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Sound the Bells: A Holiday Celebration / US Army Field Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2011-09-27

Works: John Williams: Sound the Bells!, fanfare for brass & percussion (or orchestra); English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Randol Alan Bass: Gloria, for chorus; James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Felix...

Combining the simple beauty of delicate bells, flutes, voices, and harps with trumpets, drums, and piano, this album creates a grand musical experience that demands...continue...
Recording information: Devers Hall, Fort George G. Meade, MD (2008)....continue...

Sound the Bells! American Premières for Brass / The Bay Brass

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-03-08

Works: John Williams: Sound the Bells!, fanfare for brass & percussion (or orchestra); Fanfare for a Festive Occasion, for brass & percussion; Aloft! To the Royal Masthead! for brass & percussion; Michael T...
Performers: Avdienko, Victor; Biancalana, Jeff D.; Cooper, Christopher; Cummings, Kale; Froelich, Ray; Hemphill, Thomas; Herbert, David; Hull, Douglas; Inouye, Mark; King, John [Trumpet]; Rioth, Doug; Shapiro, M...
Conductors: Neale, Alastair; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Ward, Robert; Budin, Jeffrey; Broughton, Bruce; Welcomer, Paul; Floyd, Charles

San Francisco-based ensemble The Bay Brass presents a showcase of American music both rousing and moving with these first recordings of recent works by John...continue...

The Music of America: John Williams

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-08

Works: John Williams: Air and Simple Gifts, for cello, clarinet, piano & violin; American Journey; Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra; Song for World Peace, for orchestra; Summon the Her...
Performers: LeClair, Judith; Ma, Yo-Yo; McGill, Anthony; Montero, Gabriela; Morrison, Timothy; Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Williams, John