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Product: Instrument review: Besson BE120 Prodige cornet
June 29, 2020
The student model market place is highly competitive, so has Besson struck the right balance on cost and quality with its revamped and upgraded 'Prodige' cornet?
Book review: James Ord Hume
June 28, 2020
The March King
Dr Timothy Thirst
Price: £15.95 (paperback) (UK)
Product: LP review: Golden Melodies
June 27, 2020
The National Brass Band
Conductor: Geoffrey Brand
Soloists: Jim Shepherd, Gordon Higginbottom, Derek Southcott, Ray Farr, Brian Evans
K-tel Records: ONE 1075
Product: CD review: Nigel Clarke — Mysteries of the Horizon
June 20, 2020
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Conductors: Nigel Clarke, David Thornton, Sandy Smith
Soloist: Harmen Vanhoorne
Naxos Recordings: 8.574097
Product: Product review: Denis Wick mute corks
June 14, 2020
Mute corks for cornet to tuba
Denis Wick London
Prices: Vary
Product: LP review: Carnaval
June 11, 2020
Wynton Marsalis
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Conductor: Donald Hunsberger
CBS Records Masterworks
CB 331
Book: Brass Bands of the World: Militarism, Colonial Legacies, and local Music Making
June 10, 2020
Edited by: Suzel Ana Reily and Katherine Brucher
SOAS Musicology Series
Ashgate Publishing
Product: LP review: Alex Owen 60th Anniversary
May 27, 2020
Besses o' th' Barn Band
Conductors: Alec Evans & Roy Newsome
Soloists: Peter Read, Graham McEvoy, Andrew Snelson
Chandos Recordings: BBR 1009
Product: Product review: BG Trumpet Combo Pack
May 26, 2020
Trumpet Lead Pipe, Valve Casing and Mouthpiece Swabs
Price: £57.99
Product: CD review: The Jungle Book
May 21, 2020
Cory Band
Conductor: Philip Harper
Narration: Frank Renton
World of Sound Recordings: CD WOS156
Product: CD review: Heritage
May 15, 2020
Celebrating 150 Years of the Milnrow Band
Conductor: Dennis Hadfield
Featuring: David Morris
KMJ Recordings: MB001
Product: LP review: Grimethorpe Special
May 14, 2020
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Featuring: Besses o' th' Barn Band
Narrator: Valerie Solti
Decca Records: HEAD14
Product: CD review: Preludes, Rags and Cakewalks
May 11, 2020
Debussy, Joplin and the influence of ragtime on French music
The Symphonic Brass of London
Conductor: Eric Crees
MPR Recordings: MPR005
Product: Product review: Denis Wick 4B cornet mouthpiece
May 10, 2020
The workhorse of the Denis Wick cornet range remains a gold plated thoroughbred...
Product: LP review: Brass in Perspective
May 8, 2020
The GUS (Footwear) Band
Conductor: Stanley Boddington
Soloist: David Jones
EMI Recordings: TWO 195
Product: CD review: Sapphire
April 26, 2020
Peter Steiner
Featuring: Constance Hochwartner (piano)
Berlin Classics
CD 0301298BC
Product: LP review: Life Divine
April 25, 2020
Black Dyke Mills Band (John Foster & Son PLC)
Conductors: Major Peter Parkes and Derek Broadbent
Chandos Digital: BBRD 1030
Product: Product review: FlowPartner
April 19, 2020
The best ideas are usually the simplest ones...
Product: CD review: The Birth of Time Echoes
April 18, 2020
Tim De Maeseneer
Featuring: Brass Band Willebroek
Conductor: Frans Violet
Recordings: CD Multidisc.be
Product: LP review: Tartan Brass
April 13, 2020
Our Scotland
Conductor: Robert McDowall
Featuring: Alan Morrison, Robert C McDowall, Gordon Campbell, John Stark, Christopher Bradley
Lismore Recordings: LILP 5152
