SKU: AP.BD9829C
UPC: 029156911985. English.
When the joy of the holidays begins to sprinkle down on all of us, we know that the annual concert is near. Douglas Wagner samples some of the great traditional carols including HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING, WHILE BY MY SHEEP (THE ECHO CAROL), GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN, PATAPAN, STILL, STILL, STILL and ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH to focus this superior holiday offering. Give your audience the melodies they want to hear in this very special, sparkling setting. (4:18).
SKU: CF.CFD1
ISBN 9780825840357. UPC: 798408040352.
The Carl Fischer heritage of publishing fine band music has been a fact of music publishing almost since the firm's founding in 1872. With a huge and expanding repertoire to draw on, it is a logical step for Fischer to issue a series of compact discs of band music for sale. With this release, the Carl Fischer Media Group begins what we intend to be the annual release of a recording devoted to classic band music. Bleecker Street Records is the name of the label developed for this purpose and A Perfect Union is our first commercial CD. It contains first-rate performances of classic original works for upper grade band such as Canzona by Peter Mennin, editions of celebrated transcriptions such as Procession of the Nobles in an edition by Van Ragsdale of the classic Eric Leidzen arrangement of Rimsky Korsakov's original and Robert Foster's edition of Henry Fillmore's celebrated transcription of Von Suppé's Light Cavalry Overture. Also included are terrific pieces by Daron Aric Hagen, Larry Clark, Quincy C. Hilliard and Elliot Del Borgo. The performances by the Washington and show the music and the players to best advantage. This will be a recording to own and treasure. Winds under the inspired direction of Edward Petersen, are invigorating.
