Brass from the Masters Vol 1 / The Williams Fairey Band

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Album Summary

Conductors

• Gourlay, James
• Hurdley, Bryan

Ensemble

• Williams Fairey Band

Composers

• Cyril Jenkins (1885 - 1978)
• Robert Simpson (Composer) (1921 - 1997)
• William Alwyn (1905 - 1985)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Edmund Rubbra (1901 - 1986)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Notes & Reviews:

"...A surprisingly large number of great composers have written for 'the band', and some of them are represented on this new CD. Elgar, for example, whose bluff and colourfully evocative Severn Suite, written late in his career (1930), has an enduring solidity and inventiveness of technique betraying little evidence of dimming powers...Undimmed also is the Vaughan Williams of the 'Variations'...Band-lubbers everywhere will find this disc an irresistible delight." -Blain, Classic CD

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Works Details

Jenkins, Cyril : Life Divine, tone poem for brass band

• Conductor: Bryan Hurdley
• Ensemble: Williams Fairey Band
• Notes: Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England (02/15/1997-02/16/1997)
• Running Time: 13 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral

Alwyn, William : Overture "The Moor of Venice"

• Conductor: Bryan Hurdley
• Ensemble: Williams Fairey Band
• Notes: Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England (02/15/1997-02/16/1997)
• Running Time: 9 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Rubbra, Edmund : Variations on "The Shining River" for brass band, Op 101

• Conductor: James Gourlay
• Ensemble: Williams Fairey Band
• Notes: Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England (02/15/1997-02/16/1997)
• Running Time: 10 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Simpson, Robert : Energy, symphonic study, for brass band

• Conductor: James Gourlay
• Ensemble: Williams Fairey Band
• Notes: Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England (02/15/1997-02/16/1997)
• Running Time: 10 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Variations for brass band

• Conductor: James Gourlay
• Ensemble: Williams Fairey Band
• Notes: Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England (02/15/1997-02/16/1997)
• Running Time: 11 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1957

Elgar, Edward : Severn Suite, for brass band, Op. 87

• Conductor: James Gourlay
• Ensemble: Williams Fairey Band
• Notes: Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England (02/15/1997-02/16/1997)
• Running Time: 16 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1932