This album showcases the wind band music of Percy Grainger, including favorites Lincolnshire Posy and Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry). Australia considers Grainger its greatest composer; the U.S., where he lived most of his life, praises him as a music educator, composer and arranger of band music; and England considers him supremely important in the preservation and arrangement of British folk songs.
Grainger's gems are performed to perfection by America's only full-time professional wind band, conducted by Jerry Junkin. Grainger specified many unusual, optional, instruments, and this recording has them all. Hear these "original instrument" performances in the spectacular sonics captured by Reference Recordings' world-renowned team of engineer Keith Johnson and producer Tam Henderson.
Musicians:
Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin, conductor
Features:
• 24-bit HDCD
Selections:
Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
1. The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare
Lincolnshire Posy (2.-7.)
2. Lisbon
3. Horkstow Grange
4. Rufford Park Poachers
5. The Brisk Young Sailor
6. Lord Melbourne
7. The Lost Lady Found
8. The Merry King
9. Children's Marche (with The Arts District Chorale)
10. Colonial Song
11. Mock Morris
12. The Gum-Suckers March
13. Molly On The Shore
14. Spoon River
15. After-Word (with The Arts District Chorale)
16. Lads Of Wamphray
17. Isish Tune From Country Derry
18. Shepherd's Hey
Grainger's gems are performed to perfection by America's only full-time professional wind band, conducted by Jerry Junkin. Grainger specified many unusual, optional, instruments, and this recording has them all. Hear these "original instrument" performances in the spectacular sonics captured by Reference Recordings' world-renowned team of engineer Keith Johnson and producer Tam Henderson.
Musicians:
Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin, conductor
Features:
• 24-bit HDCD
Selections:
Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
1. The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare
Lincolnshire Posy (2.-7.)
2. Lisbon
3. Horkstow Grange
4. Rufford Park Poachers
5. The Brisk Young Sailor
6. Lord Melbourne
7. The Lost Lady Found
8. The Merry King
9. Children's Marche (with The Arts District Chorale)
10. Colonial Song
11. Mock Morris
12. The Gum-Suckers March
13. Molly On The Shore
14. Spoon River
15. After-Word (with The Arts District Chorale)
16. Lads Of Wamphray
17. Isish Tune From Country Derry
18. Shepherd's Hey