London Symphonic Concert Band & Tom Higgins - The Art of the Military Band (2017) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: London Symphonic Concert Band, Tom Higgins
- Title: The Art of the Military Band
- Year Of Release: 2017
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +booklet
- Total Time: 01:14:29
- Total Size: 1.2 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 No. 2, March in A Minor (Arr. C. Evans)
02. March
03. O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gro? (After J.S. Bach's BWV 244)
04. O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden tab (After J.S. Bach's BWV 244)
05. With Proud Thanksgiving (Arr. F. Winterbotton for Choir & Wind Ensemble)
06. 3 Humoresques, Op. 28 No. 1, Pride and Prejudice
07. 3 Humoresques, Op. 28 No. 2, Prevarication
08. 3 Humoresques, Op. 28 No. 3, Petulance and Persuasion
09. Sea Songs
10. Toccata marziale
11. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) I. Introduction. Pomposo Worcester Castle
12. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) II. Toccata. Allegro molto Tournament
13. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) III. Fugue. Andante The Cathedral
14. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) IV. Minuet. Moderato Commandery
15. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) V. Coda. Lento - Pomposo
16. So Many True Princesses Who Have Gone Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode (Arr. T. Higgins for Wind Ensemble)
17. Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 No. 5, March in C Major (Arr. T. Higgins for Wind Ensemble)
A unique collection of music arranged or expressly composed by Elgar for Military Band. Featuring music by some of his peers, notably Sir Thomas Beecham and Vaughan Williams, this new release includes two first recordings that are real gems: Elgar's With Proud Thanksgiving from 1920 and The Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode from 1932 with the London Symphonic Concert Band and the Joyful Company of Singers conducted by Tom Higgins.
In January 1920 Elgar began arranging, for Chorus and Military Band, a much-shortened version of ‘For the Fallen’ from his Spirit of England. These were wartime settings of verses by Laurence Binyon. This new version had been commissioned to be performed at the unveiling of the Cenotaph in London on 11 November 1920 and was arranged, for Military Band, by Frank Winterbottom. As it was, the ceremony at the Cenotaph was curtailed and Elgar’s music never performed. Although he arranged With Proud Thanksgiving for orchestral accompaniment, this is the first time the listener can hear how Elgar originally conceived the piece. Twelve years later Elgar set, for similar forces, a poem by John Masefield, the Poet Laureate, written to commemorate the unveiling of the memorial to the dowager Queen Alexandra who had died in 1925. Unfortunately, the arrangement for Military Band has been lost and conductor Tom Higgins has made his own arrangement especially for this recording. Arrangements of Pomp and Circumstance Marches two and five are also included as is the version for Military Band of Elgar’s Severn Suite from 1930 and his arrangement of two Bach Chorales originally performed from the top of the tower of Worcester Cathedral in 1911. Elgar’s contemporaries are represented by Vaughan Williams his well-known Sea Songs and the complex and challenging Toccata Marziale. The disc is completed by the premiere recording of Sir Thomas Beecham’s March from 1946 and Walton O’Donnell’s charming Three Humoresques from 1923.
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01. Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 No. 2, March in A Minor (Arr. C. Evans)
02. March
03. O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gro? (After J.S. Bach's BWV 244)
04. O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden tab (After J.S. Bach's BWV 244)
05. With Proud Thanksgiving (Arr. F. Winterbotton for Choir & Wind Ensemble)
06. 3 Humoresques, Op. 28 No. 1, Pride and Prejudice
07. 3 Humoresques, Op. 28 No. 2, Prevarication
08. 3 Humoresques, Op. 28 No. 3, Petulance and Persuasion
09. Sea Songs
10. Toccata marziale
11. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) I. Introduction. Pomposo Worcester Castle
12. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) II. Toccata. Allegro molto Tournament
13. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) III. Fugue. Andante The Cathedral
14. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) IV. Minuet. Moderato Commandery
15. Severn Suite, Op. 87 (Arr. H. Geehl) V. Coda. Lento - Pomposo
16. So Many True Princesses Who Have Gone Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode (Arr. T. Higgins for Wind Ensemble)
17. Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 No. 5, March in C Major (Arr. T. Higgins for Wind Ensemble)
A unique collection of music arranged or expressly composed by Elgar for Military Band. Featuring music by some of his peers, notably Sir Thomas Beecham and Vaughan Williams, this new release includes two first recordings that are real gems: Elgar's With Proud Thanksgiving from 1920 and The Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode from 1932 with the London Symphonic Concert Band and the Joyful Company of Singers conducted by Tom Higgins.
In January 1920 Elgar began arranging, for Chorus and Military Band, a much-shortened version of ‘For the Fallen’ from his Spirit of England. These were wartime settings of verses by Laurence Binyon. This new version had been commissioned to be performed at the unveiling of the Cenotaph in London on 11 November 1920 and was arranged, for Military Band, by Frank Winterbottom. As it was, the ceremony at the Cenotaph was curtailed and Elgar’s music never performed. Although he arranged With Proud Thanksgiving for orchestral accompaniment, this is the first time the listener can hear how Elgar originally conceived the piece. Twelve years later Elgar set, for similar forces, a poem by John Masefield, the Poet Laureate, written to commemorate the unveiling of the memorial to the dowager Queen Alexandra who had died in 1925. Unfortunately, the arrangement for Military Band has been lost and conductor Tom Higgins has made his own arrangement especially for this recording. Arrangements of Pomp and Circumstance Marches two and five are also included as is the version for Military Band of Elgar’s Severn Suite from 1930 and his arrangement of two Bach Chorales originally performed from the top of the tower of Worcester Cathedral in 1911. Elgar’s contemporaries are represented by Vaughan Williams his well-known Sea Songs and the complex and challenging Toccata Marziale. The disc is completed by the premiere recording of Sir Thomas Beecham’s March from 1946 and Walton O’Donnell’s charming Three Humoresques from 1923.
Year 2017 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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