The Very Best of Brass Bands

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Tracklist

CD 1
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 (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film soundtrack)
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 (2004 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
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]