5 CD set. Discs 1-3 contain performances of wind ensemble works of increasing difficulty level. Discs 4-5 feature marches of increasing difficulty level. Booklet with grade levels for each piece and notes on performers ([12] pages) in container. Duration: 69:39; 68:30; 64:22; 44:27; 45:19. Lone Star Wind Orchestra ; North Texas Wind Symphony ; Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor. Recorded 2014 July 20-24, at University of North Texas Winspear Performance Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Contents:
Disc 1, core grades 1-2.5. British masters suite. Marching song ; Nimrod ; Sine nomine / John Moss. Celtic air and dance / Michael Sweeney -- Enchanted island / Steve Rouse -- First light / Frank Ticheli -- Gentle river / Rob Grice -- Gymnopedie no. 1 / Erik Satie -- Lydian lullaby / Robert Sheldon -- Midnight sky / Brian Balmages -- Safari / Michael Vertoske -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger -- 12873465 / Daniel Bukvich -- Appalachian morning / Robert Sheldon -- Arabian dances / Roland Barrett -- As the robin to the meadow / Todd Stalter -- Ash lawn echoes / Robert Smith -- Asian folk rhapsody. Based on the bamboo flute ; Sakura (cherry blossoms) ; Korean folk song / Richard Saucedo -- An Australian sea ballad / Robert Sheldon -- Belah sun woman. Belah sun woman ; In the beginning ; Kundu, lizard man ; The battle ; Light the earth / Jodie Blackshaw -- Blue goose rag / Raymond Birch -- The blue orchid / William Owens -- Blue ridge reel / Brian Balmages -- British masters suite. Marching song ; Nimrod ; Sine nomine / John Moss. Disc 2, core grades 2-2.5. When Johnny comes marching home / Patrick Gilmore/Pearson/Elledge. Castles and dragons / Todd Stalter -- Clouds that sail in heaven / Todd Stalter -- Cradlesong / Steven Barton -- Critical mass / Todd Stalter -- Dancing snakes / Neil Simon -- Etowah / Brian Balmages -- Gently touch the sky / Robert Sheldon -- Keltic variations / Samuel Hazo -- Largo (New world) / Antonin Dvorak -- The last rose of summer / Mark Williams -- Morning mist / Robert Sheldon -- Morris dance tunes / Gustav Holst -- Mosswood lullaby / Brian Beck -- Rampage! / Todd Stalter -- Reflections of Asia / Todd Phillips -- Royalty rag / William Ryden -- Scenes of Russia. Moscow ; St. Petersburg / Johan Nijs -- Serengeti dreams / Robert Smith -- A song of hope / James Swearingen -- The southern dawn / William Owens -- We meet again / Samuel Hazo -- When Johnny comes marching home / Patrick Gilmore/Pearson/Elledge. Disc 3, core grades 3-3.5. West Highlands sojourn. Stow-on-the-wold ; Bradford ballade ; On Derwentwater / Robert Sheldon. Anitschka / Johan Nijs -- Bluegrass moments. In the mountains ; Through the mist ; Under the moonshine / Larry Blocher -- Celebration and song / Robert Sheldon -- Dots / Ed Huckeby -- Earth song / Frank Ticheli -- A Farnaby prelude / Douglas Akey -- Gently blows the summer wind / Randall Standridge -- Horkstow Grange / Percy Grainger -- Hypnotic fireflies / Brian Balmages -- Innisfree / Carl Strommen -- The lost lady found / Percy Grainger -- Nightsong / Richard Saucedo -- Nimrod / Edward Elgar -- Rhythm machine / Timothy Broege -- West Highlands sojourn. Stow-on-the-wold ; Bradford ballade ; On Derwentwater / Robert Sheldon. Disc 4, marches, grades 1-2.5. Normandy Beach / John Edmonson. Colonial march / John Kinyon -- Crown point march / Bruce Pearson -- Forward march! / Paul Murtha -- March of the Romans / Michael Sweeney -- Alamo march / Karl King -- Aline march / Harold Bennett -- American patrol / F.W. Meacham -- Armed forces on parade / Andrew Balent -- The Brandenburg Gate / Johnnie Vinson -- Coast guards march / Karl King -- Genius march / Harold Bennett -- Guardians of liberty / Paul Murtha -- High steppers on parade / Nancy Seward -- March of the Chinchillas / R. Kevin Paul -- March of the Irish guard / James Ployhar -- National emblem march / E.E. Bagley -- New forest march / Johnnie Vinson -- New South Wales march / John Edmonson -- Newcastle march / Johnnie Vinson -- Normandy Beach / John Edmonson. Disc 5, marches, grades 2-3. Torch of liberty / Karl King. Regimental honor / John Moss -- The royal regiment / Joseph Compello -- The screaming eagles / John Edmonson -- St. Petersburg march / Johnnie Vinson -- Vikings victorious / Chris Sharp -- Advance march / Harold Bennett -- The billboard march / John Klohr -- Call to victory / Karl King -- Children's march / Percy Grainger -- Imperial march / Karl King -- The liberty bell / John Philip Sousa -- March of the Belgian paratroopers / Pierre Leemans -- Pass in review / Ronald Knoener -- Prestissimo / Karl King -- The rifle regiment / John Philip Sousa -- Rough riders / Karl King -- Torch of liberty / Karl King.
Summary:
"This CD set contain premier recordings of 100 of the most significant works ever composed for middle school band, Grades 1 through 3.5, including marches Grades 1 through 3. All works were selected by renowned educators and conductors."--Container.
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