Reviews
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Product: CD review: The Golden Age of the 19th Century Brass Virtuoso Vol.1
November 17, 2020
John Wallace (cornet); Anthony George (ophicleide)
Piano accompanists: Aaron Shorr; Simon Wright
TWC Recordings: TWC-FR2020-003
Product: CD review: Breaking Ground
November 6, 2020
A Celebration of Women Composers
Natalie Mannix
Pianist: Stephanie Bruning
Featuring: Tony Baker, Steven Menard, Christopher Sharpe
MSR Classics: MS 1658
Product: CD review: Eire Time
November 2, 2020
Gary Curtin
Foden's Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Doyen Recordings: DOY CD401
Product: CD review: Firestorm
October 29, 2020
The Music of Stephen Bulla
Brass of the Potomac
Conductor: Stephen Bulla
Guest Soloist: Joseph Alessi
de Haske Recordings: CD DHR 03 067-3
Product: LP review: The English Heritage Series (Brass Band)
October 24, 2020
Sir Edward Elgar (Vols.1 -3)
Desford Colliery Dowty & Foden OTS Bands
Conductor: Howard Snell
Soloist: Robert Childs
Polyphonic Recordings: EHS001D; EHS002D; EHS003D
Product: CD review: Sonatina
October 22, 2020
Richard Marshall
Black Dyke Band
Conductors: Prof Nicholas Childs; Elgar Howarth
Doyen Recordings: CD399
Product: CD review: Funkaru!
October 19, 2020
Funkaru
Hidenori Arai, Kyohei Ando, Taishi Furumoto, Gideon Juckes
Bell Recordings: R-2050507
Product: CD review: John Rutter: Anthems, Hymns and Gloria for Brass Band
October 12, 2020
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Prof Nicholas Childs
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Conductor: Darius Battiwalla
Naxos Recordings: 8.574130
Concert: Bjorsvik Brass
October 11, 2020
Conductor: Magnus Brandseth
Korskirken
Bergen
Sunday 11th October
Product: CD review: Landscapes
October 9, 2020
Cory Band
Conductor: Philip Harper
Doyen Recordings: DOY CD400
Concert: Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag
October 8, 2020
Conductor: Ingar Bergby
Compere: Arvid Anthun
Grand Hall
Bergen
Sunday 27th September
Product: LP review: Black Dyke plays Langford
October 5, 2020
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Roy Newsome
Soloist: Don Lusher
RCA Recordings: LSA 3270
Book review: Brass Roots
September 25, 2020
A Hundred Years of Brass Bands and their Music (1836-1936)
Roy Newsome
Routledge Revivals
Price: £90.00 (hardback); £27.99 (paperback); eBook (£25.19)
Product: LP review: The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain — Vol IX
September 2, 2020
Conductor: Stanley Boddington
Soloists: Gordon Higginbottom; Colin Aspinall
Virtuosi Recordings: VR 7609 Stereo
Concert: Eikanger Bjorsvik & Manger Musikklag
August 29, 2020
Conductors: Reid Gilje & Martin Winter
Soloists: Jonas Puntervoll (tuba); Vidar Nordli (trombone)
Knarvik Kyrkje
Bergen
Saturday 29th August
Product: CD review: Experimental Brass
August 26, 2020
The Amsterdam Brass Quintet
Thomas Piet, Thomas Geerts, Misha Sporck, Rolf Hoogenberg, John William Banther
Featuring: David Thornton, Ilja Reijngoud
CD: ABQ:001
Product: CD review: Reflection
August 24, 2020
Lions Youth Brass
Conductors: Nigel Birch; Tom Hancock; Jamie Sharp
WOS Recordings: WOS 157
Product: Instrument review: Yamaha YCR-4330GSII Cornet
August 16, 2020
Yamaha continues the high quality evolutionary process with its upgraded Intermediate cornet model.
Product: LP review: Spectrum
August 9, 2020
The Rise to Fame of the Stanshawe (Bristol) Band
Conductor: Walter Hargreaves
SAYDISC Recordings: SDLB 262
Product: Product review: Brand plastic mouthpieces
August 3, 2020
A combination of Swiss engineering precision and allergy free plastic looks to make an impression on being the name on lips of a growing niche market.
