Sousa: Marches

Sousa: Marches

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Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. King Cotton
  2. The Gladiator
  3. Semper Fidelis
  4. The Belle Of Chicago
  5. The Invincible Eagle
  6. Manhattan Beach
  7. The Liberty Bell
  8. El Capitan
  9. The Washington Post
  10. The Crusader
  11. The Black Horse Troop
  12. The Fairest Of The Fair
  13. The High School Cadets
  14. The Stars And Stripes Forever
  15. The Pride Of The Wolverines
  16. Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty
  17. From Maine To Oregon
  18. The Diplomat
  19. Powhatan's Daughter
  20. Kansas Wildcats
  21. Sound Off
  22. The Thunderer
Music CD 2
  1. Hands Across The Sea
  2. The Royal Welch Fusiliers
  3. The Legionnaires
  4. Daughters Of Texas
  5. The Gallant Seventh
  6. Golden Jubilee
  7. Solid Men To The Front
  8. Marquette University
  9. The Beau Ideal
  10. The Rifle Regiment
  11. The Northern Pines
  12. Nobles Of The Mystic Shrine
  13. New York Hippodrome
  14. The Gridiron Club
  15. The Charlatan
  16. The Lambs
  17. The National Game
  18. On The Campus
  19. La Flor De Sevilla
  20. Jack Tar
  21. The Glory Of The Yankee Navy

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Free Music Review: Sousa By the Royal Marines
Hit: 5 Stars

This is a great CD re-issue of the Band of the Royal Marines School of Music under Graham Hoskins. This band did a three LP series on Sousa marches some years ago that was better than most on this very well covered topic. Sousa march recordings will always come and go, but some like this stand out more than others. For one, there is nothing like the panache of a Royal Marines band. Their sound is a time honored development that gets passed from one generation to the next. Even as the number of RM bands continues to change and downsize, there are now about four bands left in the service, their sound quality continues to be superb.

When these recordings were made RM bands were still at their height in the British service and their quality was amazing. Most bands numbered over 60 in this period, and that is why many Americans may be surprsed at the volume of music produced here. This is not one of your small, though excellent regimental bands! Americans tend to think that British military band instrumentation is on the thin side. Not so here! Of course Sousa always sounds best with either the Allentown band or the US Marine band.

This CD is evidence of how popular Sousa has always been in the UK, and with RM bands in particular. The selection here on two CDs covers most of the standard Sousa fair, with a few different selections here and there. Unfortunatley there are none of Sousa's fine transcriptions for classical music, or selections from his operettas. This music is always wonderful to have in combination with the marches as it shows how much variety he was capable of in his compositions. For that kind of concert the reader is referred to the very fine collection of Sousa music being done under the Naxos label by the Band of the Royal Artillery.

Here you will find a solid collection of Sousa's great marches. Roughly a third of those 136 compositions are contained here. The Royal Marines give a sharpe and clear sound to these works which should certainly inspire. You will also get a very nice idea how RM bands sounded back in the 1980s. Graham Hoskins was a fine director of music, typical of the inhouse genius of the Royal Marines Band Service at that time. He took this band on a USA tour in 1985 with the Arygll & Sutherland Highlanders. Devotees of Sousa should enjoy these spirited versions of the march king's music as performed across the pond.
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