Strike Up the Band

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1▼CD: Bandstand Showcase
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1Strike Up the Band
performer:
Yorkshire Imperial Band
recording of:
Strike Up the Band (arr. Goff Richards for brass band)
instruments arranger:
Goff Richards (British composer, arranger and adjudicator)
arrangement of:
Strike Up the Band (1927 Gershwin song)
George Gershwin2:59
2The Floral Dance
brass and percussion:
Brighouse and Rastrick Band
arranger:
Derek Broadbent (UK Band Director)
recording of:
The Floral Dance (Brass Band arr. Broadbent)
composer:
Katie Moss (violinist, singer and composer)
instruments arranger:
Derek Broadbent (UK Band Director)
arrangement of:
The Floral Dance
Kate Emily Barclay Moss2:54
3Marching Through Georgia
performer:
The CSW Manchester Brass Band
arranger:
Goff Richards (British composer, arranger and adjudicator)
recording of:
Marching Through Georgia
lyricist and composer:
Henry Clay Work
Henry Clay Work3:02
4Eye Level
performer:
Band of The Royal Marines School of Music
arranger:
Goff Richards (British composer, arranger and adjudicator)
recording of:
Eye Level
composer:
Jack Trombey (Dutch composer, alias of Jan Stoeckart)
Jack Trombey2:15
5Cornet Carillon
performer:
Black Dyke Band
recording of:
Cornet Carillon
composer:
Ronald Binge (British composer and arranger of light music)
Ronald Binge3:02
6Hora Staccato
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
arranger:
Ray Woodfield
recording of:
Hora Staccato (for band, Richards)
composer:
Grigoraș Dinicu (Romanian violin virtuoso and composer)
instruments arranger:
Goff Richards (British composer, arranger and adjudicator)
arrangement of:
Hora Staccato (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)
Grigoraș Dinicu2:18
7Trumpet Voluntary
performer:
The Band of the Royal Corps of Transport
arranger:
Terry Kenny
recording of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary”)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist) (in 1700)
Jeremiah Clarke2:34
8Zampa Overture
performer:
Williams Fairey Engineering Band (The KNDS Fairey Band, reverted to this name from “Engineering Band” 1986–2000)
recording of:
Zampa: Overture (for brass band, Rimmer)
composer:
Ferdinand Hérold (French opera and ballet composer)
arranger:
William Rimmer
arrangement of:
Zampa : Ouverture
Ferdinand Hérold7:45
9Le Rêve passé
performer:
The Royal Artillery Mounted Band
instrumental recording of:
Le rêve passe
lyricist:
Armand Foucher (French lyricist) (in 1906)
composer:
Charles Helmer (in 1906) and Georges Krier (in 1906)
Georges Krier, Charles Helmer2:25
10The Carnival of Venice
performer:
Black Dyke Band
recording of:
Carnival of Venice
composer:
Del Staigers
Del Staigers4:00
11Blaze Away
performer:
The Royal Artillery Mounted Band
recording of:
Blaze Away
composer:
Abraham Holzmann (in 1901)
Abraham Holzmann3:30
12Selection From Iolanthe (medley)
performer:
Black Dyke Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
partial instrumental recording of:
Iolanthe
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
librettist:
W.S. Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
Sir Arthur Sullivan8:07
13English Folk Song (medley)
performer:
The Gus Band
recording of:
English Folk Song Medley
arranger:
Frank Seymour (UK brass band music arranger)
medley of:
Early One Morning
medley of:
Sing a Song of Sixpence
medley of:
What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor? (sea shanty)
medley of:
Come Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl
[traditional]2:46
14Phil the Fluter's Ball
brass and percussion:
Brighouse and Rastrick Band
recording of:
Phil the Fluter's Ball
composer:
William Percy French
William Percy French3:53
15Holiday for Trombones
performer:
Yorkshire Imperial Band
arranger:
Philip Wilby (British composer)
recording of:
Holiday for Trombones
composer:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
David Rose2:22
16Coronation Scot
performer:
Leyland Band (Brass band based in Lancashire in the UK.)
arranger:
Roy Newsome (composer and cornet player)
recording of:
Coronation Scot (BBC Paul Temple theme)
composer:
Vivian Ellis (composer)
Vivian Ellis2:55
17Also sprach Zarathustra
performer:
The Military Band of the Queen's Regiment
recording of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30: I. Einleitung (Sonnenaufgang)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1896)
publisher:
Peters Edition Ltd.
part of:
Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 (TrV 176)
Richard Strauss1:52
18The Girl I Left Behind Me
performer:
Cory Band (brass band)
arranger:
Philip Sparke (British composer and musician)
recording of:
The Girl I Left Behind
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]4:16
19Soldiers in the Park
performer:
Morris Motors Band
arranger:
Ronald Hanmer (British composer, conductor, and arranger)
recording of:
Soldiers in the Park
composer:
Lionel Monckton (in 1898)
Lionel Monckton2:17
2▼CD: The World's Greatest Marches
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1The Stars and Stripes Forever
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
recording of:
The Stars and Stripes Forever
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1896)
John Philip Sousa3:27
2Colonel Bogey
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
recording of:
Colonel Bogey March (also known as Dink March or Underberg)
composer:
Kenneth J. Alford (in 1914)
Kenneth Alford3:24
3The British Grenadiers
performer:
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
recording of:
The British Grenadiers
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]3:09
4The Liberty Bell
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
recording of:
The Liberty Bell
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1893)
arrangement of:
The Devil’s Deputy
John Philip Sousa3:45
5Marche Lorraine
performer:
The Albuhera Band of The Queens Regiment
recording of:
La Marche Lorraine
lyricist:
Jules Jouy and Octave-Frédéric Pradels (French writer)
composer:
Louis Ganne
publisher:
Enoch & Cie.
Louis Ganne3:03
6Marche militaire
performer:
Crossley's Carpet Works Band
arranger:
William Rimmer
recording of:
Marche militaire, op. 51, D. 733 no. 1 in D major
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
part of:
3 Marches militaires, op. 51, D. 733
Franz Schubert5:36
7King Cotton
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
recording of:
King Cotton
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1895)
John Philip Sousa2:47
8Triumphal March
performer:
Desford Colliery Band (British brass band) and Foden’s Band
arranger:
Glyn Bragg (UK brass band music arranger)
recording of:
Caractacus, op. 35: Scene VI, Rome: “The March Triumphal Thunders” (Orchestra and Chorus)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer)
part of:
Caractacus, op. 35
part of:
Caractacus, op. 35
Sir Edward Elgar7:00
9Hands Across the Sea
performer:
Central Band of the Royal British Legion
recording of:
Hands Across the Sea
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1899)
John Philip Sousa2:50
10The Washington Post
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
recording of:
The Washington Post
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1889)
John Philip Sousa2:39
11St. Louis Blues March
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
William Christopher Handy2:03
12When the Saints Go Marching In
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
recording of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13983)
version of:
When the Saints Go Marching In
[traditional]2:48
13Radetzky March
performer:
The Band of the Irish Guards
arranger:
Michael Lane (director of music of the Irish Guards)
recording of:
Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228 (Radetzky March, op. 228)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss I, Baptist, Vater, Johann Strauss I, Sr., the Elder, the Father) (in 1848)
dedicated to:
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
premiered at:
Wasserglacis in Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1848-08-31)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Sr. by opus number (number: op. 228)
Johann Strauss I2:35
14Crown Imperial
performer:
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
arranger:
Frank Wright (Jazz saxophonist)
cover recording of:
Crown Imperial (march)
composer:
William Walton (British composer and conductor) (in 1937)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
Sir William Walton9:36
15Under the Double Eagle
performer:
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
recording of:
Unter dem Doppeladler, op. 159 (Under the Double Eagle)
composer:
J. F. Wagner (in 1893)
Josef Franz Wagner2:38
16Homage March
performer:
The Band of Yorkshire Imperial Metals
arranger:
Walter Reynolds
recording of:
Tre Orkesterstykker fra Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 56: III. Hyldningsmarsj (3 Orchestral Pieces from "Sigurd Jorsalfar": III. Homage March)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
version of:
Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 22: V. Hyldningsmarsj
part of:
Tre Orkesterstykker fra Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 56 (3 Orchestral Pieces from "Sigurd Jorsalfar")
Edvard Grieg6:47
3▼CD: The Bands Play Golden Opera Favourites
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1None Shall Sleep
performer:
The Hammond Sauce Works Brass Band
arranger:
Ronald Hanmer (British composer, conductor, and arranger)
instrumental recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini3:04
2Dance of the Hours
performer:
Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regiment
arranger:
Guy Bennett
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto III. Cà d'Oro
Amilcare Ponchielli5:54
3Flower Duet from Lakmé
performer:
Leyland Band (Brass band based in Lancashire in the UK.)
arranger:
Philip Sparke (British composer and musician)
instrumental recording of:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
arrangement of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Léo Delibes3:58
4One Fine Day
performer:
Black Dyke Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:56
5March of the Toreadors
performer:
The Band of the Irish Guards
arranger:
Michael Lane (director of music of the Irish Guards)
recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 2: IV. Chanson du toréador
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 2
Georges Bizet2:23
6The Anvil Chorus
vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
performer:
The Gus Band
arranger:
Edrich Siebert
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto II. La gitana
Giuseppe Verdi2:56
7Grand March from Tannhäuser
performer:
Crossley's Carpet Works Band
recording of:
Excerpt from Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. Festmarsch (Grand March)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle" (Einzug der Gäste)
Richard Wagner4:42
8Polovtsian Dances
performer:
Desford Colliery Band (British brass band)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (for brass band, Snell)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arranger:
Howard Snell (trumpeter, arranger, bandleader, conductor, composer, teacher)
arrangement of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890)
Alexander Borodin8:23
9Pearl Fishers Duet
performer:
William Davis Construction Group Band
arranger:
Keith Wilkinson (brass conductor)
instrumental recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré (librettist) and Eugène Cormon
part of:
ABC Classic 100 (2001) (number: 7)
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I
Georges Bizet3:40
10Rusalka's Song to the Moon (O Silver Moon)
instruments:
Black Dyke Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Rusalka, op. 114: Song to the Moon (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer)
arrangement of:
Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka) (Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: Act 1. "Song to the Moon", Song to the Moon)
Antonín Dvořák5:13
11The Marriage of Figaro Overture
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
arranger:
William James Duthoit
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
arrangement of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:52
12Largo al factotum
performer:
Black Dyke Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
arrangement of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (Arie des Figaro)
Gioachino Rossini4:48
13Flower Song from Carmen
performer:
Desford Colliery Band (British brass band)
arranger:
Bram Gay
instrumental recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 17 Duo : « La Fleur que tu m’avais jetée » (Carmen, Don José) (Flower Song)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) (in 1875) and Henri Meilhac (in 1875)
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet3:24
14O My Beloved Father
performer:
Black Dyke Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd. (UK division)
part of:
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini2:26
15Coronation March from Le Prophete
performer:
Band of the Royal Military School of Music (Kneller Hall)
arranger:
Norman Brown (UK brass band music arranger)
recording of:
Le Prophète: Acte IV No. 24 Marche du sacre (La Marche du couronnement)
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) (until 1849-04-16)
part of:
Le Prophète: Acte IV
Giacomo Meyerbeer4:22
16Grand March from Aïda
performer:
Hammond Sauce Works Band (brass band) and Reg Vardy Band
arranger:
Frank Wright (Jazz saxophonist)
instrumental recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Gran Finale II “Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside” (Popolo, Sacerdoti)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi6:27
4▼CD: Relaxing Melodies
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1Irish Tune From County Derry (Londonderry Air)
performer:
The Band of the Welsh Guards
recording of:
Irish Tune from County Derry
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
version of:
Londonderry Air
[traditional]4:38
2The Lost Chord
performer:
Men O’Brass
recording of:
The Lost Chord (for brass, Langford)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
arrangement of:
The Lost Chord
Sir Arthur Sullivan3:46
3Baïlero (Shepherd's Song)
performer:
Yorkshire Imperial Band
arranger:
Goff Richards (British composer, arranger and adjudicator)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
Joseph Canteloube4:27
4The Swan
performer:
Desford Colliery Band (British brass band)
arranger:
Howard Snell (trumpeter, arranger, bandleader, conductor, composer, teacher)
recording of:
Le Carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le Cygne (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
arrangement of:
Le Carnaval des animaux : XIII. Le Cygne (The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan, two pianos and cello)
part of:
Le Carnaval des animaux (catch-all for arrangements)
Camille Saint‐Saëns2:53
5Bells Across the Meadow
performer:
The Gus Band
recording of:
Bells Across the Meadows
composer:
Albert Ketèlbey (English composer) (in 1921)
Albert Ketelby4:13
6To a Wild Rose
performer:
Massed Bands
arranger:
R. Martyn
recording of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose (original for solo piano)
composer:
Edward MacDowell (American composer, pianist) (in 1896)
part of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51
Edward MacDowell2:15
7Greensleeves
performer:
The Gus Band
arranger:
Ray Woodfield
instrumental recording of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]3:26
8O for the Wings of a Dove
performer:
Besses o’ th’ Barn Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Hear My Prayer: II. “O For the Wings of a Dove!” Con un poco più di moto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1844)
translated version of:
O könnt’ ich fliegen (from “Hör mein Bitten” aka “O for the Wings of a Dove”)
part of:
Hear My Prayer
Felix Mendelssohn5:56
9Romance From the Fair Maid of Perth
performer:
Leyland Band (Brass band based in Lancashire in the UK.)
arranger:
Robert Oughton
recording of:
Scènes bohémiennes from « La Jolie Fille de Perth » : II. Sérénade
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
part of:
Scènes bohémiennes from « La Jolie Fille de Perth »
Georges Bizet3:05
10None but the Lonely Heart
performer:
Black Dyke Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
6 Romances, op. 6: No. 6. Нет, только тот, кто знал / None but the Lonely Heart (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arrangement of:
6 Romances, op. 6, no. 6: None but the Lonely Heart (Нет, только тот, кто знал) (6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. None but the Lonely Heart, original for voice and piano)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:27
11Three Songs of the South (medley)
performer:
The Gus Band
recording of:
Three Songs of the South (medley)
composer:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
medley of:
Deep River
medley of:
Go Down Moses (spiritual)
medley of:
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
[traditional]8:45
12Blow the Wind Southerly
performer:
Cory Band (brass band)
arranger:
Darryl Barry
instrumental recording of:
Blow the Wind Southerly
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2619)
[traditional]6:17
13The Girl With the Flaxen Hair
performer:
Foden’s Band
arranger:
Howard Snell (trumpeter, arranger, bandleader, conductor, composer, teacher)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert] (1910-06-02)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
Claude Debussy2:18
14All in the April Evening
performer:
The Band of the Welsh Guards
recording of:
All in the April Evening
composer:
Hugh Roberton
Hugh Roberton4:07
15Air on the G String
performer:
Desford Colliery Band (British brass band)
arranger:
Howard Snell (trumpeter, arranger, bandleader, conductor, composer, teacher)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:35
16Solemn Melody
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
recording of:
Solemn Melody
composer:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
Sir Henry Walford Davies3:42
5▼CD: Pride and Splendour
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1Rule Brittania
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
arranger:
Norman Taylor (arrangements)
recording of:
Rule, Britannia!
lyricist:
James Thomson (Scottish poet, 1700-1748) (in 1740)
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10790)
part of:
Alfred: Act III
Thomas Arne3:12
2The Soldiers of Our Queen From Patience
performer:
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
instrumental recording of:
Patience: Act 1, No. 3, The Soldiers of our Queen (Chorus of Dragoons)
lyricist:
William Gilbert (English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
Patience: Act I
Sir Arthur Sullivan2:45
3Battle of Britain March
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
recording of:
Battle of Britain March
composer:
Ron Goodwin (English composer)
Ron Goodwin2:28
4The Longest Day
performer:
Band of the Parachute Regiment
arranger:
Robert Ely
recording of:
The Longest Day
lyricist and composer:
Paul Anka (Canadian singer, songwriter and actor)
Paul Anka2:14
5Spitfire Parade
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
arranger:
John Wallace (trumpeter)
recording of:
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
composer:
William Walton (British composer and conductor) (in 1942)
Sir William Walton3:45
6Men of Harlech
performer:
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
recording of:
Men of Harlech
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24790)
is based on:
Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech
[traditional]2:09
7Old Comerades
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
recording of:
Alte Kameraden
composer:
Carl Teike (composer, military musician) (in 1889)
publisher:
Edition Eurocord
Carl Teike6:18
8The Thin Red Line
performer:
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
recording of:
The Thin Red Line
composer:
Kenneth J. Alford
Kenneth Alford3:11
9Heart of Oak
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
instrumental recording of:
Heart of Oak
lyricist:
David Garrick (English 18th century actor)
composer:
William Boyce (English baroque composer)
William Boyce2:37
10Pomp and Circumstance No. 4
performer:
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
recording of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 4 in G major
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1907)
premiered at:
Queen’s Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1907-08-24)
part of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39
Sir Edward Elgar5:10
11Orb and Sceptre
performer:
The Band of the Coldstream Guards
cover recording of:
Orb and Sceptre
composer:
William Walton (British composer and conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
Sir William Walton7:42
12The Dam Busters March
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
arranger:
Martin Dawson
recording of:
The Dam Busters March
composer:
Eric Coates (composer) (in 1955)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
Eric Coates3:39
13It's a Long Way to Tipperary
performer:
Central Band of the Royal British Legion
recording of:
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
writer:
Henry James “Harry” Williams (co-credited for the British music hall song, “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”)
composer:
Jack Judge
Jack Judge & Harry Williams2:16
14Squadron
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
recording of:
633 Squadron Theme
composer:
Ron Goodwin (English composer)
Ron Goodwin2:46
15Anchors Aweigh
performer:
Band of HM Royal Marines (The Band of His/Her Majesty’s Royal Marines)
recording of:
Anchors Aweigh
lyricist:
Alfred Hart Miles (in 1906)
composer:
Charles A. Zimmerman (in 1906)
Charles A. Zimmerman5:17
16Nimrod
performer:
The Band of the Welsh Guards
arranger:
Frank Wright (Jazz saxophonist)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
arrangement of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
Sir Edward Elgar3:21
17Jupiter
performer:
Massed Bands of the Household Division
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst8:27
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1The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
performer:
Black Dyke Band
arranger:
George Hawkins
recording of:
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre
composer:
Otto Nicolai (composer and conductor)
librettist:
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
part of:
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Otto Nicolai8:43
2Procession of the Sirdar
performer:
Cory Band (brass band)
arranger:
Philip Sparke (British composer and musician)
recording of:
Caucasian Sketches Suite no. 1, op. 10: IV. Procession of the Sardar
composer:
Михаил Ипполитов‐Иванов (Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, conductor, teacher) (in 1894)
part of:
Caucasian Sketches Suite no. 1, op. 10
Ippolitov Ivanovov5:00
3La Danza
performer:
Black Dyke Band and Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Soirées musicales: No. 8. La danza “Già la luna è in mezzo al mare”
lyricist:
Carlo Pepoli (Italian librettist, 19th c.)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Soirées musicales
Gioachino Rossini2:14
4Finlandia
performer:
Massed Bands of the Royal Marines
recording of:
Finlandia, op. 26 (for orchestra)
premiered in:
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (on 1900-07-02)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1899)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1900)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1900-07-02)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1905)
part of:
Works of Jean Sibelius by opus number (number: op. 26)
version of:
Sanomalehdistön päivien musiikki, op. 25/26: VII. Tableau 6. Finland Awakes
Jean Sibelius9:38
5Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:23
6Borodin's Nocturne
performer:
Black Dyke Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Notturno (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Notturno. Andante
Alexander Borodin6:46
7The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
performer:
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
arranger:
Glyn Bragg (UK brass band music arranger)
cover recording of:
The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
composer:
Hamish MacCunn (in 1887)
Hamish MacCunn8:54
8Elizabethan Serenade
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
recording of:
Elizabethan Serenade
composer:
Ronald Binge (British composer and arranger of light music) (until 1951)
Ronald Binge3:10
9Nun's Chorus
brass:
Besses o’ th’ Barn Band
conductor:
Alec Evans (conductor)
performer:
Besses o’ th’ Barn Band
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Casanova: Nuns’ Chorus & Laura’s Song
additional composer:
Ralph Benatzky
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
librettist:
Rudolf Schanzer (Austrian librettist) and Ernst Welisch
part of:
Casanova
Johann Strauss II, Ralph Benatzky3:42
10España
performer:
Coventry City Band
recording of:
España (for brass band, Langford)
composer:
Emmanuel Chabrier (composer) (in 1883)
arranger:
Gordon Langford (English composer, arranger and pianist)
arrangement of:
España (rhapsody for orchestra)
Emmanuel Chabrier5:28
11Perpetuum Mobile
performer:
Desford Colliery Band (British brass band)
recording of:
Perpetuum mobile (for brass band, Snell)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
arranger:
Howard Snell (trumpeter, arranger, bandleader, conductor, composer, teacher)
arrangement of:
Perpetuum mobile, op. 257
Johann Strauss II2:59
12William Tell Overture - Finale
orchestra:
Men O’Brass
arranger:
Frank Seymour (UK brass band music arranger)
recording of:
William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace) (Lone Ranger theme)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
Gioachino Rossini3:23
13March From Things to Come
performer:
Central Band of the Royal Air Force
recording of:
Things to Come, March
composer:
Sir Arthur Bliss (composer)
part of:
Things to Come
Sir Arthur Bliss4:02
141812 Overture: Finale
performer:
Massed Bands of the Household Division
arranger:
Peter Hannam
partial recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Tchaikovsky, arr. Hannam4:04