Toccata Marziale by Vaughan Williams

This is a track from Beulah 1PD82 English Wind Band Classics performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble conductor Frederick Fennell. The whole album can be downloaded at iTunes.

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"Frederick Fennell (1914- 2004) was the doyen of the windband movement and these recordings are emblematic of the best performance and recording practice in the 1950s and for many years after. They will put even the finest hi-fi through its paces whether in the thunder and crump of the percussion, the suede and velvet croon of the horns or the saw-toothed bite of the finale of the Holst Second Suite. Fennell keeps the pressure on the tempo throughout but is also partial to the evolutionary bloom of the middle movement. In the penultimate movement Fennell's open-mindedness shows through in the joyous use of the anvil to adumbrate the rhythm. Mistily impressionistic, Hammersmith is a tone poem in textures, adventurously probed Ivesian tonality and atmosphere. It has more in common with Holst's orchestral Egdon Heath than with the suites. The perky irrepressible Folksong Suite by Holst's friend RVW takes us back to the bustle and poetic language of Holst suites. " - Rob Barnett at Music Web International

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[Mickagume]

I have the Mercury LP "British Band Classics", (which I bought in 1965) by Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble.. The selections are identical, except it does not include the Jacobs or Walton selections. In fact, this sounds like the same recording!...is this a reissue under a different label?

[A60stock]

@Mickagume Yes it is the same recording.

[bobareebop]

Sounds like it was recorded yesterday, not 50+ years ago. 

[wassonken]

WBCB rehearsal piece Nov 4 2010