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
- 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:
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