The Veterans Day Sale 2026

The Veterans Day Sale 2026

Celebrate Veterans Day with two weeks of exceptional savings at ArkivMusic! In honor of all who have served, explore a specially curated collection of over 100 titles at 25–50% OFF, featuring outstanding recordings and performances across classical music and beyond.

Discover stirring performances by the United States Marine Band and United States Navy Band, alongside works by John Williams, Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, Samuel Barber, Percy Grainger, and more! From patriotic favorites and military band masterpieces to celebrated American orchestral works, explore recordings from Altissimo, Naxos, SOMM Recordings, and other distinguished labels.

Whether you're discovering something new or adding a longtime favorite to your collection, now is the perfect time to enjoy remarkable music for less!

Shop the Veterans Day Sale now through November 25! Enjoy FREE shipping on orders over $60!

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  • Happy Holidays / United States Navy Band
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    Happy Holidays / United States Navy Band

    Altissimo Sep 2011
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $9.49Save 50%
    • Caroling / Captain Chad A. Steffey, Singing Sergeants
    Altissimo

    Caroling / Captain Chad A. Steffey, Singing Sergeants

    CD · 1 disc

    $9.49 $18.99 Save 50%
    Composer
    ORD BALLET LEONTOVICH KIRKP
    Artist
    Us Air Force Singing Sergeants
    Released
    Sep 27, 2011

    Caroling is a tradition that goes back hundreds of years as a joyful part of the winter holiday season. Since the Eisenhower administration, the Singing Sergeants have been caroling at the White House each December for guests from around the country and throughout the world. In the spirit of that tradition, this album contains some of the band's favorites, including songs that tell the Christmas story, celebrate the Hannukah tradition, and inspire hope, peace and joy. All of the songs are performed in the a cappella tradition. Caroling, directed by Captain Chad A. Steffey, is dedicated to all of the men and women of the United States Air Force who are away from home during the holiday season.

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  • Caroling / Captain Chad A. Steffey, Singing Sergeants
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    Caroling / Captain Chad A. Steffey, Singing Sergeants

    Altissimo Sep 2011
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $9.49Save 50%
  • United States Air Force Airmen of Noted: A Holiday Note From
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    United States Air Force Airmen of Noted: A Holiday Note From

    Altissimo Sep 2011
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 9 / United States Marine Band
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    The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 9 / United States Marine Band

    Altissimo Aug 2011
    2 discs
    CD
    $21.99 $10.99Save 50%
    • ARMY BLUES JAZZ ENSEMBLE: 25th Anniversary Concert (The)
    Altissimo

    ARMY BLUES JAZZ ENSEMBLE: 25th Anniversary Concert (The)

    CD · 1 disc

    $10.99 $14.99 Save 26%
    Composer
    GRUBER NORMAN VERDI GRAY U
    Artist
    United States Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors
    Released
    Jul 26, 2011
    "A concert recording celebrating the United States Army Blues Jazz Ensemble's 25th anniversary. Features The New York Voices vocal quartet A program consisting mainly of American standards, including Benny Goodman's “Air Mail Special”, Hoagy Carmichael's “Star Dust” and George Gershwin's “Summertime”. Since its 1972 founding, this ensemble has backed both jazz legends and show business stalwarts."
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  • ARMY BLUES JAZZ ENSEMBLE: 25th Anniversary Concert (The)
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    ARMY BLUES JAZZ ENSEMBLE: 25th Anniversary Concert (The)

    Altissimo Jul 2011
    1 disc
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    $14.99 $10.99Save 26%
  • The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 6 / United States Marine Band
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    The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 6 / United States Marine Band

    Altissimo Jan 2011
    2 discs
    CD
    $21.99 $10.99Save 50%
  • The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 7 / United States Marine Band
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    The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 7 / United States Marine Band

    Altissimo Jan 2011
    2 discs
    CD
    $21.99 $15.99Save 27%
  • The Heritage of John Philip Sousa, Vol. 5
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    The Heritage of John Philip Sousa, Vol. 5

    Altissimo Jan 2011
    2 discs
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    $21.99 $10.99Save 50%
  • Gardens of Stone
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    Gardens of Stone

    Altissimo Oct 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $9.49Save 50%
  • The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 1 / United States Marine Band
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    The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 1 / United States Marine Band

    Altissimo Oct 2010
    2 discs
    CD
    $21.99 $10.99Save 50%
  • The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 4 / United States Marine Band
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    The Heritage Of John Philip Sousa Vol 4 / United States Marine Band

    Altissimo Oct 2010
    2 discs
    CD
    $21.99 $10.99Save 50%
  • The Heritage of John Philip Sousa, Vol. 2
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    The Heritage of John Philip Sousa, Vol. 2

    Altissimo Oct 2010
    2 discs
    CD
    $21.99 $15.99Save 27%
  • Not Sousa Vol 3 - Even More Great Marches Not By Sousa
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    Not Sousa Vol 3 - Even More Great Marches Not By Sousa

    Altissimo Oct 2010
    1 disc
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    $18.99 $9.49Save 50%
  • The United States Army Strings
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    The United States Army Strings

    Altissimo May 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • UNITED STATES ARMY BAND: Dances Around the World
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    UNITED STATES ARMY BAND: Dances Around the World

    Altissimo Apr 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • Symphonic Dances / "President's Own" United States Marine Band
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    Symphonic Dances / "President's Own" United States Marine Band

    Altissimo Jan 2010
    1 disc
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    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • On Tour / "President's Own" United States Marine Band
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    On Tour / "President's Own" United States Marine Band

    Altissimo Jan 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • Voodoo Boogaloo
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    Voodoo Boogaloo

    Altissimo Jan 2010
    1 disc
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    $18.99 $9.49Save 50%
  • Music from the Land of Hope and Glory / "President's Own" United States Marine Band
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    Music from the Land of Hope and Glory / "President's Own" United States Marine Band

    Altissimo Jan 2010
    1 disc
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    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
    • Pershing's Own
    Altissimo

    Pershing's Own

    CD · 1 disc

    $10.99 $14.99 Save 26%
    Composer
    US ARMY BAND
    Artist
    Us Army Band
    Released
    Jan 01, 2010
    U.S. Army officer John J. Pershing (1860-1948) was the only living person to rise to the highest Army rank ever held: General of the Armies. + He was also founding father of The U.S. Army Band in 1922. + A commemoration to this great man and his role with the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own" contains many fantastic songs including Summon the Heroes, Close Harmony and Dance of the Jesters. + The Army Band is widely noted for its immense talent and stellar showmanship.
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  • Pershing's Own
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    Pershing's Own

    Altissimo Jan 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $14.99 $10.99Save 26%
    1. Footlifters! / US Air Force Band of the Rockies
    2. Footlifters! / US Air Force Band of the Rockies
    Altissimo

    Footlifters! / US Air Force Band of the Rockies

    CD · 1 disc

    $13.99 $18.99 Save 26%
    Composer
    J HENRY FILLMORE JR THORTON B
    Artist
    Us Air Force Band Of The Rockies
    Released
    Jul 01, 2009

    A lively recording highlighting a selection of military marches and patriotic songs, featuring several Sousa pieces including "The Washington Post," "King Cotton." The USAF Band of the Rockies' performances are first-rate. Other songs include "The Footlifter," "El Capitan," "Chicago Tribune," "Sound Off - Air Force Blue," and more. 24 songs in all! (Altissimo)

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  • Footlifters! / US Air Force Band of the Rockies
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    Footlifters! / US Air Force Band of the Rockies

    Altissimo Jul 2009
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • United States Air Force Heritage of America Band: The Golden
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    United States Air Force Heritage of America Band: The Golden

    Altissimo Jan 2009
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
    1. Semper Fidelis - Music of Sousa / "President's Own" Marine Band
    2. Semper Fidelis - Music of Sousa / "President's Own" Marine Band
    Altissimo

    Semper Fidelis - Music of Sousa / "President's Own" Marine Band

    CD · 1 disc

    $13.99 $18.99 Save 26%
    Composer
    SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP
    Artist
    Us Marine Band
    Released
    Jan 01, 2009
    SOUSA Semper Fidelis. Manhattan Beach. Comrades of the Legion. Sabre and Spurs. The Gallant Seventh. King Cotton. The Gridiron Club. Who’s Who in Navy Blue. The Invincible Eagle. The Royal Welch Fusiliers. La Reine de la Mer Waltz. Processional Polonaise. Suite: Looking Upward. The Bride Elect: Selections . Easter Morning on the White House Lawn • John Bourgeois, cond; U.S. Marine Band • ALTISSIMO 9722 (70:40)

    The March King had a lifelong distrust of recordings. Of the 1,166 shellacs that the Sousa Band made for the Victor Talking Machine Co., he conducted only six. These are pored over by dedicated Sousa scholars, including a former director of the Yale Band. Their holy grail is Sousa’s “authentic” performance style. Yes, HIPness has reached the parade ground.


    What makes such historical sleuthing important is that the outdoor versions of Sousa’s beloved marches are only a rough template for what he did in concert. Every piece had a “secret” arrangement, cued by hand and passed along by word of mouth, that doesn’t appear in any published edition. I served my time marching at football halftime alongside my fellow high-school clarinetists, and we did what rank-and-file players still do: We played all the time, with few rests; we maintained a slow walking pace; we were loud. But Sousa considered the march to be among the most difficult genres to perform correctly.


    One reason is that he was a violinist, although he learned from boyhood onward to play every band instrument (his father enlisted him in the Marine Band at age 13 to keep his son from running away to join a circus band). He worshipped Johan Strauss II, Arthur S. Sullivan, and Jacques Offenbach. In other words, Sousa had a refined ideal in his mind of nuance and elegance, not the blaring patriotic display his marches are mostly used for. In concert, as opposed to the marching field, he preferred thinner orchestration, subtle phrasing, and varied accents. But these “secrets” can only be gleaned by interviewing surviving band members who played under him until his death in 1932, picking up the style by ear from original Sousa Band recordings, and laboriously comparing manuscripts and meager handwritten notations on the parts the band used.


    Wrap up all this research with a bow, and you get the present CD from the U.S. Marine Band, which Sousa conducted for a relatively brief stint between 1880 and 1892. The extensive program notes make for fascinating reading, even if your knees can no longer contemplate marching two miles in the Easter Parade. Your ears will immediately notice how enjoyably civilized these performances are. Band director Col. John Bourgeois sets the tempo at a relaxed 118–120 beats a minute, which Sousa favored—he sped up the pace for encores, to get the audience more excited. The instrumentation is lean until the “grandioso” finish, when it’s all hands on deck.


    The album’s title, Semper Fidelis , refers to the only popular march on the disc. Rather than a collection of greatest hits, the program highlights Sousa’s diversity, since he wrote songs, suites, waltzes, and operettas, none as successful as his marches. My favorite rarity here was the 18-minute suite Looking Upward , Sousa’s precursor to Holst’s The Planets , with movements titled “By the Light of the Polar Star” and “Mars and Venus.” One hears the best of Sousa’s exotic touches, actual chords for the horns and trumpets, and something forbidden in a field march, an accelerando.


    The Marine Band, which produced and engineered the CD, shows off its considerable musicianship as a concert ensemble; the recorded sound is full but a bit too distant to capture much inner detail. To be candid, Sousa’s best tunes are in his two dozen or so most famous marches, but even in their absence these are eye-opening works. All his life he secretly wanted to be America’s Johan Strauss, Jr., and for once a recording comes close to fulfilling his wishes.

    FANFARE: Huntley Dent
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  • Semper Fidelis - Music of Sousa / "President's Own" Marine Band
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    Semper Fidelis - Music of Sousa / "President's Own" Marine Band

    Altissimo Jan 2009
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    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
    1. Holst, Ticheli, Schoenberg et al: Seawolf / United States Navy Band
    2. Holst, Ticheli, Schoenberg et al: Seawolf / United States Navy Band
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    Holst, Ticheli, Schoenberg et al: Seawolf / United States Navy Band

    CD · 1 disc

    $13.99 $18.99 Save 26%
    Composer
    RICHARD STRAUSS FRANK TICHELI
    Artist
    Us Navy Band
    Released
    Sep 01, 2008
    The Seawolf album reflects the exhilaration of being at sea in service to the U.S.A. + Recorded by The U.S. Navy Band, these selections represent some of the finest concert band repertoire played by the Navy's talented musicians. + All the songs on Seawolf relate to the sea, travel, sacrifice and love of country to reflect the heritage of the U.S. Navy, as it is today and the vision for tomorrow. + Directed by Lt. Cdr. John R. Pastin, Seawolf is a timeless expression of patriotism to future generations.
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  • Holst, Ticheli, Schoenberg et al: Seawolf / United States Navy Band
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    Holst, Ticheli, Schoenberg et al: Seawolf / United States Navy Band

    Altissimo Sep 2008
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    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • United States Military Academy Band: A Tribute to Percy Grai
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    United States Military Academy Band: A Tribute to Percy Grai

    Altissimo Aug 2008
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    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • Ports Of Call / United States Navy Band
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    Ports Of Call / United States Navy Band

    Altissimo Jul 2008
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    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • Patriotic Music For All Occasions / United States Military Bands
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    Patriotic Music For All Occasions / United States Military Bands

    Altissimo Jun 2008
    1 disc
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    $10.99 $7.99Save 27%
  • Marine Band Retrospective
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    Marine Band Retrospective

    Altissimo May 2008
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.99 $11.99Save 29%
  • From Sea To Shining Sea
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    From Sea To Shining Sea

    Altissimo Mar 2008
    1 disc
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    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
  • UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND OF MID-AMERICA: One Of Our own
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    UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND OF MID-AMERICA: One Of Our own

    Altissimo Jan 2008
    1 disc
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    $18.99 $13.99Save 26%
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