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Music for Brass Band – Foden’s Band CD

The Malcolm Arnold Society is pleased to announce a collaboration between Foden’s Band and ourselves. The CD features some of Malcolm’s best music for brass and includes no less than 4 CD premieres and the world’s No. 1 brass band Foden’s

Please order it from here

Malcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band
Malcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band
  • Fantasy for Brass Band Op 114
  • Little Suite No 1 Op 80
  • Little Suite No 2 Op 93
  • Song of Freedom Op 109 – CD Premiere – including a soprano/alto chorus from Chetham’s Music School Manchester
  • Fanfare for a Festival (1955) (arr. for brass band by Philip Sparke)
  • March: Overseas Op.70 (1960) [arr. Neil Richmond, 2008] – CD Premiere
  • The Roots of Heaven (1958): Overture (arr. for brass band by Neil Richmond) – CD Premiere
  • Sweeney Todd (arr. Philip Littlemore) – CD Premiere
  • Peterloo Overture (arr. Andrew Duncan)

TOTAL 72.14 minutes

The Brass Band Website 4Barsrest has given the CD a 5 star rating – read the review here

Planet Hugill has said “Far from special interest: discs of brass band music by Arthur Bliss and Malcolm Arnold, two brilliant and highly satisfying portraits” – here is the full review

Paull Hindmarsh’s review can be seen here

MusicWeb International’s review

Watch the 2nd movement of the Song of Freedom being recorded at Stoller Hall, Manchester: