American Classics - Sousa "On Stage" / Brion, Razumovsky SO

$19.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 1, 1999
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SOUSA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Keith, Brion
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Waltzes

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

    2. Tarantella: The Dancing Girl

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

    3. The Champagnes

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

    4. The Rhine Wines

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

    5. White Rock and Psyches

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

    6. The Whiskies-Scotch, Irish, Bourbon and Rye

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

    7. Convention of the Cordials, Wines and Whiskies

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

    8. March

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

    9. Selections

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Brion

    10. O Warrior Grim

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Brion

    11. Waltzes

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Brion

    12. March

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Brion

    13. Overture

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Brion

    14. March

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Brion


Just for fun, try playing this CD as a quiz for a musically knowledgeable friend. You can give one hint: the composer is well known. As the suite from the operetta The Bride Elect proceeds, you'll probably get guesses like Johann Strauss (during the opening waltz), Offenbach, or Victor Herbert. But when the concluding number, a march, arrives, the composer will be obvious. Sousa's operettas, if one judges from these orchestral selections, aren't highly original or even outstandingly tuneful. But they are good light entertainment, especially as played by this crack group of Slovak players under the direction of Sousa expert Keith Brion. Naxos's recording is as crisp and clear as the orchestral playing.