Since you are interested in American Tapestry (Incls 'Suite of Old American Dances' & 'Rhapsody in Blue'), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 2 (Incls 'King Cotton' & 'the Royal Welch Fusiliers') Royal Artillery Band, Keith Brion (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2003 ] "Bottom line: wonderful music, wonderfully presented - and at a bargain price. Naxos' 'American Classics' series deserves to become a classic itself." - infodad.com |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 and 53 John Wallace (trumpet) / Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra / Keith Brion (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Anyone interested in the composer or in 20th century wind music will find this to be a worthwhile bargain" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 6 Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] This sixth disc in the series includes The Golden Star, a funeral march dedicated to Mrs Theodore Roosevelt 'in memory of the brave who gave their lives that liberty shall not perish', The Federal, composed for Sousa's 1911 world tour, and The... |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1 (Includes hands Across the Sea & Daughters of Texas) Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "If he has a good band to work with, count on Keith Brion to put an excellent Sousa recording together. The Royal Artillery Band, formed in 1762, is a very good band..." - American Record Guide. |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 3 (Includes Semper Fidelis & The National Game) Royal Artillery Band; Keith Brion, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "We can only hope Volume 4 will be along very soon; because as Barry Kilpatrick expertly summed up Volume 1, !¢DIf he has a good band to work with, count on Keith Brion to put an excellent Sousa recording together. The Royal Artillery Band, founded... |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 4 (Includes 'Riders for the Flag' & 'the Stars and Stripes Forever') Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] The library of Sousa's Band contained over 10,000 titles. Among them are the band compositions of Sousa including the 136 marches and numerous other scores. This new series, Sousa: Music for Wind Band, seeks to record them for the world to hear. |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 5 (Includes 'the Thunderer' & 'University of Nebraska') Royal Artillery Band, Keith Brion, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Sep/2004 ] "The playing is both euphonious and mellow ... collectors of this series should not be disappointed" - MusicWeb Aug 2004 |
COATES / GERSHWIN / SOUSA / SCHUBERT / HERBERT / GOUNOD / etc
Strike Up the Band!: Marches from around the world Royal Swedish Airforce Band / Jerker Johansson (Conductor) [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Julius Fučik (1872-1916) was born in Prague and studied at the conservatory in that city at a time when Antonín Dvořák was also a pupil there. He was an extremely productive composer with over 400 works to his name, among them operettas, chamber... |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Variations on America / Old Home Days / The Alcotts United States Marine Band / Colonel Timothy W. Foley [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 5/Sep/2007 ] All of the works heard on this disc are to a greater or lesser degree transcriptions or adaptations for the modern American concert band. |
COPLAND / TICHELI / TORKE
Landscapes University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Paul Popiel, Steve Leisring (trumpet), Ji Hye Jung (marimba), Margaret Marco (cor anglais) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Landscapes is a journey through the rich tapestry of American wind band music, performed by one of the country's leading ensembles. One of Michael Torke's most admired works, Javelin has been described as a 'sonic olympiad', while his arrangement of... |
MICHAEL COLGRASS
Urban Requiem & other works for wind Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble / Stephen Gage [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Pulitzer Prize winning composer Michael Colgrass's Urban Requiem headlines this recording. This nearly half hour work explores the technical and expressive qualities of the saxophone quartet, as well as providing an aural experience that vividly... |