Air Force Blue

$9.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 10, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      THURSTON PUCKETT WILBY
    • PERFORMER
      United States Air Force Band, Lang
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 10, 2015
    • UPC
      747313340576
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573405
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Time Travels

      Composer: Robert Thurston

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    2. Asimov's Aviary

      Composer: Joel Puckett

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    3. Dawn Flight

      Composer: Philip Wilby

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    4. Call of the Champions (arr. K. Soper for wind ensemble)

      Composer: John Williams

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    5. Flight: I. A View from the Heavens

      Composer: Eric Ewazen

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    6. Red Tail Skirmish

      Composer: Bruce Yurko

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    7. High Flight

      Composer: Robert Thurston

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    8. The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War (arr. A. Reed and C. McAlister for wind ensemble)

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    9. The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (arr. J. Romano for wind ensemble)

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang

    10. The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (arr. J. Romano for wind ensemble)

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: United States Air Force Band

      Conductor: Larry H. Lang


With a tradition going back to its formation in 1941, The United States Air Force Band has long been the Air Force’s premier musical organisation, inspiring audiences in America and all over the world. Many of the works on this album demonstrate the history and importance of flying, from Philip Wilby’s vision of a bygone era in Dawn Flight, Bruce Yurko’s Red Tail Skirmish dedicated to the heroism of Tuskegee Airmen in WWII, and the futuristic excitement of Asimov’s Aviary by Joel Puckett. The spectacular virtuosity of The United States Air Force Band can also be heard in Time Travels by the band’s chief arranger, Senior Master Sgt. Robert Thurston, and in the superb arrangement of three movements from Holst’s The Planets.