. Geoffrey Simon and the Philharmonia Orchestra give a very good account of themselves and the Chandos recording is little short of spectacular.' - The Penguin Complete Guide to Compact Discs |
BERLIOZ / SCHMITT / MILHAUD / SAINT-SAENS / BOZZA
French Wind Band Classics Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] 'There are only a handful of conductors who know this repertoire really well and Tim Reynish rules supremely amongst them. His interpretations are authoritative, as are his programme notes, and I cannot recommend this CD too strongly to serious... |