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The mysteries of the oceans have fascinated mankind for generations. Okeanos is the Greek word for these bodies of water. This major concert work explores the sonic depths - the calm, the storm, the p...

The third movement of a major new work by Robert W. Smith based on Dante Alighieri's literary classic The Divine Comedy, The Ascension is a sizzling musical experience with bravura wind parts and dazz...

For sheer, raw excitement, this work inspired by the 1993 Storm of the Century, the great blizzard which covered much of the United States, will become a classic. The blending of the choirs and the dy...

In each of the past two years, Robert W. Smith has released a movement from his symphony The Divine Comedy. Musicians, conductors and audiences can now welcome Paradiso, the third movement from the sy...

This appearance of Purgatorio marks the completion of Robert W. Smith's first symphony for band, The Divine Comedy. Following the hugely successful introduction of the other three movements, Purgatori...

Like the mist off the moors, a peaceful, quiet solo baritone/euphonium begins our journey to the land of castles and kilts. Robert W. Smith's recent visit to the British Isles was the catalyst and the...

Much of the music of Italy is as rich and vibrant as the collective personality of its people. Five melodies, 'O Sole Mio,' 'Tarantella,' Prelude' to Act III of La Traviata, 'The Carnival of Venice,'...

Instrumentiert für Blasorchester mit nur 2 Posaunen und 2 Hörnern

Messo in musica da Aram Khatchaturian, il balletto Spartacus offre una versione danzante della rivolta storica contro la tirannia romana. Georges Moreau ha realizzato una suite dal balletto dal quale...

In Caledonia, Oliver Waespi adapted three well-known Scottish folk songs into a rhapsodic suite for wind orchestra. The first, rather humorous song, The Devil Came Fiddling Through the Town, tells the...

Banana Island is an extraordinary fictional place: coconut palms, date palms, mango trees, banana trees and mangroves grow in abundance. Animals live there in heavenly harmony. On a Caribbean danse rh...

Through the years Henry Mancini's music has touched us all. Enjoy golden Mancini moments with Jerry Brubaker's lush treatment of 'Mr. Lucky,' 'Baby Elephant Walk,' 'Moon River,' 'Charade,' 'The Pink P...

Harlequin was commissioned by, and is dedicated to, euphonium virtuoso David Childs. The piece takes as its inspiration the happy and sad masks which symbolise the Commedia dell'Arte (which features H...

The Camelot Chronicles is a series of contrasting musical tableaux, each describing the famous characters from the Arthurian legend. No one knows exactly where Camelot was situated (favourite choices...

The Camelot Chronicles is a series of contrasting musical tableaux, each describing the famous characters from the Arthurian legend. No one knows exactly where Camelot was situated (favourite choices...

Das musikalische Werk des italienischen Filmkomponisten Ennio Morricone ist riesig und viele seiner Kompositionen sind besonders populär geworden. So auch das Stück Once Upon a Time in the West aus de...

Sine labore nihil - È'?ÜNichts geht ohne Arbeit' - war das Motto der L?Ô?nnder, die im Jahre 2001 mit viel Engagement den Euro einf?Ô??hrten. Dieser Kraftakt steht symbolisch f?Ô??r so viele gro?Ô?âe...

La samba è una danza fluida dal ritmo rapido, se non indiavolato, caratterizzata da un movimento regolare. La samba mormora, si muove e si scatena come gli elementi della natura, in perenne movimento....

Gilbert Tinner ha scelto di arrangiare uno dei più grandi successi dei Tijuana Brass: A Taste of Honey. Questo moderno arrangiamento incanta per la sua strumentazione colorita e i suoi passaggi scinti...

Franco Cesarini has used four anonymous renaissance pieces as the basis for this four-movement composition, and, by exploiting the many colours of the brass band, he has recreated the atmosphere of th...

Nino Rota (1911-1979) war ein italienischer Komponist, der hauptsächlich Filmmusik schrieb. Zu seinen ungefähr 150 Filmmusiken zählen die Soundtracks für Der Pate I und II und zahlreiche weitere Filme...

Un'introduzione di alcune battute ci accompagna nel giardino di un tempio in Manciuria, nel nord est della Cina. I segreti dei monaci e il profumo penetrante dell'incenso fanno da sottofondo ad una me...

Utopia è il nome di un libro scritto dall'autore inglese Thomas More e pubblicato nel 1516. Il titolo è una parola pensata dallo stesso More, in base alla lingua greca, che significa "Terra di nessuno...

This imaginative new work portrays the rich history of the textile industry through music. The decline of the industry is expressed in the opening slow movement with an authentic 12 bar blues. The sec...

The Fields is an ode to the unique countryside of Westerwolde, a region in the Northeast of the Netherlands, where Jacob de Haan lives. The composition is based on film footage of the region as the be...