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A selection of compact discs recorded by various RNCM Ensembles including the RNCM Symphony Orchestra, RNCM Wind Orchestra and RNCM Brass Band

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MORNING MUSIC – MIDNIGHT MUSIC (DOYEN CD 037)
Wind Music by Richard Rodney Bennett & Irwin Bazelon - Price £10

  1. Morning Music - Richard Rodney Bennett
  2. Concerto for Trumpet & Wind Orchestra - Richard Rodney Bennett
  3. Martin Winter – Trumpet
  4. The Four Seasons - Richard Rodney Bennett
  5. Midnight Music - Irwin Bazelon

GALLIMAUFRY (DOYEN CD 042)
Wind Music by Guy Woolfenden - Price £10

  1. Illyrian Dances
  2. SPQR
  3. Suite Française
  4. Mockbeggar Variations
  5. Deo Gracias
  6. Gallimaufry

EDWARD GREGSON – WIND MUSIC (DOYEN CD 043)
Wind Music by Edward Gregson - Price £10

  1. Celebration
  2. Metamorphoses
  3. Missa Brevis Pacem
  4. The Sword and The Crown
  5. Festivo

METROPOLIS (KLAVIER K11152)
Wind Music by Gorb, Ellerby, Poole & Clarke - Price £10

  1. Metropolis - Adam Gorb
  2. Paris Sketches - Martin Ellerby
  3. Sailing with Archangels - Geoffrey Poole
  4. Samurai - Nigel Clarke

DAVID BEDFORD (DOYEN CD 082)
Wind Music by David Bedford - Price £10

  1. Praeludium
  2. Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves
  3. Canons and Cadenzas
  4. Sea and Sky and Golden Hill
  5. Ronde for Isolde

GRAINGER – WORKS FOR WIND ORCHESTRA (CHANDOS CHAN 9549)
Wind Music by Percy Grainger - Price £12

  1. Hill Song
  2. Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon
  3. Færoe Island Dance
  4. The Lads of Wamphray March
  5. Irish Tune from County Derry
  6. Shepherd's Hay
  7. The Merry King
  8. Molly on the Shore
  9. Country Gardens
  10. The ‘Gum-Suckers' March
  11. Lincolnshire Posy

GRAINGER – WORKS FOR WIND ORCHESTRA 2 (CHANDOS CHAN 9630)
Wind Music by Percy Grainger - Price £12

  1. Power of Rome and the Christian Heart
  2. Children's March: “Over the hills and far away”
  3. Bell Piece
  4. Blithe Bells
  5. The Immovable Do
  6. Hill-Song No. 1
  7. Hill-Song No. 2
  8. Irish Tune from County Derry
  9. Marching Song of Democracy

BRITISH WIND BAND CLASSICS (CHANDOS CHAN 9697)
Wind Music by Holst and Vaughan Williams - Price £12

  1. First Suite in Eb - Gusav Holst
  2. Second Suite in F - Gusav Holst
  3. Fugue al a Gigue - Bach arr. Gusav Holst
  4. Marching Song - Gusav Holst
  5. Hammersmith - Gusav Holst
  6. Toccata Marziale - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  7. Flourish for Wind Band - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  8. Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams

THE KINGS GO FORTH  (POLYPHONIC QPRM 134D)
Wind Music of Sparke, Ellerby & Gregson - Price £10

Central Band of The Royal Air Force

  1. Fiesta - Philip Sparke
  2. Diversions – Variations on a Swiss Folk Song - Philip Sparke
  3. New World Dances - Martin Ellerby
  4. Sinfonietta No. 1 - Philip Sparke

Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

  1. The Kings Go Forth - Edward Gregson

GERMAN WIND BAND CLASSICS (CHANDOS CHAN 9805)
Wind Music by Hindemith, Schoenberg, Toch, Hartmann & Blacher - Price £12

  1. Symphony in Bb - Paul Hinemith
  2. Theme and Variations - Arnold Schoenberg
  3. Spiel - Ernst Toch
  4. Symphonie Concertante No. 5 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann
  5. Divertimento - Boris Blacher

GILBERT – DREAM CAROUSELS (NMC D068)
Wind Music by Anthony Gilbert - Price £10

RNCM Wind Orchestra – RNCM New Ensemble
John Turner, recorders – Peter Lawson, piano

  1. Dream Carousels
  2. Quartet of Beasts
  3. Igórochki
  4. Six of The Bestiary
  5. Towards Asâvari

FRENCH WIND BAND CLASSICS (CHANDOS CHAN 9897)
Wind Music by Saint-Saëns, Bozza, Milhaud, Schmitt & Berlioz - Price £12

  1. Dionysiaques - Florent Schmitt
  2. Occident et Orient - Camille Saint-Saëns
  3. Children's Overture - Eugène Bozza
  4. Suite Française - Darius Milhaud
  5. Symphonie funèbre et triomphale - Hector Berlioz

LINDA MERRICK (clarinet) (POLYPHONIC QPRM 137D)
Linda Merrick with the RNCM Wind Orchestra - Price £10

Conducted by James Gourlay & Guy Woolfenden

  1. Battles and Chants - Nigel Clarke
  2. Rondo Variations - Guy Woolfenden
  3. African Dances - Kit Turnbull
  4. Clarinet Concerto - Martin Ellerby
  5. The Pre-Goodman Rag - Malcolm Arnold arr. Guy Woolfenden

DOVE DESCENDING (DOYEN CD 106)
*RNCM Wind Orchestra, Fodens Courtois Band,
*Choir of Lincoln College Oxford - Price £10

Featuring the music of Philip Wilby

  1. *A Passion For Our Times - Philip Wilby
  2. Dove Descending - Philip Wilby

ELEMENTS (DOYEN CD 127)
Wind music of Gorb, Marsh and Bingham - Price £10

  1. Elements (Suite for Percussion and Wind Ensemble) - Adam Gorb
    Simone Rebello – Percussion
  2. Three American Icons - Judith Bingham
  3. Heathcote's Inferno - Roger Marsh

METAMORPHOSIS (DOYEN 134)
David Childs (euphonium) with the RNCM Wind Orchestra & RNCM Symphony Orchestra. - Price £10

Conductor: James Gourlay

  1. Concerto for Euphonium - Philip Wilby
  2. Czardas - Vittorio Monti arr. D. Childs
  3. Gabriel's Oboe - Ennio Morricone arr. D. Childs
  4. Dance of the Herdmaiden - Hugo Alven arr. R. Childs
  5. City in the Sea - Nigel Clarke
  6. Carnival of Venice - Arban arr. Kingston
  7. Caoine - Charles Villes Stamford arr. R. Childs
  8. Flight of the Bumble Bee - Rimsky-Korsakov arr. D. Childs
  9. Brilliante - Peter Graham arr. D. McGiboney
  10. Metamorphosis - Carl Rutti

DREAMSCAPES (POLYPHONIC QPRM 143D)
Wind Music by Ellerby, Clarke & Josephs - Price £10

Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium)

  1. Dreamscapes - Martin Ellerby
  2. Rail - Wilfred Josephs
  3. Euphonium Concerto - Martin Ellerby
  4. Mata Hari - Nigel Clarke
  5. Meditations - Martin Ellerby

NORDIC WIND BAND CLASSICS (CHANDOS CHAN 10038)
Wind Music by Alfven, Nielsen, Rautavaara,
Sallinen, Schmidt & Tveitt - Price £12

  1. The Old Mill on the Brook ‘Det Gamle Kvernhuset' Op.204 - Geir Tveitt
  2. A Soldier's Mass - Einojuhani Rautavaara
  3. Chorali Op.22 - Aulis Sallinen
  4. Festival Overture Op.29 - Hugo Alfven arr. Gunnar Johnansson
  5. Paraphrase on ‘Nearer my God to Thee' - Carl Nielsen arr. Wayne Gorder
  6. Sinfonietta di Soffiatori Op.203 - Geirr Tveitt
  7. Hommage à Stavinsky - Ole Schmidt

RUSSIAN WIND BAND CLASSICS (CHANDOS CHAN 10166)
Wind Music by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky,
Khatchaturian, Rimsky Korsakov & Gliere - Price £12

  1. Overture Solonelle Op.72 - Gliere
  2. Circus Polka - Stravinsky
  3. Four Marches for Military Band Op.69 - Prokofiev
  4. Concerto for Trombone - Rimsky Korsakov
  5. Jacques Mauger - Trombone
  6. March of the Soviet Melitia Op.139 - Shostakovich
  7. Anthem for Military Band Op.98 - Prokofiev
  8. The Battle of Stalingrad Op.74a - Khatchaturian

THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON (POLYPHONIC QPRM 146D)
Wind Music by Ellerby, Clarke & Sparke - Price £10

Soloist: * Bob Ashworth (horn)

  1. Ovation - Martin Ellerby
  2. From Kitty Hawk to the Stars - Martin Ellerby
  3. King Solomon's Mines - Nigel Clarke
  4. * Summer Nights - Martin Ellerby
  5. The Year of the Dragon - Philip Sparke
  6. Tilbury Point - Nigel Clarke

VIZCAYA (POLYPHONIC QPRM 148D)
Wind Music by Ellerby, Clarke, Newton, Fraser & Vinter - Price £10

Soloist: James Gourlay (tuba), Joanna Rusby (cello)

  1. Vizcaya - Gilbert Vinter
  2. Gagarin - Nigel Clarke
  3. Millenium Concerto - Rodney Newton
  4. Source - Bruce Fraser
  5. Via Crucis - Martin Ellerby

DANCES WITH WINDS (CHANDOS CHAN 10284)
Wind Music by Hesketh, Skalkottas, Corigliano & Gorb - Price £12

  1. Danceries - Kenneth Hesketh
  2. Greek Dances - Nikos Skalkottas
  3. Gazebo Dances - John Corigliano
  4. Yiddish Dances - Adam Gorb

CHIVALRY (POLYPHONIC QPRM 150D)
Wind Music by Barry, Clarke, Ellerby,
Johnson, Sparke and Turnbull - Price £10

  1. Forgotten Heroes - Nigel Clarke
  2. In The Realm of The Sun - Kit Turnbull
  3. Tales from Anderson - Martin Ellerby
  4. Partita for Concert Band - Darrol Barry
  5. Three Paintings by Lautrec - Laurie Johnson
  6. Chivalry - Martin Ellerby
  7. Skyrider - Philip Sparke

EXPERIMENTS ON A MARCH (CHANDOS CHAN 10367)
Wind Music by Ives, Purcell, Kagel,
Wagner, Bruckner & Wengler - Price £12

  1. Country Band March - Charles Ives
  2. Funeral Music for Queen Mary - Purcell arr. Steven Stucky
  3. Zehn Märsche um den Sieg zu Verfehlen (1-4) - Mauricio Kagel
  4. Huldigungsmarsch - Richard Wagner
  5. Zehn Märsche um den Sieg zu Verfehlen (5-8) - Mauricio Kagel
  6. Trauermusik - Richard Wagner
  7. Zehn Märsche um den Sieg zu Verfehlen (9-10) - Mauricio Kagel
  8. March in E flat major - Anton Bruckner
  9. Berlin im Licht - Kurt Weill
  10. Versuchte über einen Marsch - Marcel Wengler

TIME LINES (POLYPHONIC QPRM 151D)
Wind Music by Ball, Barry, Ellerby, Gorb, Turnbull & Vinter - Price £12

Soloist: Brett Baker (trombone)

  1. Club Europe - Martin Ellerby
  2. Time Lines - Kit Turnbull
  3. Three Processionals - Michael Ball
  4. Trombone Concerto - Martin Ellerby
  5. Cause for Celebration - Darrol Barry
  6. Spectrum - Gilbert Vinter arr. Rodney Newton
  7. Adrenaline City - Adam Gorb

HOMAGES for WIND (CHANDOS CHAN 10409)
Wind Music by Arnold, Gorb, Hesketh, McCabe, Orr - Price £12

  1. Awayday - Adam Gorb
  2. Diaghilev Dances - Kenneth Hesketh
  3. Water Music Op.82 - Sir Malcolm Arnold
  4. Canyons - John McCabe
  5. A John Gay Suite - Buxton Orr

MOSAIC (POLYPHONIC QPRM 152D)
Wind Music by Ball, Ellerby, Gorb, Turnbull, Sparke & Wiffin - Price £12

Soloist: Simone Rebello (percussion)


  1. A Yorkshire Overture - Philip Sparke
  2. Mosaic - Kit Turnbull
  3. Gypsy Dance (Baile de Gitano) - Rob Wiffin
  4. The Canticle Of The Sun - Martin Ellerby
  5. Midnight In Buenos Aires - Adam Gorb
  6. A Cambrian Suite - Michael Ball
  7. Tristan Encounters - Martin Ellerby

GRAINGER TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR WIND BAND (CHAN 10455)
Arrangements of classical musical for wind orchestra - Price £12

Soloist: Ivan Hovorum* (piano)

  1. Angelus Ad Virginem (The Annuciation Carol) - Anon
  2. Ballade No. 17 - Guilliame de Machaut
  3. La Bernardena - Josquin Des Pres
  4. Prelude in the Dorian Mode - Antonio de Cabezon
  5. The Four Note Pavan - Alfonso Ferrabosco
  6. Five Part Fantasy No. 15 - John Jenkins
  7. March from the Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach - J S Bach
  8. Sehet Was Die Liebe Tut - J S Bach
  9. O, Mensch Bewein Deine Sunde Gross - J S Bach
  10. Phantasie uber ungarische Volksmelodien * - Franz Liszt
  11. Chorale No. 2 - Cesar Franck
  12. Tuscan Serenade Op. 3 No. 2 - Gabriel Faure
  13. Intermezzo - Herman Sandby
  14. Down Longford Way - Katherine Parker
  15. Folk-Tune Op. 38 No. 1 - Eugene Goosens

EUPHONY (POLYPHONIC QPRL 082D)

Steven Mead – Euphonium - Price £10

  1. Euphonium Concerto - Philip Sparke
  2. Carrickfergus - Trad. Irish arr. Stephen Roberts
  3. Euphony - Robert Redhead
  4. Aubade - Philip Sparke
  5. Return To Sorrento - De Curtis arr. Stephen Roberts
  6. Euphonium Music - Brian Bowen
  7. Napoli - Bellstedt arr. Geoffrey Brand
  8. Midnight Euphonium - Goff Richards
  9. The Better World - Norman

VISTAS (POLYPHONIC QPRL 085D)
Brass Music by Martin Ellerby - Price £10

  1. New World Dances
  2. Requiescant
  3. Euphonium Concerto
  4. Steven Mead – Euphonium
  5. Concerto for Brass
  6. Vistas

LUCIFER (NMC DO99)
New music for Piano, Brass and Percussion - Price £12
Philip Mead (piano) RNCM Brass Ensemble

Conductor: James Gourlay

  1. Meld - Nicholas Sackman
  2. Gold - Diana Burrell
  3. Lucifer - Geoffrey Poole

THE BRITISH SYMPHONIC COLLECTION VOL. 10 (CLASSCD 404)
RNCM Symphony Orchestra - Douglas Bostock - Price £10

  1. Symphony No.2 in E minor - York Bowen
  2. Symphonic Rhapsody “Spring” - Frederic Austin
  3. Symphonic Movement “Genesis” - Edgar Bainton

THE BRITISH SYMPHONIC COLLECTION VOL. 13 (CLASSCD 484)
RNCM Symphony Orchestra - Douglas Bostock - Price £10

  1. Symphony No.1 in C Op.21 - Alan Bush
  2. Symphony No.2 – The Nottingham Op.33 - Alan Bush

ANTHONY GILBERT – ON BEHOLDING A RAINBOW (NMC D105)
Conductors: Andrew Davis, Clark Rundell and Garry Walker - Price £12
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Marwood (violin)

  1. ...Into the Gyre of a Madder Dance - RNCM Wind Ensemble
  2. Certain Lights Reflecting - BBC Symphony Orchestra
  3. Unrise - RNCM Wind Ensemble
  4. On Beholding a Rainbow - RNCM Symphony Orchestra

BRITISH PIANO CONCERTOS (NAXOS 8.557291)
RNCM Symphony Orchestra - Andrew Penny - Price £5
Anthony Goldstone (piano), Peter Donohoe (piano)

  1. Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor - Thomas Pitfield
  2. Piano Concerto No.2 - Thomas Pitfield
  3. Studies on an English Dance-Tune - Thomas Pitfield
  4. Arietta and Finale - Thomas Pitfield
  5. Toccata - Thomas Pitfield
  6. Xylophone Sonata - Thomas Pitfield

EDWIN ROXBURGH – SATURN/CLARINET CONCERTO (NMC D119)
Linda Merrick with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra,

Conductor: Edwin Roxburgh

Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra, conductor: Peter Stark - Price £12

  1. Clarinet Concerto - Edwin Roxburgh
  2. Saturn - Edwin Roxburgh

NEW MUSIC FOR OBOE FROM THE RNCM (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7180)
Melinda Maxwell in Manchester - Price £9.99

  1. Song for Sidney - Melinda Maxwell
  2. Freedom- Adam Gorb
  3. First Grace of Light - Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  4. Os - Anthony Gilbert
  5. Chaconne - Martin Butler
  6. An Interrupted Endless Melody - Sir Harrison Birtwistle
  7. Shadow of Paradise - Edward Gregson
  8. The Tentacles of Memory - Larry Goves
  9. Sphinx - Simon Holt