Since you are interested in Changing the Guard: Great military band music, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bandstand: A Musical Walk in the Air The Band of The Corps of Royal Engineers / The Band of The Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers / The Minden Band of the Queen's Division [ A Feast of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Strolling along on a Sunday afternoon, we can hear the band in the bandstand playing favourite melodies and musical highlights from the world of stage and screen. Superb musicaians create a sparkling evocation of the world of the brass band. |
BRITTEN / LEIGHTON / CHARPENTIER / DANDRIEU / TRADITIONAL
Carols for Christmas Morning The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom [ Festive Music and Carols / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Under Edward Higginbottom's leadership, the Choir of New College Oxford has gained a worldwide reputation and is known particularly for its stylish performances of Renaissance and Baroque music. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Music from the Court of Elizabeth I The Elizabethan Consort [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Glorious music from the rich and glamorous court of Elizabeth I, composed by her favourite composer, William Byrd (1543-1623), and other musicians of her time. Viols, flutes, lutes and voices combine in a striking programme of songs and dances. |
PARRY / CLARKE / BYRD / ELGAR / WALTON / HANDEL
Rule Britannia: Stirring songs and patriotic music Harlow Chorus / The Elizabethan Consort / Martin Souter / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Pro Arte Orchestra [ Britannia / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Music chosen for its thrill factor: from trumpets and drums to soaring choral voices, this programme has a 'Last Night of the Proms' feel. It features the great and the good of English music of the past including Handel, Holst, Elgar and Walton. |
TRADITIONAL
Folk Music of Ireland Ian Giles, Ian Page, Sharon Lindo, Matthew Spring, The Amber Quartet, Dr Faustus, Dragonsfire [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] This album and its companion volumes present some of Britain's finest folk musicians performing a selection of songs and instrumental music from the British folk tradition. |
TRADITIONAL
Folk Music of Scotland Ian Giles, Ian Page, Sharon Lindo, Matthew Spring, The Amber Quartet, Dr Faustus, Dragonsfire [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] This album and its companion volumes present some of Britain's finest folk musicians performing a selection of songs and instrumental music from the British folk tradition. |
TRADITIONAL
Pax Romana: Peaceful music from the age of Rome Jon Banks (hammered dulcimer, Lyre, Harp, Gittwen, Psalterium, pipe & drums) [ A Feast of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The Romans loved music and used it both in peace and at war. This unique programme recreates the sounds that might have been heard in a Roman villa in fifth-or-sixth-century Europe, using a wide variety of instruments which were known at the time. A... |
TRADITIONAL
Hymns for all seasons Magdala / The Choir of New College, Oxford / The Choir of All Saints Church, Margaret Street / The Choir of Truro Cathedral / The Victorian Singers [ England...This England / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A selection of hymns for the church's year, from Advent to Trinity, recorded in the churches and chapels of Oxford. A glorious celebration of an English tradition, with reminders of old favourites from times past, and some familiar and heart-warming... |
TRADITIONAL
Sanctus: Music for Quiet Contemplation Marguerite Hutchinson (Northumbrian pipes) Jon Banks (harp) The Monks & Novices of Saint Frideswide [ Songs of Praise / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Haunting and evocative words and music that bring us echoes from the world of the monks of Lindisfarne, the Saxon monastery on Holy Island off Northumbria, with early English church music and Northumbrian pipes. |
TRADITIONAL
Music for Virginals Martin Souter (Leversidge virginals in the Ashmolean Museum) [ Ashmolean / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] William Byrd's music in a unique recording on the Leversidge virginals of 1670 which was made in the Hill Music Room in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The music is all taken from 'My Ladye nevells Booke' of 1591 |