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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Heart of the Wind Ensemble #01 - Fanfare and Allegro

Composer(s): Clifton WILLIAMS, Arnold SCHOENBERG, Ralph VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS, Johannes BRAHMS, Richard STRAUSS, Richard WAGNER
Conductor: Frederick FENNELL
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Label: Kosei Publishing Co.
Catalog #: KOCD8001/9
Format: CD
Time: 43:04 min
SPARS Code: DDD
















Viva Maestro Fennell!
This is the first in a set of CDs, called "Viva Maestro Fennell!" - The Heart of the Wind Ensemble. They contain the recording legacy of Frederick Fennell with the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, during the period from 1984 to his death in 2004, where he served as first Principal Conductor, then since 1996, Conductor Laureate. This CD contains a mixture of original wind band composition and orchestral transcriptions for wind band/orchestra.