Kamen, Michael

Canadian Brass Takes Flight: works by Dowland, Bach, Brahms, Henderson, Gillis, et al.

1 CD / Steinway & Sons / 2012-01-31

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Sonny Kompanek: Killer Tango, for brass ensemble; Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue for organ in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 (BC J66); Fantasia and Fugue,...
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Ensemble: Canadian Brass

The Canadian Brass premiere release on the Steinway & Sons label and first recording with all of the new permanent members of the ensemble: Charles...continue...
Recording information: Christ Church, Deer Park, Toronto, Canada (08/22/2011-08/26/2011)....continue...

Made In America: Works by Fillmore, Copland, Gould, Milburn et al.

1 CD / Altissimo / 2012-01-31

Works: Henry Fillmore: Man of the Hour, march for band; George Gershwin: Cuban Overture; Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody, for orchestra (arr. from Appalachian Spring); Leonard Bernstein: Candid...
Conductors: Milburn, Dwayne; Pena, Leonel A.
Ensemble: ; Army Ground Forces Band

From simple folk melodies to symphonies in the concert hall, Americans listen to music that encompasses all styles and tastes. As the Musical Ambassadors of...continue...
Recording information: Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Institute of Technol (05/17/2004-05/20/2004)....continue...

One Fine Day / Soprano Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / Decca / 2011-12-13

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Michael K...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Released three years after she left Decca for Warner Bros., One Fine Day is the third time that the classical label has raided the back catalog of Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins for a new "best-of" c...continue...

The Symphonic Celtic Album

1 CD / Silva America / 2011-05-03

Works: Carter Burwell: Miller's Crossing; Rob Roy; Enya: May It Be (for the film Lord of the Rings; Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings; Seán O Riada: Women of Ireland (Mná na h-Eireann); Thomas N...
Conductors: Fitzpatrick, James; Raine, Nic; Bateman, Paul; Alwyn, Kenneth; Klemens, Mario

The mental disconnect between the "Celtic" content of this release and its performance by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (no conductor is listed) fades when you notice that it's not Celtic ...continue...

20th Century Fox: 75 Years of Great Film Music

3 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2010-12-21

Works: Alfred Newman: Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare; All About Eve; How Green Was My Valley; The Song of Bernadette; Captain From Castile; Twelve O'Clock High; The Robe; How to Marry a Millionaire; The Seve...
Performers: Rodgers, Jimmie [Country]; Warnes, Jennifer

This generous three-disc set from Varese Sarabande spans 75 years of film music from some of the industry's greatest composers, including John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Silvestri, Jerry Goldsmi...continue...

100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2

6 CD / Silva America / 2010-07-13

Works: Pete Moore: Asteroid; Bernard Herrmann: Citizen Kane; Vertigo; David Raksin: Laura; Henry Mancini: Touch of Evil; A Shot In The Dark; Nino Rota: La Dolce Vite; The Godfather; Leonard Bernstein: West ...
Performers: Ayres, Mark; Williams, Gareth
Conductors: Jolly, Evan; Bateman, Paul; Raine, Nic; Ashton, Bill; Wadsworth, Derek; Fitzpatrick, James; Klemens, Mario; Goldsmith, Jerry;
Ensemble: ; London Ensemble

Silva Screen Records' 100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2 continues in the vein of its predecessor by compiling an esoteric collection of movie music that spans generations. From Citizen Kane and West Si...continue...

Band of Brothers

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-03-02

Works: Michael Kamen: Band of Brothers, television score; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Performers: Anderson, John; Andrews, Julie; Barclay, John; Carney, John; Dale, Caroline; Heath, Sally; Lee, Dave [Horn]; Manning, Peter; Mulligan, Simon; Rakowski, Maciej; Rees, Jonathan; Snowden, Jonathan
Conductors: Kamen, Michael

Recording information: Abbey Road; Air Lyndhurst; Sony Music Studios & Watford.

Michael Kamen's score for the television miniseries reflects the overall tone of the project. Band of Brothers is...continue...

Concerto for Marienthal

1 CD / Klavier / 2010-01-26

Works: Morton Gould: Fanfare for Freedom for brass ensemble; Michael Kamen: Saxophone Concerto; Johan Halvorsen: Bjornstjerne Bjornson in memoriam, for orchestra, Op. 30; Clark McAlister: This is the Day, f...
Performers: Marienthal, Eric
Conductors: Leslie, Thomas G.; Suzuki, Takayoshi

Schmidt: Southern California Portrait; Williams, etc / Mayse, Riverside City College Wind Ensemble, et al

1 CD / Sea Breeze Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Michael Kamen: Robin Hood; John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme, for orchestra; 1941, film score; Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium; Clifton Williams: Fanfare and Allegro for band; The Sinfoni...
Conductors: Mayse, Kevin A.
Ensemble: Riverside Community College Wind Ensemble

Canadian Brass / Three Nights with Canadian Brass [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opening Day Recordings / 2007-02-13

Works: Samuel Scheidt: Galliard battaglia a 5; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 "Little G minor"; W.C. Handy: St Louis Blues; Michael Kamen: Quintet fo...
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Ensemble: Canadian Brass

Amazing Brass [DVD]

2 CD / Linus Entertainment Import / 2007-01-01

Works: Samuel Scheidt: Ludi musici, Book 1; Wendet euch um ihr Aderlein; Canzon Aechiopican; Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon no 1, for 5 parts, C. 195; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D mino...

Kamen, Copland, Humperdinck, Mahler, et al / Vienna Horns

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-01-01

Works: Michael Kamen: Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves; Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; James Horner: Titanic; John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel...
Conductors: Kamen, Michael
Ensemble: Vienna Horns

The Vienna Horns chamber music ensemble, founded in 2002, is probably the only one of its kind in the world. Its members are the lead...continue...

The Essential Wedding - Wedding favorites by Bach, Handel, Stainer, Pachelbel, Wagner

2 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Michael Laird Brass Ensemble; National ...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; ; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Morris, Wyn; Guest, George; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Page, Neil; Rudel, Julius; Ingman, Nick...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Choir of Uppingham School; English Sinfonia; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's College Choir of Cambridge; Michael Laird Bras...

Personnel: Felicity Palmer, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Anthony Way (treble); Harry Dilley (trumpet); Stephen Cleobury , Richard Farnes, Peter...continue...

The Opera Band

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-01-13

Works: James Shearman: Prayer in the Night, song (after Sarabande by George Frideric Handel); Alex North: Unchained Melody; Antonio Galbiati / Giuseppe Dettori: Canto alla vita; Peter Wolf / Michelle Wolf /...
Performers: Appleby, Jo; Bould, Miles; Cottle, Laurence; Cottle, Richard; Forever, Amici; Garrett, Nicholas; Habbin, David; Harvey, Richard [Gryphon]; Parricelli, John; Patrick, Nick; Sewell, Geoff; Valentine, T...
Conductors: Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra

Selections recorded at Shine Studios, Metropolis London, and Budapest Radio Studios.

Personnel: Richard Harvey (pipe); Richard Cottle (keyboards); Nick Patrick (percussion, programming); Miles...continue...

The Telarc Collection Vol 10

1 CD / Telarc / 1994-06-28

Works: Recorded Sound: Sound Effects; Michael Kamen: Robin Hood; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Arthur Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gran Partita; Così fan tutte, K 588; Franz ...
Performers: Cachemaille, Gilles; Corbelli, Alessandro; Dent, Karl [Tenor Vocal]; Focile, Nuccia; Goodyear, Stewart; Hadley, Jerry; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Romero, Ange...
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich; Shaw, Robert; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ling, Jahja; Levi, Yoel; López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Welsh National Opera Orchestra