World of Brass Mailing - October 2007
At the launch of World of Brass back in 2002, we announced that ‘the world of brass has changed forever’. Since then, we have broadened our range of recordings, dramatically increased our range of sheet music and produced innovative and exciting DVD products.
Now World of Brass further embraces the digital age with perhaps our most exciting venture so far, the launch of World of Brass Tunes (www.worldofbrasstunes.com), the world’s first music download store dedicated to brass bands!
Starting with recently released titles on the Doyen and SP&S labels, the site will grow to include many recordings on these specialist labels. Recordings previously deleted from our catalogue, and no longer available on CD, will now become available once again. Of course, we will still be producing and selling CDs and DVDs for the foreseeable future and these will continue to be available at www.worldofbrass.com.
The combination of Black Dyke Band and James Morrison has proved irresistible in recent years. Earlier this year, they teamed up once again to give two more sell-out concerts. Fortunately, our cameras were present at the Bridgewater Hall concert so we can now bring you our latest DVD Black Dyke Band LIVE! We feel sure that this product will prove as popular as their previous concert recording, Black Dyke Band 150th Anniversary Concert.
Black Dyke Band principal cornet Richard Marshall leads the band with distinction. Eminence is his first solo CD with the band and is sure to follow the success of his two previous albums that he made with his previous band Grimethorpe Colliery.
Chris Thomas is the principal trombone of Cory Band and has just released his first solo CD. The Noble Trombone is a recording of mostly major works for trombone on which he is accompanied by his band and Harvey Davies on piano.
Enfield Citadel Band are currently on tour in the United States and the band’s latest recording American Anthology celebrates the compositions of four well-known North American composers.
It’s Not Unusual from The Fairey Band celebrates the compositions and arrangements of just one person, Phil Lawrence. Contrary to the title, this release is a bit out of the ordinary and well worth further investigation.
The final recording we want to tell you about is the latest in our series,
Now That’s What I Call Brass. Volume 5 sees a return to the double CD format and contains 22 of our favourite tracks from our previous twelve months releases. We’ve managed to hold the price of this compilation to £13.95 but will send you a FREE copy when you order CDs and DVDs to the value of £50 or more (not including postage).
The New Releases section of our website contains several more new and interesting recordings that we don’t have space to include in this update. They include recordings from current European Brass Band Champions Brass Band Willebroek and the principal trumpet player of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Frits Damrow.
Written by Ian McKenzie on November 1st, 2007 with
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