Robin Hood Prince of Thieves; Gabriel's Oboe; Devil's Galop; My Fair Lady; A Bridge too Far; Theme from Independence Day; Singin' in the Rain; Slaughter on 10th Avenue; Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Tonight; Mack and Mabel; Song of Freedom; Riverdance.

Not being a brass band enthusiast, I will admit that I approached this collection with some trepidation but I was very pleasantly surprised for practically all the performances on this disc are first class. They are played with great enthusiasm and panache. The most successful selections are those from the musicals with the exception of Tonight which has sounds surprisingly dour and sour in this too-clever arrangement. The Robin Hood fanfares are thrilling so too are the swaggering martial strains of Richard Addison's A Bridge Too Far. For older listeners there is the old BBC favourite The Devils Galop, a sort of James Bond of the 1940s radio. Gabriel's Oboe is a compelling poignant work which introduces the oboe and harp to a sympathetic band accompaniment. Only the Riverdance music sounds wildly out of place in the transposition on this disc

Reviewer

Ian Lace

Reviewer

Ian Lace