Since you are interested in Urban Requiem & other works for wind, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Choral Music Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison (Conductor) with Leslie De'Ath (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "(Whitacre) couldn't have more luminous or illuminating interpreters than the Elora Festival Singers, a choir that I've heartily praised in the past and that deserves the same recognition here." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Light & Gold Grace Davidson (sop) Stephen Kennedy (bar), Christopher Glynn (piano), Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus, King's Singers, Pavao Quartet, Eric Whitacre [ Decca Universal / CD - released 26/Oct/2010 ] "Their collective intonation is stunning, and they sing with conviction and enjoyment...Simply glorious!" Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine Dec 2010 |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 2 (Incls 'King Cotton' & 'the Royal Welch Fusiliers') Royal Artillery Band, Keith Brion (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2003 ] "Bottom line: wonderful music, wonderfully presented - and at a bargain price. Naxos' 'American Classics' series deserves to become a classic itself." - infodad.com |
SOUSA / GRAINGER / COATES / ANDERSON / JACOB / WALTON / etc
Hands Across the Sea: Marches from Around the World / British & Amican Band Classics Eastman Wind Ensemble / Eastman-Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra / Frederick Fennell [ Mercury Living Presence / 4 CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] This set presents Frederick Fennell in a program featuring the celebrated Eastman Wind Ensemble and the Eastman-Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra. |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART
Octet in E-flat major, Op. 103 / Quintet for piano and winds in E-flat major, KV452; Serenade No. 11 in E-flat major, KV375 The Australian Classical Wind Band [ ABC Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2006 ] This recording celebrates the sounds of 18th-century wind instruments in music written for them by two composers especially sensitive to instrumental colour. |
PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN / SHOSTAKOVICH / GLIERE / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Wind Band Classics Jacques Mauger (trombone) / Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra / Clark Rundell [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] '..the performances get the thumbs up. Chandos' recording engineers have done their work with the necessary bravado.' - International Record Review |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 and 53 John Wallace (trumpet) / Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra / Keith Brion (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Anyone interested in the composer or in 20th century wind music will find this to be a worthwhile bargain" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
AMERICAN TAPESTRY
American Tapestry (Incls 'Suite of Old American Dances' & 'Rhapsody in Blue') Lone Star Wind Orchestra / Eugene Migliaro Corporon (with Richard Shuster, piano) [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] John Williams' arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner sets the stage for this collection of American works for wind band spanning 100 years. Featuring traditional compositions from the likes of George Gershwin, Howard Hanson, Robert Russell Bennett... |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 6 Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] This sixth disc in the series includes The Golden Star, a funeral march dedicated to Mrs Theodore Roosevelt 'in memory of the brave who gave their lives that liberty shall not perish', The Federal, composed for Sousa's 1911 world tour, and The... |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band Volume 8 Royal Artillery Band / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "Keith Brion needs to be congratulated for the most successful ambience. Then there's precision playing by the Royal Artillery Band and a recording nicely balanced by Mike Purton. In military music there is often a tendency for the percussion to mask... |