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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging,
This review is from: John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band Celebrate 150 Years (Audio CD)
People familiar with American bands, like the Eastman Wind Ensemble, might be a little surprised by the sound of the Black Dyke Mills Band. It is much mellower than the American sound. The richness of tone is beautifully captured by Chandos's engineers, at the peak of their form. The Band features superb soloists, especially the cornet and horn soloists, the latter being heard in his own arrangement of a work based on The Carnival of Venice. The works on this CD all are linked in some way to the history of the Band. There are stunning arrangements of the final movement of the New World Symphony and of Rimsky-Korsakov's Dance of the Tumblers. You can't help but smile at the Band's performance of British Marches, and their encore of Offenbach's Can-Can is suitably whimsical and virtuosic. This CD is a superb introduction to the world of the British brass band and should be savored as a delicacy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Graetest Brass Band in The World,
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This review is from: John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band Celebrate 150 Years (Audio CD)
My title says it all. I bought my first Black Dyke Mills band record when I was a Kid playing solo cornet in a Salvo junior band The 78 record had Sons of The Brave on one side and Abide With Me on the other. I remember paying about 7.6 pence for it. (Australia) I wore it out.
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Black Dyke Hills Band: 150 Years Of The Black Dyke Mills Band by Peter Parkes
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