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2003 4BR Awards: Band CD of the Year
Read our nominations below for the above category. To vote, follow
the links at the bottom of this page.
It seems that each new year brings a whole batch of better and
better brass band CD’s to the market place. Whereas a few
years ago you could count the real class releases on the fingers
of one hand, the last couple of years have brought a whole raft
of fine releases from both bands and soloists. 2003 has been a great
year, with quality releases from the best bands in the world right
down to more humble but equally no less impressive offerings from
bands who have taken the brave step of producing their own.
These are the top five we thought were the best releases from the
bands themselves that we cast a critical ear over during 2003.
 Bourgeios in Brass
Yorkshire Building Society
Polyphonic Recordings: SFZ113
An amazing achievement from David King and his YBS team. A great
composer for brass given thunderously epic treatment from both the
conductor and his players.
 Eric Ball - Festival Music
Black Dyke
Doyen Recordings: CD 147
A tremendous release from Nicholas Childs and Black Dyke that gives
our greatest original composer a worthy and memorable musical memorial
for future generations to enjoy.
 Brass Band Classics Volume II
BAYV Cory
Doyen Recordings: CD 155
Robert Childs and BAYV Cory take some of the greatest test pieces
ever written or arranged for brass band and give them spankingly
good concert performances.
 Art of the States
Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag
Doyen Recordings: CD152
Nobody does it better. Eikanger have ripped up the old entertainment
blue print and shown the banding world the way forward for the rest
of the 21st Century.
 The Kingdom Triumphant
International Staff Band of the Salvation Army
SPS Recordings: CD SPS169
A fantastically impressive and deeply satisfying release from the
ISB under Stephen Cobb. The understanding and delivery of the musical
subject matter is quite something.
Previous winners:
2002: The Heaton Collection
- Black Dyke and the International Staff Band
2001: Butterworth – Black
Dyke
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