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Titan downloads now available

If you want to hear Cory's winning performance of 'Titan's Progress' again and again — or any of the other 19 from Albert Hall you can.

Nationals 2019
  You can download any of the 20 performances from the Royal Albert Hall

Every performance of 'Titan's Progress' that was performed at the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall is now available to download from World of Brass Recordings.

Pick your favourites

All 20 renditions of Hermann Pallhuber's engrossing test-piece can now be heard in full, so why not pick your favourites — including the winning performance from Cory — for just £2.99 each (mp3) or £3.29 (flac and alac) or the whole contest once more for just £14.95 (mp3) or £16.95 (flac and alac).

Go to: https://www.worldofbrass.com/nat19.html

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