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Fennell Conducts Sousa | 
 enlarge | Creators: John Philip Sousa, Frederick Fennell, Harold Lawrence, Eastman Wind Ensemble
Label: Philips
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 66972
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 434300
UPC: 028943430029
EAN: 0028943430029
ASIN: B0000057LB
Release Date: March 10, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Sound Off | | • | Nobles of the Mystic Shrine | | • | Sabre and Spurs | | • | The Picadore | | • | Our Flirtation | | • | The High School Cadets | | • | The Invinicible Eagle | | • | Bullets and Bayonets | | • | The Liberty Bell | | • | Riders of the Flag | | • | Solid Men to the Front! | | • | The Gallant Seventh | | • | The Rifle Regiment | | • | Golden Jubilee | | • | Golden Jubilee | | • | The Gridiron Club | | • | New Mexico | | • | Sesqui-Centennial Exposition | | • | The Black Horse Troop | | • | The Kansas Wildcats | | • | Manhattan Beach | | • | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company | | • | The National Game | | • | The Glory of the Yankee Navy |
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This is the Sousa record for people who are serious about marches. Sousa was the greatest march composer in the history of, well, marching, and this disc includes many fresh and interesting pieces that will likely be unfamiliar, as well as a couple of favorites (including "The Liberty Bell," famous as the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus). But by and large, this disc focuses on the less well known pieces, though there's not a dud in the lot. Sousa had a special gift for orchestration and for writing tunes with real rhythmic interest; his marches never sound dull. Frederick Fennell is the simply the best wind band conductor around, and these performances are standard- setters. --David Hurwitz
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The Mastery of Fennell January 27, 2002
J Keistler (Lake Jackson, Texas USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've owned this CD for several years, and bought a copy recently as a Christmas gift. Frederick Fennell is a modern master of band and marches, and I own several of his recordings. What makes this CD a standout for me is the Mercury Living Presence recording and remastering method. I own over two dozen of this series because Living Presence does indeed represent a different method of producing music for the recorded media. It DOES sound more lifelike to me than conventional multimike recordings. To anyone considering purchase of this CD I'd recommend also ordering 'Screamers', the Living Presence CD of circus marches. To me this is feel-good music at its best, and terrific for listing in the car! Additionally, the Living Presence series stands out for its excellent liner notes with explanations of the Living Presence method. This CD is a keeper. Incidentally, the recipient of this CD has since gone out and bought several other Living Presence CD's after hearing this!s
MASTERFUL RENDITIONS IN GLORIOUS RECORDED SOUND November 16, 2001
logic lover (Kenosha, WI USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
An utterly masterful set, containing many of Sousa's unjustly neglected works. (An integral recording of his complete marches is overdue by a good half-century.*) Fennell conducts with incredible verve, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble responds in kind, with immaculately tight and polished performances. The recording is demonstration-class. Sousa has never sounded better, and probably never will.
*EDIT: Actually, a nearly-complete recording of the marches has been available, as of the time of this review, for at least a good quarter-century--first on LP, now on CD: that being, a series of analog recordings by The Detroit Concert Band, led by Leonard B. Smith. Currently available from Walking Frog Records (on five CDs), the DCB/Smith collection unfortunately suffers from some serious problems--not the least of which is the highly variable and substandard quality of the recorded sound.
A brilliant Brass performance April 13, 2000
CAHANA JOEL (Haifa , Israel)
As always Fennel and Eastman wind ensemble present a brilliant and smooth brass performance of Sousa's rare marches. Enlightened review written by the conductor.Excellant sound .Essential to all Brass Band fun!
wow! November 18, 2000
T. Yoshino (Seattle, WA USA)
what a great CD! Great performance by Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. If you like Sousa, this is a CD to add to your list. The only drawback to this CD is that it doesn't have all of Sousa's marches on it.
Sousa on a Highwire August 27, 2007
Samuel Stephens (TN, USA)
If there is ONE Sousa cd to get, this is definitely a top candidate. Fennell chose Sousa's best, but not necessarily his most famous. Conspicuously (which may be a relief to some) missing are Stars and Stripes, Washington Post, and Semper Fidelis.
Instead you get the far more interesting "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine", "Pride of the Wolverines", and "The Gridiron Club". Fennell and the Eastman are at their best in these, where you need that extra "oomph"...on some marches, such as "The Gallant Seventh" or "Sabres and Spurs" there seems to be a sense of lagging that harms the march sound, but maybe that's just me. In any case, Gunther Schuller pulls off a wonderful "Gallant Seventh" on the disc "Footlifters", Sony label. If you compare that with this performance, I think you might agree.
But don't let that small squabble stop you. Fennell + Sousa = Success, and I do not tentatively give this the full five stars, I give it in full sincerity.
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