Since you are interested in Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 3 (Includes Semper Fidelis & The National Game), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JAMES HARTWAY
Imaginary Creatures / 3 Myths / Images of Mogador / etc Imaginary Creatures String Quartet / Woodland Trio [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/Jan/2008 ] "Fresh", "creative", "optimistic", "accessible" are some of the adjectives used to describe the compositions of contemporary composer James Hartway. This CD features some of Hartway's best-known chamber works, such as Images of Mogador for harp,... |
AMERICAN TAPESTRY
American Tapestry (Incls 'Suite of Old American Dances' & 'Rhapsody in Blue') Lone Star Wind Orchestra / Eugene Migliaro Corporon (with Richard Shuster, piano) [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] John Williams' arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner sets the stage for this collection of American works for wind band spanning 100 years. Featuring traditional compositions from the likes of George Gershwin, Howard Hanson, Robert Russell Bennett... |
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 Volume 8 Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "Keith Brion needs to be congratulated for the most successful ambience. Then there's precision playing by the Royal Artillery Band and a recording nicely balanced by Mike Purton. In military music there is often a tendency for the percussion to mask... |
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. |
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... |