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Landscapes lead Wobplay's growing success

Cory's latest release of major works enhances growing success and catalogue of World of Brass platform.

Landscapes
  Cory's latest release is available exclusively as a download for the next month

The growing success of the World of Brass subscription service — wobplay.com — has been enhanced by the recent addition of new releases as well as CDs from the back catalogue of the Polyphonic label.

Landscapes

Cory's eagerly awaited 'Landscapes' release is now available exclusively online for a month before it is also released as a CD.

It contains riveting performances from the world's number 1 ranked band of works by John McCabe, John Ireland, Edward Elgar, Edmund Rubbra and Eric Ball — 'Cloudcatcher Fells', 'A Downland Suite', 'A Severn Suite', 'Variations on the Shining River' and 'High Peak'.

Cory's eagerly awaited 'Landscapes' release is now available exclusively online for a month before it is also released as a CD.

Polyphonic

Also added to the 8500 or more tracks now available for subscribers are releases on the Polyphonic label of releases featuring the music of Goff Richards, Martin Ellerby, Gilbert Vinter and Philip Sparke.

Find out more

To find out more go to: https://wobplay.com/

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