Composer: John Philip Sousa, Frédéric François Chopin
Performer: Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Conductor: Keith Brion
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8559745
Release: 2015
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Sousa: Prince Charming
02. Sousa: Across the Danube, Op. 36 (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
03. Sousa: The Band Came Back (arr. H. Clarke and K. Brion for wind band)
04. Sousa: Magna Charta
05. Sousa: Chris and the Wonderful Lamp: Overture
06. Sousa: The Legionaires
07. Chopin: Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1
08. Sousa: The Volunteers (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
09. Sousa: Desiree (excerpts) (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
10. Sousa: Pet of the Petticoats (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
11. Sousa: The Gliding Girl (arr. L. Schissel for wind band)
12. Sousa: Ben Bolt (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
13. Sousa: Yorktown Centennial (arr. K. Brion for wind band)
No one embodied the qualities of the American band master more supremely than John Philip Sousa. In this penultimate volume of an internationally admired series, a wide variety of his compositions can be heard, a number in world première recordings.
The music ranges from the early Across the Danube march to music from his operettas, taking in a Chopin arrangement and the stirring Yorktown Centennial march. Also included are those inventive works, such as Pet of the Petticoats march, in which Sousa experimented with the march form itself.
This recording coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy in 2015.