Composer: John Philip Sousa
Performer: Alisdair Ashman
Orchestra: Trinity Laban Wind Orchestra
Conductor: Keith Brion
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8559812
Release: 2019
Size: 1.08 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. The Merry-merry Chorus
02. The Stag Party
03. Among my Souvenirs
The Charlatan Suite
04. I. Social Laws
05. II. The Faithless Knight and the Philosophic Maid
06. III. Golden Cars
07. IV. Mazurka
08. Chris and the Wonderful Lamp: Overture
March of the Pan Americans
09. No. 14, Mexico
10. No. 15, Nicaragua
11. No. 16, Panama
12. No. 17, Paraguay
13. No. 18, Peru
14. No. 19, El Salvador
15. No. 20, Uruguay
16. No. 21, Venezuela
17. No. 22, United States of America
Spanning over 40 years of composition, Volume 18 reveals Sousa to be a master of operetta and the ‘humoresque’ just as much as the marches for which he is still revered the world over. Stag Party depicts a students’ night out via a string of imperishable popular melodies, while Among My Souvenirs sees the song lengthened into a vivid narrative ‘sketch’. There is also the Incidental Suite from The Charlatan, one of his best-known operettas, and March of the Pan- Americans, Part 2, the national anthem spectacular (Part 1 can be heard on 8559811).