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Leroy Anderson: The Phantom Regiment & Other Tales

According to the annotations on this Klavier CD, Leroy Anderson made 30 arrangements for band. Thirteen of them can be heard here. The nonAnderson arrangements are those of “Bugler’s Holiday” and “A Trumpeter’s Lullaby”, but they are certainly in the Anderson style. (Klavier)

American Pioneers – Music for String Orchestra

1CD# K11172

Jazz Funeral

$16.99

Certainly one of the most unique sights in New Orleans is that of a traditional jazz funeral in progress. This CD takes the listener through all parts of such a service. These include the wake of inspirational gospel tunes, followed by the dirges, as the crowd accompanies the casket en route to the final resting place, and the joyful sendoff as the preacher cuts loose the body. (Mardi Gras)

Dick van Gasteren is the founderconductor of the Ciconia Consort, a chamber orchestra based in The Hague since 2012. To mark 400 years since the Pilgrim Fathers left the Netherlands for America, he devised this program of music from the first half of the 20th century, reflecting the particular character of ‘New World’ music as well as its roots in European romanticism.

(Brilliant Classics)

1CD# BRI96086 $12.99

The Wanamaker Organ – Centennial Concert

1CD# MOB01122

$14.99

Be Glad Then, America / The President’s Own U.S. Marine Band

The title of this release, “Be Glad Then, America,” is taken from New England Triptych by William Schuman, which is included on this album. Particularly notable are the three world premiere recordings: “For The President’s Own,” by John Williams, Aaron Copland’s “Third Symphony,” and a set of songs by Charles Ives set for this world class ensemble. (Altissimo)

1CD# ALT04032 $16.99

A Trip to Coney Island

Before the television, radio, or even the phonograph, brass and wind bands dotted the American landscape. In 1890, as many as 10,000 bands were active in the United States. During the period 1880-1920, often called the “Golden Age of American bands,” thousands of original works and arrangements for band were published. This fascinating CD features six lively overtures by George Foreman and his New Columbian Brass Band. (Sono Luminus)

1CD# DIS-80153 $16.99

Teddy Bears Picnic – Musical Menagerie from America’s Golden Age

Musical depictions of weather, animals and other atmospheric firma and fauna dot the classical landscape, Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals and Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf being but two enormously popular, conspicuous examples. The modern interpretations of a choice selection of such works on Teddy Bears Picnic offer a wonderful reintroduction of this music to adults and children alike. (Dorian)

1CD# DOR-93201 $16.99

Originally built for the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904, the organ now known as the ‘Wanamaker Organ’ was later bought by Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker. The Centennial Concert program, showing off the power of this truly majestic instrument, consists of works by Alexandre Guilmant, Joseph Jongen and CharlesMarie Widor as played by organist Peter Richard Conte, current Wanamaker Grand Court Organist. (Gothic)

1CD# G-49293 $18.99

Pops Roundup / Boston Pops Orchestra

This Living Stereo release is considered one of the finest orchestral recordings of traditional Western songs and folk melodies ever made. “Pops” Fiedler leads the orchestra in spirited tunes of the American West included “Home on the Range,” “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” “Riders in the Sky,” “Don’t Fence Me In,” “Shenandoah,” and more. (Sony)

1CD# 09026616662 $11.99

Cajun Party / Cajun Playboys

Put on your dancin’ shoes for this collection of rowdy crowd-pleasers – currently the best-selling Cajun album in Louisiana. Performed by the “Cajun Cowboys” (some of the bestknown and most talented musicians from several prominent Cajun bands), recorded in New Orleans, the 17 hits include “Jambalaya,” “Grand Mamou,” “Dance de Mardi Gras,” “Dance, Cajun, Dance,” “Allons a Lafayette,” and “Cowboy Waltz.” (Mardi Gras)

1CD# MOB101426 $14.99

Please Don’t Shoot the Piano Player

Old ragtime piano player music at it’s best. Featuring classics like: Hello, My Baby!, Tiger Rag, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Satin Doll, Pretty Baby, Yes Sir, That’s My Baby, Bumble Boogie, Me and My Shadow, Yes! We Have No Bananas, Charleston RagVarsity Rag, For Me and My Gal, Muddy Water, The Swingin Shepherd Blues, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, and more. All passionately played on the Steinway player piano. (Klavier)

1CD# K77033 $16.99