Composer: John Philip Sousa
Performer: Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Conductor: Keith Brion
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8559730
Release: 2014
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Sousa: March of the Royal Trumpets (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
02. Sousa: The American Maid: The Glass Blowers Overture (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
03. Sousa: Triton Medley March (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
04. Smith: Listen to my Tale of Woe, “Humoresque” (arr. J.P. Sousa and L. Schissel for wind band)
05. Sousa: The Lambs March (arr. L. Schissel for wind band)
06. Sousa: Esprit de Corps March (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
Sousa: El Capitan and His Friends Suite (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
07. I. El Capitan
08. II. The Charlatan
09. III. The Bride Elect
10. Sousa: The Circumnavigators Club March
11. Sousa: The Loyal Legion March (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
12. Sousa: 3 Fantasies: No. 1. The International Congress (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
The unprecedented popularity enjoyed by John Philip Sousa was garnered through constant national and international touring with a band that included some of the very best American instrumentalists. Volume 14 of this series includes brilliant show overtures, such as The Glass Blowers, theatrical marches such as The Lambs, the suite El Capitan and His Friends, from three of Sousa’s remarkably successful operettas and, last but not least, the 22 year-old composer’s extraordinary collection of patriotic songs of many countries, The International Congress, which ends with The Star Spangled Banner set against the violin obbligato from Wagner’s Tannhauser.