For the very first time the Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines have recorded their programme in advance for the 2020 Mountbatten Festival of Music, held every year in the Royal Albert Hall. This is a double album which includes marches, a drum display Evening Hymn and Sunset, and orchestral items such as Richard Strauss's Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare and Verdi's Overture Nabucco. More popular items (including Sir Tom! (a tribute to Sir Tom Jones) as well as Gloria (a tribute to Gloria Estefan), The Sound of Silence and music from the film Gladiator. This is a thrilling and hugely enjoyable programme played by some of the world's finest military band musicians, which is guaranteed to lift the listener out of your seats!