Whelan, Bill

And There Was Music - Gershwin, Jones, Lubbock, Mercury, Metheny

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 2012-04-24

Works: Nelson Riddle: Ambulatory Suite, for pops orchestra (after Gershwin); Jeremy Lubbock: At the End of the Day (Grace); Freddie Mercury: Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke; Niclas Rydh: The Awakening, for orc...
Performers: Glanneskog, David [Trumpet]; Henriksson, Kjell; Lundin, Anders; Wilke, Sebastian
Conductors: Hanson, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Goteborg Wind Orchestra

Today, the Gotenburg Wind Orchestra represents one of Sweden's few remaining professional wind ensembles and carries an international reputation. And There Was Music includes a...continue...
Recording information: Göteborg, Sweden (01/2011)....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...

100 Greatest Musicals

6 CD / Silva America / 2010-11-09

Works: Jerome Kern: Make Believe, song (from "Show Boat"); Show Boat; Cole Porter: Anything Goes, song (for the musical Anything Goes); Where is the life that late I led?, song (from "Kiss Me Kate"); True l...
Performers: Beck, Gina; Berroa, Nico; Braun, Meredith; Bunce, Zak; Burns, Keith; Campbell, Sharon; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Casey, Gerard; Colby, Chuck; Colby, Evan; Corcoran, Chris; Cox, Flora; Davis, Rach...
Conductors: Bateman, Paul; Raine, Nic; Bolton, Ivor; Fitzpatrick, James; Greenwood, Andrew; Jolly, Evan; Arnold, David;
Ensemble: ; London Music Works

The Connemara Suite - Whelan: Inishlacken, Errisbeg, Carna / David Jones, Irish CO, et al

1 CD / Tayberry Records / 2009-05-19

Works: Bill Whelan: Inishlacken, concerto for 2 violins & orchestra; Errisbeg, for violin, harp & orchestra; Carna, for voice, violin & orchestra
Performers: Conway, Zoe; Crowley, Morgan; Hunt, Fionnuala; Mulcahy, Michelle
Conductors: Jones, David

Encore! / Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops orchestra

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-03-07

Works: John Williams: Hymn to New England; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Traditional: Doodletown Fifers; Song of the Volga boatmen; Frank W. Meacham: American Patrol; John Phi...
Performers: Chapman, Peter; Finn, Jonathan; Gwin, James; Hall, Bruce; Hatfield, Brad; Ivers, Eileen; Madden, Joanie; Monaghan, Michael; Morrison, Timothy; Rolfs, Thomas; Schmitz, Chester; Wilkins, John
Conductors: Lockhart, Keith
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Grimethorpe / Cutt, Parkes, Grimethorpe Colliery Band

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-03-18

Works: Robert Browne Hall: Death or Glory; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Kenneth Downie: Purcell Variations; Herbert L. Clarke: Shores of the Mighty Pacific; Carl Maria von Weber: ...
Performers: Bathgate, Melvyn; Beatty, Jonathan; Hirst, Andrew; Kilroy, Mike; Kingsley, Simon; Marshall, Richard; Walters, Mark; Wills, Simon
Conductors: Cutt, Gary; Parkes, Major Peter
Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band

"A good deal of what makes the band so strong is the measure of its star soloists; the solo set pieces for euphonium, cornet, tenor...continue...