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Cory to add another Cornerstone to series

Another series of seminal works are being recorded by the Brass in Concert Champion for a major CD release.

Cory Band
  Cory's series features major compositions for the medium

Brass in Concert Champion, Cory is currently undertaking a recording session for what promises to be an eagerly awaited CD release through World of Sound.

Cornerstones

It sees the band under Philip Harper once more tackle more of the 'Cornerstones' of the brass band repertoire, with recordings of 'Masquerade' (Wilby); 'Festival Music' (Ball); 'Pageantry' (Howells), 'Salute to Youth' (Vinter) and 'Life Divine' (Jenkins).

The band has already released two volumes in the critically acclaimed series — Volume 2 in the series featured 'Variations with works by George Lloyd, Wilfred Heaton, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Eric Ball, Dean Goffin and Gilbert Vinter.

The release will come out later this year.

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