The Very Best of Brass Bands

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Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Overture ‘Phantom of the Opera’
recording of:
Overture (The Phantom of the Opera)
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
The Really Useful Group Ltd (not for release label use!)
part of:
Das Phantom der Oper (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, German version)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film soundtrack)
Andrew Lloyd Webber2:11
2Nessun Dorma
recording of:
“Nessun dorma” (from Turandot) (for brass band, arr. Snell)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
arranger:
Howard Snell (trumpeter)
arrangement of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
Giacomo Puccini3:23
3The Best of Abba: Dancing Queen / Take a Chance on Me / Winner Takes It All / Thank You for the Music
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Dancing Queen
writer:
Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., EMI Grove Park Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Union Songs AB (publisher), Union Songs Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., EMI Waterford Music (from 1976 to present), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (from 1976 to present) and Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (from 1976 to present)
premiered at:
Kungliga Operan in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1976-06-18)
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Take a Chance on Me
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Union Songs Music, Universal Music Publishing Group and Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Thank You for the Music
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Union Songs Music, Universal Music Publishing Group and Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
The Winner Takes It All
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) (ended), Universal Music Publishing Group (ended), Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (ended), Bocu Music, EMI Waterford Music, Union Songs AB (publisher), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Artwork Music Co., Inc. (from 1980 to ????) and Countless Songs, Ltd. (from 1980 to ????)
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus6:28
4Puttin’ On the Ritz
instrumental recording of:
Puttin’ On the Ritz
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1929)
publisher:
Berlin Irving Music Corp and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
Idiot’s Delight (film)
Irving Berlin3:14
5A Whiter Shade of PaleGary Brooker, Matthew Fisher3:58
6Yesterday
solo trombone:
Nick Hudson (Trombone Soloist)
arranger:
Howard Snell (trumpeter)
instrumental cover recording of:
Yesterday
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) (from 1965 to present)
John Lennon, Paul McCartney4:18
7You’ll Never Walk Alone
instrumental recording of:
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), T.B. Harms Co., Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Richard Rodgers4:25
8Radetsky March
recording of:
Radetsky March
composer:
Johann Strauss (Snr) (Baptist, Vater, Johann Strauss I, Sr., the Elder, the Father)
arranger:
Patrick J. Ryan (brass band arranger)
arrangement of:
Radetzky March, op. 228 (catch-all for arrangements)
Johann Strauss I3:21
9I Got Rhythm
instrumental recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
George Gershwin3:44
10When I’m 64
instrumental recording of:
When I’m Sixty‐Four
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. (, in 1967), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
written at:
Paul McCartney’s Home in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (in 1956)
John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:04
11Ticket to Ride
instrumental recording of:
Ticket to Ride
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, SBK Blackwood Music Inc. (1987-12-30–1989-07-14), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:51
12Selection from ‘West Side Story’
Leonard Bernstein8:48
13Georgia on My Mind
solo trombone:
John Maines
instrumental recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
arrangement of:
Georgia On My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Hoagy Carmichael2:32
14One Moment in Time
instrumental recording of:
One Moment in Time
lyricist:
John Bettis
composer:
Albert Hammond
Albert Hammond5:39
15Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
recording of:
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (for brass band, arr. Bolton/Banks)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer)
arranger:
Eric Banks (conductor and adjudicator of orchestras, wind bands and brass bands) and Cecil Bolton
arrangement of:
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Hubert Parry3:09
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1New York New YorkJohn Kander3:33
2Blue Eyes
solo flugelhorn [flugel horn]:
Mark Peacock
instrumental recording of:
Blue Eyes
lyricist:
Gary Osborne
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Big Pig Music Ltd. (publisher) and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Elton John3:41
3Memory
cornet [soprano cornet]:
Alan Wycherley
instrumental recording of:
Memory (Cats)
lyricist:
T. S. Eliot and Trevor Nunn
additional writer:
Trevor Nunn
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Bike Music, Downtown DMP Songs, Faber Music, Faber Music Ltd., The Really Useful Music Co. Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country-specific information is available)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
Andrew Lloyd Webber4:08
4The Essential Elton John: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me / Candle in the Wind / Don’t Go Breaking My Heart / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / Part Time Love
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Candle in the Wind
lyricist:
Bernie Taupin
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
dedicated to:
Marilyn Monroe (US actress, model & singer)
publisher:
Dick James Music Ltd. (renamed Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. since 1999‐07‐30) and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
lyricist:
Carte Blanche (aka. Bernie Taupin, Onions)
composer:
Ann Orson (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Rocket Music Ltd. and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
music quoted on:
Hold Me Closer
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
lyricist:
Bernie Taupin
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Big Pig Music Ltd. (publisher) (in 1991)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
lyricist:
Bernie Taupin
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Dick James Music Ltd. (renamed Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. since 1999‐07‐30), Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. (fka Dick James Music Ltd.), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Part Time Love
lyricist:
Gary Osborne
composer:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer)
publisher:
Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Elton John10:03
5I Don’t Know How to Love Him
solo horn:
Brenda Nicholson
instrumental recording of:
I Don’t Know How to Love Him
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Leeds Music (MCA), Leeds Music Ltd., MCA Music Ltd., Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
part of:
Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
Andrew Lloyd Webber4:34
6Cheek to CheekIrving Berlin3:18
7Colonel Bogey
recording of:
Colonel Bogey
composer:
Kenneth J. Alford (in 1914)
Kenneth Alford3:29
8Oklahoma!
instrumental recording of:
Oklahoma
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and Williamson Music Company
music quoted on:
Oklahoma! Overture
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Richard Rodgers2:35
9Flight of the Bumble Bee
solo euphonium:
Nicholas Childs and Robert Childs (UK Euphonium player and conductor)
recording of:
Flight of the Bumble Bee (Tommy Newson arrangement)
composer:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov)
arranger:
Tommy Newsom
arrangement of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee; original for orchestra)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1:20
10Pie Jesu
solo cornet [soprano cornet]:
Alan Wycherley
solo flugelhorn [flugel horn]:
Gary Lord
instrumental recording of:
Requiem: Pie Jesu
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., The Really Useful Company Limited and The Really Useful Music Co. Ltd. (not for release label use!)
music quoted on:
När jag ser framåt
part of:
Requiem
Andrew Lloyd Webber3:14
11Love Is All Around
instrumental recording of:
Love Is All Around
lyricist and composer:
Reg Presley
publisher:
Dick James Music Ltd. (renamed Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. since 1999‐07‐30), Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. (fka Dick James Music Ltd.)
Reg Presley3:59
12Summertime
solo cornet [soprano cornet]:
Alan Wycherley
recording of:
Summertime (for brass band, arr. Snell)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
arranger:
Howard Snell (trumpeter)
arrangement of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
George Gershwin3:56
13Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
instrumental recording of:
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Evita)
lyricist:
Tim Rice
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Evita Music, Evita Music Ltd., Leeds Music (MCA), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
Evita (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
Andrew Lloyd Webber4:19
14The Way We WereMarvin Hamlisch3:58
15Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber: Love Changes Everything / Variations Theme / Variations II / Think of Me / Hand Me the Wine and the Dice / The Music of the Night
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Hand Me the Wine and the Dice (Aspects of Love)
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist) and Charles Hart (British lyricist)
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
part of:
Aspects of Love (full musical)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Love Changes Everything
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist) and Charles Hart (British lyricist)
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
The Really Useful Music Co. Ltd. (not for release label use!)
part of:
Aspects of Love (full musical)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
additional lyricist:
Richard Stilgoe
lyricist:
Charles Hart (British lyricist)
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
The Really Useful Group Ltd (not for release label use!) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Think of Me
additional lyricist:
Richard Stilgoe
lyricist:
Charles Hart (British lyricist)
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
The Really Useful Group Ltd (not for release label use!) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film soundtrack)
medley including a partial recording of:
Variations
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
is based on:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto
part of:
Song & Dance (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Niccolò Paganini7:13

Credits

Release

liner notes:Michael Heatley
compiler:Alison Childs
Nicholas Childs
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Hit Record Co. Ltd (Bramley Arms, Freston Road, London. W10 6SP) (in 1995)
licensed from:Doyen Recordings Ltd. (Specialist brass band label)
glass mastered by:Nimbus (disc manufacturer “mastered by”)
ASIN:UK: B0000275G3 [info]