Blue sky and a small cloud
“There is always light behind the clouds” (a word by Louisa May Alcott, an American writer, the author of “Little Women”). When the sky is covered with thick clouds, and…
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Hollywood is in Switzerland
With this title we mean the musical centre of Hollywood. For hardly any publisher can offer more recordings and editions of film scores for wind orchestra than the publisher Marc…
Wild West in Portugal?
Sure, Portugal is in the west of Europe. But is there lawlessness there? No, of course not. Rather, this report refers to the new CD of the “Banda de Música…
FANTASTICA – The world of extensive possibilities
The world of the extensive possibilities of the richness of sound of a wind orchestra is presented by the Luftwaffenmusikkorps Münster under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Christian Weiper on…
Reflection on the 80th
A few weeks ago we reported on Josef Jiskra’s 80th birthday. Now, as a follow-up to his 80th, a CD has been released, recorded by the well-known Bohemian wind band…
Despite pandemic: Vienna Net Orchestra with new CD
Despite the pandemic, the “Wiener Netze Wind Orchestra” under the direction of Michael M. Holzer produced a CD for the 100th anniversary of its existence. The compilation of the musical…
Rock’n’Roll, Blues and Soul for wind orchestra
It is 85 years since Elvis Presley was born. He died in 1977 at the age of 42, but the artist is still deeply rooted in many hearts. Elvis’ musical…
LUX – Light aspects as sound visions
Genesis says, “…and God called the light day, and the darkness he called night.” Light means beginning and end, is our central elixir of life and also an essential phenomenon…
Rare moments of silence and relaxation
Guitar and double bass bring relaxed moments with arrangements of popular music. There are these far too rare moments in which one comes to rest, pauses, looks back, remembers, remembers…
600 Years of Russian Spiritual Choir Music
Тебе Поем (Tebe-Pojem – We sing to you) An overview of Russian sacred choral music The Choir of the Moscow Regional Philharmony, with its impressive, exemplary interpretations, spans a fascinating…
